Originally Posted by
blockski
None of them.
They're all beyond the perimeter; and any exemptions for perimeter flights require Congress to act. And Congress is not going to take the vote for something that benefits zero of their constituents. Add in the fact that only AA would be a plausible domestic operator - what's the rationale for them operating a single flight from DCA rather than feeding PHL or JFK? And if not AA, Congress is definitely not going to expend political capital for a foreign airline to serve DCA.
As a practical matter, no, the runway isn't going to be favorable to those long flights.
As a policy matter, no, it does not make any sense to change the airport to accommodate long-haul or international flights. We have IAD for that.
This is a solution looking for a problem. It's not as if it's hard to set up a flight to IAD or BWI.
Well that's a bummer, this didn't really land the way I thought.
In case this wasn't obvious (and been since clarified in the original bit): this isn't so much a solution looking for a problem--it's a thought experiment. And surely we're all aware these are beyond perimeter flights: that's the title of this thread.
I apologise about trying to generate some interesting discussion, and that it didn't fit other perspectives.
Anyways. Remains to be seen who these slots are doled out to.