landing separation

[Lrjtcaptain]

I hear you, if your in the TRACON i don't know all your rules either. We are allowed to have two landing on the runway, it looks ugly but its legal. What TRACON do you work at ATCLOSER???


MK

 

[atcloser]

I hear you, if your in the TRACON i don't know all your rules either. We are allowed to have two landing on the runway, it looks ugly but its legal. What TRACON do you work at ATCLOSER???


MK

New York TRACON

 

[Windsor]

I disagree, i have at least two planes on my runway at a time daily. Use the rules above, if a cessna is 3000ft down the runway and another single crosses the threshold, its legal, if its a twin behind the single, i need 4500. If there is a jet involved he has to be clear. Jets and Small +'s.

So can you define "clear" for me? I was in a jet and cleared to land by tower. Tower then cleared a C172 for an immediate departure while I was on a 1.5 mile final. The Cessna didnt exactly hustle off the runway but was airborne when we would have touched down. I saw that we would have rolled out under the Cessna so we went around. Was the Cessna "clear" just because he was off the runway?

 

[Lrjtcaptain]

Did tower call for the go around or did you. That cessna would have had to be at least 6000ft a head of you and off the surface. If the controller was going to let that one slip by then that is a loss of seperation. What airport??

 

[Windsor]

We went around on our own as soon as we realized we were going to roll out under them if we landed. I'm not going to get in to specifics as to when and where, but it was a number of weeks ago and I havent heard a word from the tower or the feds about it. I did file a nasa report though.

 

[Lrjtcaptain]

well, what we do alot so we dont' get backed up is with a jet on a 3 mile final or so we roll a cessna for an immediate, and then tell them speed and alt permiting off set the centerline at least 10 degrees. Once they turn the distance requirment disappears.