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I've moved from 3000' obstructed at both ends, 567 msl, to 3200' mostly open but far from level at 326 msl.

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70-75 mph works well on short final. Landing on 31, if I'm on speed, hardly need brakes to make the turnoff to the hangar. 

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3,200' and I try to be at 75mph across the fence.

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No worries about melting icecaps, but it does sit in a flood zone... Airport flooded 7 years ago when we got a ton of rain, that was before I was there.

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My hangar is at the West end (left of the picture) of the field and the water was to the roof. Photo courtesy of http://160knots.com/CoronaFlood2010.htm.

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5000 feet.  Landing 18, I usually make the first taxiway, which I would estimate to be approximately 2200 feet.  Usually off the ground at the 1000 foot marker.   Elevation is 786 msl.

I'm really not sure what my speed is over the fence.  90 kts on base to final.  80 well before the fence.   Touchdown with stall horn chirp. 

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Just now, cnoe said:

Mine is 7,000' x 100' with lots of open space at both ends. Sometimes I'll land, then change my mind and take off again, and then change my mind again and land. Just kidding, but I COULD.
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just don't forget to put you gear down on short final.:blink:

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Just now, 1964-M20E said:

just don't forget to put you gear down on short final.:blink:

LOL. Perhaps I should clarify that this photo was captured during the go-around on a practice instrument approach. I'm actually a "flaps down entering downwind" sorta guy.

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The main runway, which I have never used, is 7200+5800' overrun. It's the old Kincheloe AFB that closed down a long time ago. I use the shorter 5000' one that is always directly into the wind. I park in a new hangar that sits on the alert pads at the bottom left corner of the photo - exactly where the F-106's parked back in the 60s to intercept those Russian bombers.

 

 

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KHYI has 6330, 5601, and 5214. Speed is anything below gear speed for the short body I'm landing next to. But we usually shoot for 90 knots/104 mph over the numbers.  If single ship, I might occasionally use flaps and come in nice and slow, but then it's a drive to the first taxi way.

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