Widebody Captain reported encountering wake turbulence on short final at SDF. Reporter also stated they landed with a 14 kt tailwind.
Synopsis
Widebody Captain reported encountering wake turbulence on short final at SDF. Reporter also stated they landed with a 14 kt tailwind.
Narrative
SDF was landing north with winds reported 18/07. Winds were 220/20-25kts down final. We touchdown with a TW (tailwind) of 14kts. I was monitoring the TW as we crossed threshold and it was 10kts. We then encountered wake turbulence from preceding aircraft. With the First Officer controlling that and corrected for safe landing; I then looked at the Primary Flight Display and realized we touched down with a 14kt TW. That explained the wake turbulence and longer than normal rollout. I reported this to the Tower and they said the supervisor was looking at turning the airport around. Then other aircraft began reporting the same TW issues. This was the second time this week that SDF was landing north with strong winds from the south. Two nights earlier we were the third airplane reporting landing at max TW limits. Prevention: No reason why we should be landing to the north with prevailing winds out of the south especially during summer months. Controllers have told us on frequency its about noise over Louisville. Noise is easier to overcome than jeopardizing the safety of pushing the TW limits especially on the Aircraft X.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.