Thread: Narrow Runways
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Old May 11th 05, 09:09 PM
John Galban
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Kyle Boatright wrote:
What's the narrowest runway you've ever used? At what runway width

are you
comfortable?


I think the narrowest one I've used was Manley Hot Springs (PAML) in
the Alaskan interior. It was listed at 30 ft. wide in the book (which
happens to match the wingspan of my Cherokee). While I was flaring, I
noticed that there was pretty much just one place for me to put the
wheels on the relatively smooth dirt and gravel. The vegetation had
grown in from both sides, making the runway much narrower than 30 ft.
After landing, I saw that I only had a few feet of runway showing on
the outside of either wheel pant. Curiosity got the best of me, so I
measured the width of the strip. It was 20 ft. Fortunately, the
vegetation that grew at the edge of the strip was low, so I didn't have
to worry about dinging the wings. I'd hate to have to land there with
a serious crosswind.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)