Landing on a taxiway

[PC12Cowboy]

Hmmm...all those **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** helos are breaking the rules???good then they'll have to learn to fly like real pilots<<<<covers head from the approaching flamesLOL

 

[sardaddy]

No we aren't breaking the rules so we won't have to convert to the humdrum world of fixed wing flying quite yet. I won't flame you, I will just pass on a saying I was once told.

You can take a helicopter pilot and give him ten minutes of ground training and while it may not be pretty, he can take off in an airplane and land it. But if you take an airplane pilot and give him 1000 hours of ground training he will still crash a helicopter.

 

[Singlecoil]

Years ago, at a certain controlled field, we had a couple taxiways we were allowed to use as runways in certain defined circumstances.

KMWH?

 

[rchcfi]

At an old airport I use to work out of, they used the crossing taxiway during high crosswind conditions on the runway. In fact, the guys at the local FSS said it was perfectly fine. And at the same airport, there was a parallel dirt access road that was used for landings by the guys with the 31 inchers.

And slightly off topic, I believe Montana still allows you to land on any road as long as it is deemed a safe operation.

Cheers,
RCHCFI

 

[Vector4fun]

KMWH?

Nope, KROW, early '80s

 

[Mmmmmm Burritos]

On my private pilot checkride I landed on a closed runway at a towered airport due to crosswinds. Tower said the same thing, "can't clear you to land but when you do you're clear to taxi to the ramp". Heck, the runway even had a mothballed 747 at the approach end. Talk about a 50ft obstacle! That was quite the checkride.

Of course on my instrument checkride it was sky clear winds calm. The holds and NDB approaches were cake!

 

[CapnVegetto]

Used to see cropdusters do it all the time in Central Arkansas. Of course, they don't care about anything and just do whatever they want anyway.

I guess helos can do it too......there's like 2 words in the helicopter FAR's "Don't crash."

 

[jetdriven]

at the biplane show in Bartlesville every year we turn one runway into four.

you land short or long on the runway, and long or short on the grass. 4 traffic patters simultaneously. Quite amusing.

 

[DaveJ]

I was cleared to land on a taxiway at IAD back in the late 70s. I was in a mighty C150 and the tower had a Lear jet landing behind me. I was apparently a little too slow, so they had me sidestep and land on the taxiway. Of course, the taxiway was wider and longer than the runway at my home airport.

 

[Vector4fun]

I recall one of the taxiways at DFW years ago had markings as a runway. Back in the late '70s or so. Don't know how much they used it.

 

[EX_CV580FR8Dawg]

Anyone who has been to CWA has seen all the marks from the 130s landing on the taxiway along 35. Pretty interesting to see

 

[minitour]

35R/17L at KCSM is a Taxiway/Runway. They only use it as a runway during daylight VFR ops. Can't remember how long it is, but it's a decent length runway. I think 35L/17R is like 13,000' (something rediculous like that). Lots of military training out there.

Don't know if I've ever heard "cleared to land Taxiway Charlie" before or anything like that though...

-mini

 

[pilotlbs]

I know you can land on a taxi way if you need to, I wouldn't recommend doing it just for fun, incase something does happen. However at VGT sometimes planes would have to do it because of wind. I may be wrong, however I'm pretty sure you cannot land on a road due to the 91.119(c) reg: In those cases, the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure. Like I said I may be wrong, but I was once told by a D.E. that you can't because a road is considered a man made "structure." =) But wait, when we do engine out practice we went for many roads a little lower than 500, hmm now I'm confused.