Originally Posted by
LarryJ
It also applies to the following UAL aircraft; 737-900, 737-800, A319, A320, 757-200, and 757-300.
No it doesn't. Check the facts:
738 (AA 93 - DFW) took off today at 5:30am
73G (UA 551 - IAH) took off today at 5:56am (not on your list but same thing)
A319 (AA 469 - CLT) took off today at 5:57am
738 (UA 12282 - ORD) took off today at 6:07
A320 (DL 2080 - ATL) took off today at 6:08am
etc. etc. etc.
UA only operates a few 739's (ORD/DEN), one 753 (SFO) and no 752 out of DCA but they all could make the antiquated noise restrictions.
There are even more examples of late arrivals.
For the last time on this thread:
There are no scheduled operational nighttime restrictions at DCA in 2017. Period!
Originally Posted by
findark
They can get a 739 off that runway? How many pax can it carry? (I've never seen a UA 739 at DCA.)
DCA-DEN is a 739 every day (except Saturday) and we are seeing an uptick in UA 739 service in DCA-ORD
Originally Posted by
BearX220
ATA used to operate 753s in and out of there, and a DC-10 was landed there in the past.
UA was using an sCO 753 for about a year DCA-DEN and they recently shifted it to SFO as UA 2046/2042 - operates every day.
Originally Posted by
LarryJ
The runway is 7,170' at DCA. UAL and DAL both operate the 739 out of LGA which has runways of 7,001' and 7,003'.
Yep. We've seen a monumental increase on the A321 replacing B757 and I suspect the 739 will see a similar increase beyond UA's DEN and ORD service.
Originally Posted by
Section 107
under regular conditions, currently the largest plane accepted at DCA is a 75x.
Under special conditions other planes are sometimes authorized; I think it was last year a 787 landed (but maybe it was 2015) but that was empty. The special conditions being that planes are as empty as possible, at least when they attempt to leave DCA....
In the distant past I believe a DC10 made an emergency landing and somewhere I have seen a photo of SAM 26000 on the runway.
Actually neither the FAA nor MWAA limits the size of AC at DCA [there was a limit after DCA opened after 9/11 but that was lifted long ago]. There's a post either here or on the Delta page where someone posted that DL for a short time had scheduled 767 DCA-ATL service - and showed pics to prove it! Apparently there is one gate in the south pier officially able to accommodate a 767.
A UA DC-10 diverted to DCA many years ago due to thunderstorms.
More recently, we've had the 787 land at DCA which I watched take off. Of course not scheduled service but still cool!