Telluride, Colorado (KTEX)

arthorizon said:

De echte thrillseekers gaan naar Bangdag, Tibet. 14100 ft.
Rwy 18000 ft. Daily A319 en B757

Cheers
Art

Max pressure altitude for take off and landing voor de B767 is 8400 ft. Is voor de B757 volgens mij niet veel hoger.......
 
@ FD

Niks sigaar. We hadden het over het hoogste commerciele vliegveld in de USA en daarna in de wereld.
"Commercieel" is hier the operative word en KLXV is zeker geen G.A. veldje.
Maar omdat je zo je best doet krijg je een slim cigarillo sumatra van p.g.c. hajenius.
En laat dat T sirt maar eens even zien want die krijg je in dit verband toch alleen maar in KLXV. Zie website.
(Waar ga je de T.R. doen voor die Twin Cessna?)
:cool:

@ Junior01
Je leert iedere dag wat bij.

„« AUGUST 02, 2004

FIRST A319 DELIVERED TO AIR CHINA SOUTHWEST COMPANY

The Air China Southwest Company has taken delivery of its first A319, with four further aircraft to be delivered during August and September.

Air China Southwest's A319s have been equipped with specially designed options for operations at high-altitude airports in the Tibet Autonomous Region and neighbouring Sichuan Province. The Chengdu-based carrier's new A319s are equipped with high-altitude switches, improved tyres, as well as improved cabin pressure system, brake system and a gaseous oxygen system that enables safe and reliable service around the Himalayas. The aircraft is certified to and operate from runways at 4,419 metre altitude, a level above China's highest airport, Bangda (4,334 metres above the sea level).

Equipped with high-thrust CFM56-5B engines (27,000 lb. Sea Level Static Thrust) the A319 can carry a full passenger load to and from China's high-altitude airports. In Air China Southwest¡¦s configuration, the A319s seats up to 128 passengers in a two-class layout.

Furthermore, the A319 has the added advantage of sharing the same cockpit and handling characteristics with other Airbus fly-by-wire aircraft in service, such as the A340-300, which is also in service on the Tibetan routes, thereby reducing operating cost and enhancing efficiency and flexibility.
With a range of 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km.), the A319 offers the right size and range for the airline, complementing its air travel services on the Chengdu-Lhasa, Chengdu-Bangda, Chengdu-Jiuzhai routes.


SEATTLE, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A China Southwest Boeing 757 has
inaugurated regular service to the world's highest-altitude commercial
airport at Bangda, Tibet, from Chengdu, Sichuan, in the People's Republic of
China, the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group announced.

"With minor changes to the cabin pressure system and flight operations
procedures, the 757 high-performance twinjet is perfectly suited for Bangda,"said John Chien, Boeing Sales Director, aboard the historic inaugural flight last week.

The 757, piloted by Zhang Kefu and Hu Yilian, left Chengdu at 8:00 a.m.
with 100 passengers aboard. It was greeted at Bangda by airport officials
and by Tibet Autonomous Region government officials.

At 14,219 feet (4,334 metres), Bangda Airport is the world's highest-
altitude airport. Taking off and landing at Bangda is like operating from
the summit of Mt. Whitney, 14,494 feet (4,418 meters) in California, which is the highest point in the 48 contiguous United States.

Boeing, the Civil Aviation Administration of China and China Southwest
Airlines completed an important 757 survey flight to Bangda in October, 1994, to prepare for regular service. Additionally, Boeing and the airline recently used flight simulators in Seattle and Zhuhai, Guangdong, China to prove flight procedures and complete flight training, including single engine take-off and landing.

Cheers
Art
 
Art,

Ben maar weer even aan het speurgen geslagen voor u. 3 uur kaarten in een FBO gaat ook vervelen.

De toverdoos gaat simcom of fligtsafety worden. Mag zelf een lokatie uitkiezen, denk ergens in Florida :cool:

(mag het ook een flesje JD zijn ipv de sigaar?)

texairport.jpg



Flying to Telluride

At an elevation of 9080 feet msl, Telluride Regional Airport (TEX) is the highest commercial airport in America. Pattern altitude is a lofty 10,200 feet. (No wonder pilots who land here are eager to buy the T-shirt to prove it!)

(ik kreeg 'm gratis wegens het laten volgooien van onze kist.. no wonder als je de peut prijzen ziet up there..)

The town of Telluride is five miles away. There are several cab companies (including Mountain Limo 888-546-6894 and Telluride Express 888-212-TAXI) and two rental car companies (Budget on airport 800-221-2419, and National in town 970-728-9380) that serve the airport. Most hotels have free shuttle service, and there is a crew car. There is a landing fee of $1 per 1000 lbs. aircraft max gross weight. Hangar space is sometimes available. Call the airport for more information at 970-728-5051 or visit tellurideairport.com.

There are a few things visiting pilots should be aware of. The same stunning scenery that makes Telluride such a great place to visit or live also creates significant challenges to pilots. Although it looks like this airport is just on the edge of the mountains, from a flying standpoint you have entered the mountains at least seven miles west of the airport. On a calm day, this is just another nice long runway with exceptional scenery; but there are days when very strong mountain flying skills are a must in order to land at Telluride Regional.

The airport is surrounded on three sides by nearby, very high terrain (over 14,000 msl), therefore most pilots approach Telluride from the west over the relatively lower terrain. Generally speaking, all approaches are from the west, and all departures to the west in order to avoid the high terrain and for noise abatement over town. This means opposite direction traffic is the norm, not the exception. Wind permitting, land on 09 and depart on 27. There is plenty of room to fly a standard traffic pattern to land 27, even for a Gulfstream – the mountains look closer than they really are. On those rare occasions when the wind forces a 09 departure, turn back to the west immediately as soon or sooner than safe altitude allows! Flying any further east than the east end of the runway in those conditions means you are flying into very strong sinking air and into rising terrain in a box canyon.

The runway sits on top of a mesa with cliffs off either end, and a cliff parallel to and near the south side. Westerly winds over 20 knots and east or south winds as low as 10 knots can produce appreciable low level wind sheer when they are deflected up the cliff faces and then form a rotor right over the runway. South winds are a particular concern. Strong southerly winds can venturi through Lizardhead Pass to the south and blast right up the cliffs into a rotor directly over the pavement. A steeper than normal approach can give you a little extra room over the cliff edge, and in a pinch you could convert some of that extra altitude into airspeed. In strong south conditions, small aircraft do well to divert to Montrose or Cortez airports, which have south facing runways and no nearby terrain to produce turbulence.
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yours,
FD
 
FD,

oostkust = bier

Anyway,
ben maandag in Aspen, mocht je in de buurt zijn.

De komende 8-9 dagen zit ik zo'n beetje overal west van de Mississipi.
 
Ik ben vorige week 2 keer naar Quito geweest, 9200 en nog wat feet. Er staan bergen in de buurt van over de 19000'. De approaches daar zijn ook niet kinderachtig, zelfde geldt voor Bogota (8200'), nogal wat bochten. Ook de departures zijn interessant. Lage speed limits en 25 graden bank (ipv 15 wat normaal is voor ons).
Het hoogste dat wij mogen is 10.000' met de diesel tien. La Paz is voor ons niet toegestaan
 
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