Reagan get a facelift new runway for first-time since 1990s
May 22, 2011, 10:39 pm
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Reagan get a facelift new runway for first-time since 1990s
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2011/05...ift-60804.html
Washington-Nationals to get facelift a new runway for first-time since 1990s. It will plans to start constructed new runway & taxiway, too.
Washington-Nationals to get facelift a new runway for first-time since 1990s. It will plans to start constructed new runway & taxiway, too.
May 23, 2011, 6:50 am
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why are they not adding another 1-2000 feet to the south so they can land some decent planes on that runway. they can fill the potomac, and at 9000 feet, take at least some wide bodies and do transatlantics.
May 23, 2011, 8:10 am
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May 23, 2011, 8:53 am
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there is for private flights. i sort of recall customs in the way back when. st thomas, bermuda and san juan wer done at location, but i sort of recall coming from canada in the 60's and think i went through customs somewhere at dca. also recall a duty free.
just because there is no c/i now no reason not to put one in
hoover had c/i.
just because there is no c/i now no reason not to put one in
hoover had c/i.
May 23, 2011, 11:55 am
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I'll try to get some pictures of some planes coming low (if they come in going SouthEast) onto the Runway and take some pictures...
-jeremy
May 23, 2011, 12:28 pm
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They could selectively allow TATL's that have preclearance facilities at departure, like SNN.
Of course, then they'd have to rename the airport, and it would be even more confusing when people still call it "National".
Of course, then they'd have to rename the airport, and it would be even more confusing when people still call it "National".
May 23, 2011, 12:49 pm
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they had direct flights to canada, & bermuda. are those gone?
May 23, 2011, 1:28 pm
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May 24, 2011, 2:14 pm
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With regard to multiple comments on this thread:
Customs/Immigration are cleared in Canada and Bermuda respectively for non-stops from these locations.
I think the EPA would probably object to extending the runway, by filling in the Potomac. As I am under the flight path, I personally would object as well. It is bad enough as it is.
Many people still use the name National because that is still the airport's name, just like we call BWI by that name rather than Marshall.
Customs/Immigration are cleared in Canada and Bermuda respectively for non-stops from these locations.
I think the EPA would probably object to extending the runway, by filling in the Potomac. As I am under the flight path, I personally would object as well. It is bad enough as it is.
Many people still use the name National because that is still the airport's name, just like we call BWI by that name rather than Marshall.
May 24, 2011, 4:08 pm
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It also won't work because there is a rule that DCA cannot have flights over 1,250 miles. They have some exceptions that amount to maybe a dozen flights per day heading out west. But it's a political hot potato.
http://upgrd.com/matthew/changes-pro...eter-rule.html
http://upgrd.com/matthew/changes-pro...eter-rule.html
May 25, 2011, 9:33 am
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19 CFR Sec. 101.5 provides the list:
Orangestad, Aruba
Freeport, Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas
Bermuda
Shannon, Ireland
8 cities in Canada including Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto
May 25, 2011, 9:35 am
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It also won't work because there is a rule that DCA cannot have flights over 1,250 miles. They have some exceptions that amount to maybe a dozen flights per day heading out west. But it's a political hot potato.
http://upgrd.com/matthew/changes-pro...eter-rule.html
http://upgrd.com/matthew/changes-pro...eter-rule.html
3x PHX
1x LAS
2x SEA
1x LAX
4x DEN
1x SLC
More are proposed.
May 25, 2011, 9:37 am
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http://www.wjla.com/articles/2011/05...ift-60804.html
Washington-Nationals to get facelift a new runway for first-time since 1990s. It will plans to start constructed new runway & taxiway, too.
Washington-Nationals to get facelift a new runway for first-time since 1990s. It will plans to start constructed new runway & taxiway, too.
May 25, 2011, 11:08 am
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I hear way more activity from the helicopters going to the south side of the airport and naturally the helicopters going to and from the pentagon (I'm on the North End of the airport, obviously).
I don't think the noise is bad at all, and especially with the minimal amount of flights in the evening, I don't know how people complain at all.
-jeremy
