Hi All,

So I noticed on Flightradar24 that a 737 landed with pretty much a direct 11kt tailwind. Why would it do that as opposed to landing the opposite direction into the wind? Just peaked my curiosity. No obstacles from the other direction. 
Not to mention that the runway is less than 5,200’ long! ??? 
 

Landed RWY 33L 

winds were 15011G23

 

 

Thanks,

MM

Edited April 10, 20251 yr by Pilot267

Limitation is 10kts tail wind, although weather source you got vs pilot got might be different.

noise abatement procedure perhaps ........

1 hour ago, vadriver said:

noise abatement procedure perhaps ........

I wouldnt think so. My airline has a strict 10kts tailwind limitation, anything over that, no can do. Perhaps the tower reported a different wind condition and the crew elected to land on that runway. I dont think these guys would put their job on the line busting SOPs 🙂

5200' is right around the limit for a 737 (not a 900) 

Thanks for all the replies.
 

Yeah. So this was at KISP in NY. Typical runways 95%+ of the time is 06 or 24 for Takeoff and landing. So that wind direction with gusts would explain why they didn’t use either of those two runways. It just baffled me to see them come in on that short of a runway with that much of a tailwind. It was a -700, so ok. The next 737 came in on RWY24 about 15 minutes later in similar conditions.

Edited April 11, 20251 yr by Pilot267

some interesting operation notes on the chart