When I got (and took) the chance to land at Newark (EWR) last year, I asked
to land long when I was assigned 4R so that I wouldn't have to taxi two
miles to the north end of the field where I needed to park. Tower said
"long landing approved, but be aware that you have an Airbus on a six-mile
final behind you". After I touched down Tower asked me to "Please expedite
your exit from the runway at high-speed taxiway Lima", which I did at around
50 knots. Tower then thanked me for expediting my departure, because the
Airbus was "now on a two-mile final". I hate to think what it would have
cost if I had made the Airbus go around.

On reflection, I'm sort of sorry now that I did land long. It would have
been fun taxiing up the field with the big boys. I can imagine passengers
looking out and seeing my little Archer puttering along. "Huh?!"

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"Charles Talleyrand" wrote in message
ups.com...
I fly a Cessna 150. My hanger is at the far end of the 11,000 foot
runway.
Our tower routinely offers landings with "long landing approved". Our
runway has distance remaining markers (and about 1,000 feet of paved
overrun space if the first 11,000 were not enough).

Is there any reason I cannot fly over the first 9,000 feet of runway
and land on the remaining 2,000 feet? The plane and pilot are capable,
I just want to know if there is a legal problem.

-Charles Talleyrand

P.S. Yes, I've tried. It's very easy to put the plane down in 2,000
feet, especially since there are no obstacles on the glideslope. With
any headwind I'm stopped within 1000 feet. And there is that
1,000 feet of overrun, which is unneeded but nice to have.

P.S. S. We have no crosswind runway. Sometimes I wish one could land
sideways on our huge piece of pavement. It's not quite wide enough,
but with a 20 mph wind ....