ABQ Widebody Service
Mar 21, 2010, 4:09 pm
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ABQ Widebody Service
I was wondering did ABQ airport ever have commercial 747 or 777 service overseas as the runway is pretty long and I did see a 747 parked on the side. What overseas did ABQ have before 9/11?
Mar 31, 2010, 5:12 pm
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Also, it's altitude. It can get pretty hot in the summer, and runway length is the only factor that prevents flight cancellations or reduced weight requirements for takeoff.
Apr 22, 2010, 3:28 pm
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I seem to remember that TWA ran a daily widebody (probably L1011) to ABQ from STL during the 80's and 90's. It's also possible that EA (Eastern) and/or AA may have occasionally run widebodies into ABQ (DC-10 or L-1011).
UPDATE: The TWA widebody service is mentioned in the same airliners.net thread as ABQ concourse C (http://tinyurl.com/ylos94g).
UPDATE: The TWA widebody service is mentioned in the same airliners.net thread as ABQ concourse C (http://tinyurl.com/ylos94g).
Last edited by formeraa; Apr 22, 2010 at 3:37 pm