<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by eDiveBuddy:
DFW can NOT handle a fully loaded 744 at anytime regardless of weather or which runway it uses. But then no airport in the US can except for LAX.
All DFW's runways are rated at a maximum weight for Dual Double Tandem landing gear aircraft of 850,000 lbs.
The 744's max weight is 875,000 and the ER's is 910,000. There are NO airports that I know of that will handle a 744ER fully loaded. And only LAX can handle the non ER fully loaded.
Now can DFW handle 744's the answer is YES. And they do. Just within the limits of the runways and weather conditions.
DFW can handle anything any airport in the US can handle except for LAX which can do 900,000 lbs.</font>
I was actually scanning through the posts to see if anyone had pointed this out. Length is not the only factor. And just because one type aircraft is heavy than another doesn't mean it will use more runway on takeoff.