What is meant by "FAR Field Lengths"?

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What is meant by "FAR Field Lengths"?

Answer 1

The other answerer had a very specific answer. Maybe you were looking for something a little more vauge. FAR is the flight rules that all aviation in the United States must follow. It breaks down very specific rules in every aspect of flying and standerdizes the entire country so if I decide to jump in my plane and fly to the other end of the country I would be able to understand completely what was going on because everything is the same.

In this enstence the instence the regulations dictate the length of the runway inorder to accomadate the size of aircraft expected to land at that airport.

Hope this was what you were looking for.

Answer 2

The FAR landing field length is obtained by dividing the measured landing distance by 0.6 in order to account for the possibility of variations in approach speed, touchdown point, and other deviations from standard procedures

The FAR takeoff field length, often called the FAR balanced field length, contains certain inherent safety features to account for engine failure situations