Landing on a taxiway

[Flyin Tony]

Is there any reg saying you cant land on a taxiway?

 

[Captain4242]

I don't recall seeing anything that says you can't, but wouldn't it go under "careless and reckless"? Provided you didn't claim 91.3 (aircraft in distress).

 

[Steveair]

Well heck, whenever they need to resurface a runway, they let you. Northwest / Skywest / Mesaba was landing on a taxi way at Fargo not more than a year ago. Granted, it had been redesignated as the runway.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Well heck, whenever they need to resurface a runway, they let you. Northwest / Skywest / Mesaba was landing on a taxi way at Fargo not more than a year ago. Granted, it had been redesignated as the runway.

then it wasn't a taxiway right?

RTFQ.

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[EatSleepFly]

Is there any reg saying you cant land on a taxiway?

Probably 91.13.

I know someone who did it in a turbine Twin Commander by mistake after a pressurization problem and ensuing hypoxia (supposedly). They didn't get a violation, but had a little chat with the FAA.

 

[Flyin Tony]

But lets say theres no planes around and no one to run into?? I was told you can land on a road if you wanted too AS Long AS well 91.13.

 

[737tanker]

I had a friend in college who was cleared to land a Cessna on a taxiway at MCI shortly after the airport was opened. He said it was longer & wider than the runway at the airport he normally flew from.

 

[Vector4fun]

The short answer is, if anything bad happens, it'll be your hide they hang on the airport fence.

Years ago, at a certain controlled field, we had a couple taxiways we were allowed to use as runways in certain defined circumstances. Those circumstances were rare though. I've seen taxiways used in an emergency, when the X-wind was too bad to land on the runway for light aircraft. That was very rare. The airport management at my present airport probably wouldn't even give their blessings to that because we have vehicle lanes that cross taxiways that don't require radio control. The liability would be huge.

They won't even consider using a parallel taxiway for light aircraft when one of the runways are closed.

 

[sardaddy]

I land on a taxiway every day. Legally. In fact ATC doesn't even want me to land on the runway, it just slows down traffic.

 

[727gm]

I've landed on taxiways many times in gliders. Depends on the airport, of course. Even taken off behind a towplane from them, on normal daily operations.

I regularly land gliders on taxiways at a (certain)tower airport, as landing on the gopher infested grass areas is hard on a new glider and it's less obtrusive to operations than having an unpowered aircraft with a long way to push or tow to parking. I wouldn't assume it's OK anywhere else.

ATC personel are not allowed to clear someone to land anywhere other than a numbered runway, so they say "land at your discretion" or "land at your own risk".

I've seen movie shoots landing light aircraft at a towered airport on the taxiway, as it's more convenient for film crew and airport opns tanh out at the runway. Once again, it was "Land taxiway foxtrot at your own risk".