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To: sharkhawk

I fly into Midway on Southwest Airlines all the time. I think the longest runway is 6100 feet. I pray EVERY time the plane I am on is on approach to Midway.


109 posted on 12/08/2005 6:29:05 PM PST by xrp (Conservative votes are to Republicans what 90% of black votes are to Democrats (taken for granted))
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To: xrp

LaGuardia in NYC is bad too - the end of the runway is in the water. I remember being on an L1011 coming into LaG, and I thought it was an awfully big plane to be going into LaG. SO I asked the stewardess, "can a plane this big land at LaGuradia". Her response - "I think so". real comforting.


118 posted on 12/08/2005 6:31:44 PM PST by oceanview
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To: xrp

Makes Laguardia's runways look lengthy. LaGuardia had a number of runway mishaps about 10 years ago, so the Port Authority built a 700 foot platform over the water and its been fine since. Something about a margin of safety.


176 posted on 12/08/2005 7:05:05 PM PST by appeal2
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