The landing distance chart

How to read the 172S short-field landing table: its conditions, the distance from 50 ft to a full stop and the ground roll. Corrections for wind, grass and flaps up, worked through with the handbook's own example.

What you learn

• Know what the landing table assumes: flaps 30°, 61 kt, max braking
• Read the landing distance for any altitude and temperature
• See why more than half the landing distance is in the air
• Correct for wind, dry grass and a flaps-up landing

In playlists

• Planning and performance

Also on

• Video course: Cessna 172