767-300(ER) : visual approach and landing in Punta Cana

[ACjazzRules]

What airline do you work for?

[skydive911]

The ultimate skill! flying a 763.

I bet i'm not the only one to say i would LOVE to jumpseat on that aircraft!

[WorthWatchingVv]

that landing seemed....very fast lol.

[jpdelwiche]

@WorthWatchingVv

You think so...?

Maybe due to the fact that we were quite heavy (full load of passengers, significant cargo weight in the holds, plus tankering fuel that we bring from origin), resulting in higher landing reference speed.

[WorthWatchingVv]

@jpdelwiche good, good point haha.

[pumeshyou]

I see the empty north ramp and some parking.

[jpdelwiche]

@pumeshyou : There was indeed some parking available on the northern ramp, but it's unfortunately not suitable for wide-bodies aircraft...

[jblinck]

you can see on left they are building a new runway

[jblinck]

i love punta cana, you can see on left they are building a new runway

[jpdelwiche]

actually, I saw a lot of european heavies on the apron... the BER A330 could be one of those.

[jpdelwiche]

10 february 2010 : our Boeing 767-300(ER) OO-JAP lands on sunny runway 09 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Unfortunately, as we vacated the active runway, ATC asked us to hold "short" of the apron as all parking spots were still occupied.

Finally, after... 42 minutes spent idling on the taxiway, we could proceed to the first available wide-body, ending a rather beautiful but long day.