airport weight limits

[Golfnut]

Heres another one

I am looking to take a King Air 350 in to a Runway that has only a single wheel weight capacity published of 18000. The 350's MGW is 15000 but is double wheel. Does anyone know if we would be legal, I am going to call the airport manager but I figured I would also ask here. Thanks.

 

[ultrarunner]

Originally Posted by 340drvr
This is a bit off the track, but I've often wondered, are there any/many over-12,500 aircraft that only have single-wheel main gear? I can't think of any, other than "vintage" stuff like DC-3's, etc.


Every straight-wing Citation beginning with the C-550.

 

[LJ45]

hmmmmmmm....

12,500 per wheel x left and right main gear for a total of 25,000 lbs for single tire? or 12,500 total per left and right single tire main gear?

Which one?

 

[LJ45]

example!

Weight LimitsSingle Wheel: 32500 lbs.
Double Wheel: 42000 lbs.
Double Tandem: 61000 lbs.
I don't think the 61000 lbs is total aircraft weight more like total gear weight.
If so, what kinda of Double tandem 61000 lbs aircraft exsist?

So... my thinking is if the say 12,500 lb per wheel that is 12,500 on each side of the aircraft for a total of 25,000 lbs.

Any one have the answer?

 

[G4G5]

The FAA limit is one thing but what you need to keep in mind is that IF you take an airplane into that airport WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL. You can be held accountable by the airport manager or whatever governing agency (town, state, pvt, whoever) controls the airport for damages. The FAA may never catch you or care but the airport mgr will come after you, if you bring an over weight aircraft into his airport and damage a rwy or taxi way.

They can come back to you at a later date and say, "our rwy needs to be repaved, rebuilt, repaired because you brought in an aircraft over our weight limits. It's going to cost you $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and their is not a thing you can do about it.

So you may want to consider that. Typically mgt companies or individual owners don't care about your ticket but when you tell them that they can be held accountable for the damages. They tend to ask, "what's the next closest airport.

I ran into this at JZI last year, my boss saw a couple of G4's in there and wanted to take his G5 in there. I called the airport mgr and he said NO WAY, we don't want you here and if you bust up my rwy, you will pay for it's repair. Even though the AFD tells me I could have done it (the weight limit is around 60K off the top of my head). We went into CHS.

Saratoga WY is another one that comes to mind. This place has no other airport near by,so I had to get approval.

 

[FL420]

Some good info. can be found here:
http://www.gecgr.co.cu/infoconst/bvirtual/carreteras/ingles/0226.pdf

As I understand it, the weight limits published are operating gross weight of the aircraft, not weight per wheel or weight per strut.

For example, if you were operating an aircraft with a max. certificated gross weight of 70,000# with two wheels on each strut into an airport with a published two wheel weight limit of 65,000#, you could legally operate on that runway if your actual gross weight was kept at or below 65,000#.

 

[earhart]

Years ago, an F-4J from Miramar landed at LAX(and that's a whole other story.) He was fine parked on an asphalt ramp at landing weight(~37,000#) but when refueled for the trip to Whidbey Island in Seattle(~49,000#,) he sank into the asphalt when he began to taxi. The sun had heated the asphalt considerably since he landed. He was supposed to fly non-stop to Whidbey so there was a lot of "splaining to do, Lucy" to the Skipper.

Many, many years ago in a Navajo I got sunk in French Lick, KFRH (sounds like a porn movie) and we had to be towed out by the courtesy car!

 

[stratman560]

Years ago, an F-4J from Miramar landed at LAX(and that's a whole other story.) He was fine parked on an asphalt ramp at landing weight(~37,000#) but when refueled for the trip to Whidbey Island in Seattle(~49,000#,) he sank into the asphalt when he began to taxi. The sun had heated the asphalt considerably since he landed. He was supposed to fly non-stop to Whidbey so there was a lot of "splaining to do, Lucy" to the Skipper.

Many, many years ago in a Navajo I got sunk in French Lick, KFRH (sounds like a porn movie) and we had to be towed out by the courtesy car!

Yeah, French Lick......home of Larry Bird.