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Mar 22, 2022 | 7:05 am

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Originally Posted by mbg1998

It's the FAA-required Takeoff procedure. STT's takeoff climb rate is either 462' or 366' per nautical mile until reaching ~1,000 ft (depending on which direction you takeoff) vs LGA's takeoff minimums are at the strictest 330' climb per Nautical Mile until reaching 500 ft.

It really isn't the distance that matters - it is the FAA-required climb gradient. 462' per NM until 1,000 ft is actually one of the more stricter requirements there is.

I find all this fascinating; you guys clearly know a lot more about aviation than I do. But now I am curious: what is it about STT that requires it to have such a strict climb rate? There's nothing around but water, right?

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