VIDEO: is a 1100-metre-runway enough for a 737 in take-off?

[stratofreighter]

...apparently it is...

Try and somehow get the video at
http://www.jrn.com/ktts/news/Southwest- ... 47381.html
to work.

Or just the one below:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ehNMdPobM

You can hear the engines spool-up from about 2.10 onwards.

Background information on this incident yesterday 12 January 2014 at Hollister/Branson's Graham Clark Airport [KPLK]:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=163214
and
http://avherald.com/h?article=46e73995&opt=1 .

No footage of the preceding landing on the wrong airport, but you can imagine the stench of burnt rubber...

[sn26567]

The NTSB seized the black boxes of the Southwest 737. They want to know why the cockpit crew landed on the wrong airport.

[stratofreighter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=empAiekPc0k


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKEqYfMVc5A


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnklcClSgts


For those who missed that Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 from rather small -and shortish Arusha in Tanzania, see above.
More on that incident, click at either
http://avherald.com/h?article=46d32419&opt=1
or
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=162783

[hvs89]

Dreamlifter, then 767 Ethiopian, then 737 Southwest...in less than 2 months!

[Stij]

Chinese playing with the GPS signal?

[smokejumper]

A lightly loaded 737 can probably take off in about 900 meters or less. This is not the balanced field length (which allows for full-stop distances), but just a take-off distance with no reserve. Today's aircraft and engines are so reliable, full field length is rarely needed, so this take-off was safe. However, to comply with regulations and legal requirements, a special waiver and no passengers was required. Same for the Boeing 747 DreamLifter take-off in Wichita, KS.

[fcw]

A lightly loaded 737 can probably take off in about 900 meters or less. This is not the balanced field length (which allows for full-stop distances), but just a take-off distance with no reserve. Today's aircraft and engines are so reliable, full field length is rarely needed, so this take-off was safe.

I doubt they would/ be allowed take off without complying with the field length requirement, but 900m is sufficient for a B737 to accelerate to V1 and stop if necessary.
On a side note: balanced field lenght has absolutely nothing to do with this case.