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DVA5919
Captain, MD-11

Joined on May 13 2008
Everett Century Club
50 State Club
Commuter Conquest
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Quincentenary Club

"...and don't call me Shirley"
Hillsboro, OR USA

507 legs, 1,438.9 hours
4 legs, 3.7 hours online
506 legs, 1,436.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on June 27 2008 14:56 ET by Jack Vogel

Was wondering, is there an easy code somewhere that will tell you how large a plane
some airport is able to handle, or do you just have to figure it out?

Was just wondering if I was gonna fly a leg in the A340-600 if I could be sure that
both ends could handle it. Sometimes its obvious, but lots of times its not.

Jack Vogel

Captain, MD-11

DVA5112
Captain, MD-11

Joined on October 19 2007
Million Mile Club
50 State Club
Eight Century Club
Online Six Century Club

Charlottetown, PE Canada

864 legs, 3,446.1 hours
606 legs, 2,219.1 hours online
834 legs, 3,323.4 hours ACARS
3 legs, 6.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 28 2008 04:36 ET by Glen Swan

There are alot of sites that have runway info.Try www.airnav.com,look for your runway length,you should know how much room you need to stop.

Glen Swan (DVA5112)

DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM

Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"De oppresso liber"
Surry, ME

1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs, 767.8 hours online
1,107 legs, 1,674.5 hours ACARS
55 legs, 114.8 hours event
195 legs dispatched, 134.4 hours

Posted onPost created on June 28 2008 05:35 ET by Andrew Kaufmann

http://www.landings.com/_landings/pages/search/search_apt-pos.html

Andrew Kaufmann (DVA3931)

DVA2784
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP, COMM, 737-ATP

Joined on January 01 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Double Century Club
Quad-Jet Quartermaster
US Mountaineer Club
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
US Coastal Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Four Million Mile Club

"The PAST...learn from it or repeat it."
Highland Home, AL USA

2,311 legs, 9,810.8 hours
243 legs, 873.7 hours online
2,038 legs, 8,599.0 hours ACARS
22 legs, 51.7 hours event
0 legs dispatched, 0.5 hours

Posted onPost created on June 28 2008 12:17 ET by Rob Morgan

Another source...Look on the airport diagram chart and you'll find a series of codes like ST, DT, DDT, DDT500 etc. These are the runway weight bearing capacity codes. The numer associated with it is the max weight for that configuration. For instance, a code DDT500 translates into "Double dual-tandem 500,000 pounds gross weight".

Here are what the various codes mean with example of the type aircraft.

S—Single–wheel type landing gear. (DC–3), (C–47), (F–15), etc.
D—Dual–wheel type landing gear. (DC–6), etc.
T—Twin–wheel type landing gear. (DC–6), (C–9A), (B-737), etc.
ST—Single–tandem type landing gear. (C–130).
SBTT—Single–belly twin tandem landing gear (KC–10).
DT—Dual–tandem type landing gear, (707), etc.
TT—Twin–tandem type (includes quadricycle) landing gear (707), (B–52), (C–135) (B-757), (B-767), etc.
TRT—Triple–tandem type landing gear, (C–17)
DDT—Double dual–tandem landing gear. (E4A/747).
TDT—Twin delta–tandem landing gear. (C–5, Concorde).
TTT—Twin–triple tandem type landing gear (777), etc.
AUW—All up weight. Maximum weight bearing capacity for any aircraft irrespective of landing gear configuration.
SWL—Single Wheel Loading. (This includes information submitted in terms of Equivalent Single Wheel Loading (ESWL)
and Single Isolated Wheel Loading).

Rob Morgan

Senior Captain, B777-200

Posted onPost created on June 28 2008 12:37 ET by Jack Vogel

Thanks Rob, that was the kind of thing that I was after. Interesting.

Jack Vogel

Captain, MD-11

DVA5270
Senior Captain, B737-800

Joined on September 27 2007
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
Nine Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"p=np"
Charleston, SC USA

977 legs, 1,725.8 hours
578 legs, 894.1 hours online
931 legs, 1,647.1 hours ACARS
43 legs, 67.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on June 28 2008 13:11 ET by Don Thomas

Well, I learned somerthing today..........Delta Rocks again.....

S—Single–wheel type landing gear. (DC–3), (C–47), (F–15), etc.
D—Dual–wheel type landing gear. (DC–6), etc.
T—Twin–wheel type landing gear. (DC–6), (C–9A), (B-737), etc.
ST—Single–tandem type landing gear. (C–130).
SBTT—Single–belly twin tandem landing gear (KC–10).
DT—Dual–tandem type landing gear, (707), etc.
TT—Twin–tandem type (includes quadricycle) landing gear (707), (B–52), (C–135) (B-757), (B-767), etc.
TRT—Triple–tandem type landing gear, (C–17)
DDT—Double dual–tandem landing gear. (E4A/747).
TDT—Twin delta–tandem landing gear. (C–5, Concorde).
TTT—Twin–triple tandem type landing gear (777), etc.
AUW—All up weight. Maximum weight bearing capacity for any aircraft irrespective of landing gear configuration.
SWL—Single Wheel Loading. (This includes information submitted in terms of Equivalent Single Wheel Loading (ESWL)
and Single Isolated Wheel Loading).

So thats what those mean !

Don Thomas

Senior Captain, B737-800

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