The International Cessna^® 170 Association

I have landed and taken off from 1000' strips in the past. I just finished building a grass strip that's 1950' at 110' MSL. What do y'all fly off of?

I keep my plane at my Uncle's strip which Google Earth says is about 2130' long and around ranges from 1175' on one end and 1220' on the other. I also have a strip on my farm about 3 miles to the south that is 1600' long and ranges in elevation from 880' MSL on one end to 1000' MSL on the other. I use about 600' feet of both.

Justin

Freeway is 2400' at 168MSL and I rarely use more than 800 feet of it.

Its all in the approach. Clear approach, shorter runway. We are on 2000 with 60-70 foot trees on each end. It was a incentive to lose 20 lbs. A friend is on 1200 with clear approach and gets a 195 in and out.
Mike Roe

mike roe wrote:Its all in the approach. Clear approach, shorter runway. We are on 2000 with 60-70 foot trees on each end. It was a incentive to lose 20 lbs. A friend is on 1200 with clear approach and gets a 195 in and out.
Mike Roe

+1

W88 is 2460 at 822ft MSL. We takeoff downhill on 27 where there are no trees within 1/2 mile of the end of the runway. I almost put the 170 into some trees at Pace (VA02) a couple months back, which is a 3000ft strip with trees on each end. Hot, heavy, high density altitude.

My strip is 650' long with 600' useable. Did I mention the trees at one end? Elevation is 700'

2500' or 4800' or 5300' flat asphalt at 40' above sea level without significant obstructions. I get in and out of there just fine.

If I could change a few things it would be 1500' of sod up in the mountains somewhere. Perhaps someday.

Our strip is supposed to be 1800' but you have a road on approach. If it is 1500 I would be amazed. We do how ever have 4 170's based here.

Joe, that is a pretty landing strip you have there. It must result in LOTS of pucker factor

At first, I coudln't figure out what the big deal was. I thoguth the runway was the road thru town at the bottom of the hill

The strip at the house in Alaska is 1400' with a 400' overrun at 385'msl. It has a clear approach on the north end and 60' trees on the south end with the overrun. I have flown out at gross weight on a standard day to the north with no problem. We have a lot of standard days there. I wouldn't try it to the south with more than two people and half gas. Landing has never been a problem either way. Any way I look at it the A model is a 1000' airplane.

Here's a couple of not-so-good pictures landing from the north at Hilltop Strip that was lifted from a video but you can get the idea of the trees on the "unobstructed" end of the runway.

Show me some pics of these strips y'all have! Mine looks like an international airport compared to Joe's.

Here's mine sporting a new growth of wheat. I started on it as soon as they harvested the soybeans in late September. It'll be next summer before I can start using it.
Running the land plane over it after a couple weeks of shaping and smoothing.
2.5" rain proved the crown was good. I pulled side ditches after this.

170C wrote:Joe, that is a pretty landing strip you have there. It must result in LOTS of pucker factor

It has lots of pucker factor! By myself with low fuel only for takeoff, unless it is really cold or I have a good headwind. Landing isn't tooo bad though.

Joe

Short grass, firm tire-pressures and thorough run-ups must be the rule, heh?

gahorn wrote:Short grass, firm tire-pressures and thorough run-ups must be the rule, heh?

You got it!!