FX772LRF From United States of America, joined Apr 2009, 675 posts, RR: 13 Reply 1, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 17169 times:
If you're talking commercial, DFW would have the most, at seven. If you would like to include AFB's (Air Force Bases) then Edward's Air Force Base would have the most. If you look on a sector chart, Edward's only technically has 3 runways, but those are paved runways. If you include the desert/sand runways, there's dozens.
Hope this helps!
-FX772LRF
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United1 From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 5337 posts, RR: 8 Reply 3, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 17124 times:
Quoting FX772LRF (Reply 1): If you're talking commercial, DFW would have the most, at seven
FX772LRF From United States of America, joined Apr 2009, 675 posts, RR: 13 Reply 4, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 17126 times:
Crosswinds21 From Netherlands, joined Jun 2009, 684 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 17069 times:
Quoting FX772LRF (Reply 4): Yes, but it ORD the size of Manhattan Island?
Is it, in fact, true that DFW is bigger than Manhattan? I've heard this before. Can someone confirm? What are the square mileages of the two pieces of land?
United1 From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 5337 posts, RR: 8 Reply 6, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 16989 times:
Quoting FX772LRF (Reply 4): Yes, but it ORD the size of Manhattan Island?
No but despite that ORD has plans, and the room, to add an 8th runway ....
Quoting Crosswinds21 (Reply 5): Is it, in fact, true that DFW is bigger than Manhattan? I've heard this before. Can someone confirm? What are the square mileages of the two pieces of land?
Its larger.....
DFW is 28.2 square miles and Manhattan is 22.96....
Floorrunner From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 259 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 16990 times:
Quoting Crosswinds21 (Reply 5): Is it, in fact, true that DFW is bigger than Manhattan? I've heard this before. Can someone confirm? What are the square mileages of the two pieces of land?
Yes it is true. Manhattan is 22.96 square miles or 14,694.4 acres. DFW is 28.24375 square miles or 18076 acres.
United1 From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 5337 posts, RR: 8 Reply 8, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 16978 times:
Quoting Floorrunner (Reply 7): Yes it is true. Manhattan is 22.96 square miles or 14,694.4 acres. DFW is 28.24375 square miles or 18076 acres.
Just to build on that for a moment DFW and Manhattan combined are smaller then DEN...
Scouseflyer From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2006, 3254 posts, RR: 10 Reply 10, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 16584 times:
Quoting United1 (Reply 8):
Just to build on that for a moment DFW and Manhattan combined are smaller then DEN...
and to be very silly they're all tiddlers compared to DMM which is nearly 300 sq miles and is larger than the neighbouring country of Bahrain.......
ADent From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 1176 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 16544 times:
DEN layout is designed for up to 12 runways - though only 6 are built.
KiwiRob From New Zealand, joined Jun 2005, 5286 posts, RR: 3 Reply 12, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 16343 times:
Quoting ADent (Reply 11): DEN layout is designed for up to 12 runways - though only 6 are built.
Would that be for all the secret squirrel stuff that the conspiracy theorists think is hidden beneath the airport. They also think that a 7th runway was built but has been covered over.
RFields5421 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 6145 posts, RR: 25 Reply 13, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 15969 times:
Quoting United1 (Reply 6): No but despite that ORD has plans, and the room, to add an 8th runway ....
O'Hare's Master plan is for SEVEN runways - five east/west runways (9/27 & 10/28) and two SW/NE runways (4/22)
The current and future airport layouts in PDF format. Beware these are two very detailed sheets and will take a while to load.
The runways to be eliminated at O'Hare are 14R/32L and 14L/32R. After the reconfiguration is complete - KORD will be able to operate almost all of the seven runways at the same time, something they cannot do today due to the intersections. Three current runways each cross two others. In the revised plan, there will only be two runways crossing one, and that one will cross those two - so usage will be limited but much less than today.
KDFW is in preliminary stages of adding a sixth north/south runway - which will become 18L/36R. The current 18L/36R will become 18C/36C. However, this new runway will cross 13R/31L.
I know KDEN has a lot of room - but I don't see any master plan to expand beyond the current six runways. I can see where another two N/S runways can be added outside the current four and where two more E/W runways can be added outside the current two. So getting to ten is easily possible. I doubt that KDEN will ever support that level of traffic though.
KBMIFlyer From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 112 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 15873 times:
Quoting RFields5421 (Reply 13): O'Hare's Master plan is for SEVEN runways - five east/west runways (9/27 & 10/28) and two SW/NE runways (4/22)
The master plan has 8 runways. There are six east/west runways (9/27 & 10/28) and two SW/NE runways (4/22). The master plan you referenced shows the 8 runways.
RFields5421 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 6145 posts, RR: 25 Reply 15, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 15831 times:
_AA_777_MAN From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 161 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 13342 times:
Skedguy From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 133 posts, RR: 2 Reply 18, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 13201 times:
Quoting KBMIFlyer (Reply 14): KDFW is in preliminary stages of adding a sixth north/south runway - which will become 18L/36R. The current 18L/36R will become 18C/36C. However, this new runway will cross 13R/31L.
I thought this was put on hold several years ago, especially after AA depeaked its hub. Is 18L/36R now moving forward? I know it's in the master plan, but I haven't heard anything locally about it. Aren't the remaining perimeter taxiways likely to be completed first?
RFields5421 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 6145 posts, RR: 25 Reply 19, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 13112 times:
Quoting Skedguy (Reply 18): Aren't the remaining perimeter taxiways likely to be completed first?
That is my understanding. The third west side N/S runway is still planned according some friends who work in the DFW airport offices.
RyDawg82 From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 818 posts, RR: 9 Reply 21, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 11771 times:
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Dartland From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 636 posts, RR: 2 Reply 24, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 11014 times:
Can't you have 7 simultaneous movements at DFW?
Not only is it tied for the most runways at any airport, but if I remember right, you can use all 7 at once for either take-offs or landings making it the highest capacity airport in the world.
Can anyone confirm / deny??
25 OzarkD9S: Considering it's size, I'm rather impressed that MDW has 5 runways. Granted they are not all air carrier certified but still...for a one mile square,
26 Timz: You mean seven simultaneous landings or seven simultaneous takeoffs? That would be easy enough on a calm day-- one departs to the NW, two to the N, t
27 RFields5421: I've seen this operational pattern often at KDFW Landing 18R, 17C, 17L, 13R Takeoff 18L, 17R, 13L. There is a crossing for 17L landing aircraft going
28 Stburke: This picture shows the original master plan, including all 12 runways. The talk amongst the controllers was getting 26R/8L underway sometime soon so
29 Brilondon: They only have 5 usable runways right now, the sixth is in need of some serious repair and up grading.
30 KC135TopBoom: Correct, but when they were building DEN, in the 1990s, the DEN staff would often come to DFW and talk to me and others, about what DFW did right, an
31 _AA_777_MAN: I thought that the title for this thread was "Which airport has the most runways?" Not Which airport has the most usable runways at one time. Right?
32 Steeler83: Wow! Do you guys think DEN will ever need all 12 runways?
33 BA: Not in the near future, although they already have begun planning the 7th runway. It'll be an east-west runway that will be built by 2015.[Edited 200
34 Steeler83: I guess when DEN needs all those runways is when UA, and F9 equally become as large as DL at ATL!! Heh?? What will its allignment be? Will it be loca
35 BA: This is what they are currently studying. http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_12152243 The original plan called for the next east-west runway t
36 USAirways787: All this talk about DFW makes me feel proud knowing I live just 20 minutes away I won't lie by saying it literally took me 15 minutes to taxi after la
37 N104UA: Any Word if it will be south of Pena Blvd or on the north side of the field? And if it is south of the field would it be south of the Cargo ramp or w
38 BA: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_12152243 The original plan called for the next east-west runway to be built south of Peña Blvd parallel to
40 RyDawg82: Sure looks like DFW with 1 intersecting runway and the additional proposed west runway. Glad to see the time they spent studying DFW was put to good
41 Timz: Before WWII MDW had nine runways-- got to be the record for any civil airport?
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