Fedexexpress From United States, joined Jun 2005, 284 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (3 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 706 times:
at IND @ night it looks like that when about 77 Fedex flights are all tring to take off to destionations all over the world!!! Via IND its an awesome sight to see. Eric
"Its not what your country can do for you its what you can do for your country" JFK
Venezuela747 From United States, joined Jan 2004, 1355 posts, RR: 3 Reply 5, posted (3 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 690 times:
They are common at pretty much any major airport LAX, SFO, NYC, MIA, ORD,MSP, DEN........flight seem to make it on time though since some time can be made up on the air.
Ssides From United States, joined Feb 2001, 3771 posts, RR: 20 Reply 8, posted (3 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 672 times:
You should see DFW recover from a weather delay. The flights can finally come in and land, but due to limited gate space, they have no place to park. I've waited on the ramp at DFW for over 2 hours simply waiting for a gate to open up.
Even being early -- with no weather delays -- can be a negative at DFW, because often the flight departing your arrival gate will still be sitting there.
ERJ170 From United States, joined Apr 2004, 5466 posts, RR: 13 Reply 9, posted (3 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 679 times:
Also, at most airports where congestion is the norm, extra time is added into the schedule to accommodate the problem.. I definitely know that is the practice at PHL..
RDU-PHL is flown in about ~45 minutes.. but it is scheduled for ~1.25 hrs
Dutchjet From Netherlands, joined Oct 2000, 7864 posts, RR: 57 Reply 10, posted (3 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 646 times:
Long waits to take off at certain US airports has a lot to do with hub operations - departures at the hubs are scheduled in banks of flights and 50 fliights or more can be scheduled to depart with a short couple of minute window, thus, the lines. And, all of those regional jets going to so many destinations does not help either.
Of course there are hub airports in Europe, but the hubs are organized differently and connections are more geared to long haul - in the US, every flight in and out of a hub must offer connection possibilities for the system to work and therefore arrivals and departures are tightly scheduled.
Ikramerica From United States, joined May 2005, 15657 posts, RR: 49 Reply 11, posted (3 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 551 times:
Quoting Espion007 (Reply 1): They are as common as water. JFK,ORD,LAX every airport has it.
Not all day though. I've been in very long lines at IAH, but then I've also been on flights that just roll to the end of the runway, wait for one plane to take off, and voila.
As for LAX, they aren't "common as water" here, though the do happen. Lines are usually only a few planes long, due to runways spaced on opposite sides of the airport, and routing flights to the closest one. The longest lines are usually about 6 planes, but most lines are 3-4 when i depart, though I don't take early morning flights.
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Coa747 From United States, joined Jul 2005, 414 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (3 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 500 times:
The old Denver Stapleton Airport had to be one of the all time worst. The runway layout was awful and when poor weather especially in the winter time descended over Denver the lines to takeoff were unbelievable. I tried to avoid flying on United or Continental through Stapelton during winter at all costs. The few times I did I remember waiting in a line of 50 or more aircraft to takeoff one night. When we finally did takeoff the line had not improved if anything it had gotten worse from what I could count of the idle planes flashing by as we finally took to the air. Anyone else have any Stapleton horror stories? I think I will start a new thread on that topic.
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