Flight SWA 1455 Case Study Workbook - Center for Air ...

Runway 8/26Dimensions: 5801 x 150 ft. / 1768 x 46 mSurface: asphalt/grooved, in excellent conditionWeight bearing capacity: Single wheel: 30.0Double wheel: 180.0Double tandem: 300.0Runway edge lights: high intensityOperational restrictions: OVERRUN 70 FT LONG BY 170 FT WIDE, ASPH,WEST END OF RY 08/26.RUNWAY 8 RUNWAY 26Latitude: 34-11.874435N34-11.858802NLongitude: 118-22.148322W118-20.997332WElevation: 727.2 ft.697.2 ft.Gradient: 0.5% 0.5%Traffic pattern: rightleftRunway heading: 076 magnetic, 091 trueMarkings: precision, in good conditionVisual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.00degrees glide path)RVR equipment: touchdownApproach lights: MALSR: 1,400 foot mediumintensity approach lightingsystem with runway alignmentindicator lightsRunway end identifier lights: noTouchdown point: yes, no lightsInstrument approach: ILSObstructions: 14 ft. road, 300 ft. fromrunway, 7:1 slope to clear256 magnetic, 271 truenonprecision, in goodconditionyesyes, no lights40 ft. pole, 245 ft. fromrunway, 410 ft. right ofcenterline, 1:1 slope toclear+28' SIGN 90 FT FM RYTHLD, +14 FT BLASTFENCE AT THLDRunway 8, which is 6,032 feet long and 150 feet wide, is configured for precisioninstrument landings and equipped with high-intensity runway edge lights,distance-to-go markers, and a medium-intensity approach lighting system withrunway alignment indicator lights. A precision approach path indicator (PAPI) islocated 1,520 feet from the approach end of runway 8 on the left side of therunway.Copyright Lance Sherry 200911