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Why So Many 6000' Runways In Canada?

FP_v2 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Posted (11 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 1137 times:

While searching diffrent airports at http://www.mapbase.pair.com/wad/ I noticed lots of smaller, regional airports have 6000 foot runways. Is there any reason for this particular lentgh or is it just a conicedence?

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Top Gun From Canada, joined May 1999, 101 posts, RR: 2
Reply 1, posted (11 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 1083 times:

I beleive it has something to do with the Cold War days. In the case of Nuclear holocaust, NATO wanted places for the A/C to land. Also Eisenhaur (SP?) made a rule that 1 out of evey 5 miles of an interstate is straight so in time of war A/C could land.

XFSUgimpLB41X From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 3695 posts, RR: 36
Reply 2, posted (11 years 3 months 3 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1061 times:

6000 feet is also a very good standard length to accept a large variety of aircraft. Even newer airports have 6000 foot runways and airports that have newly extended runways opt for this length. I also agree with Top Gun in that it probably had something to do with jets during the cold war being able to land and t/o there.

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Airplay From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (11 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 982 times:

Top Gun

I think you've mistaken Canada with the US. We don't have interstates (or states) and we never elected Eisenhower because he was a president of the US. Not of Canada.