Breaking Ground on RDU Airport's Next Runway
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- The two most important miles of pavement in the Research Triangle region are located right here at RDU Airport. As we formally break ground on the replacement runway 5L-23R on October 10, 2023, we're also looking back at how far we've come.
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Sad to see the runway expansion getting shortenend back to only 10k ft. 11+ would have been nice, allowing traffic for Asia.
The FAA requested it should be only 10,000 feet due to covid but I agree it would have been nice to seen it at 11,500 feet.
A350 takeoff run at MTOW is 8500ft and 787 at MTOW is approximately 9000ft.
RDU officials have said there aren't enough passengers traveling to India(50 average) every day from RDU to support a flight there. I'm not sure about other countries in asia but I don't think RDUs market would support it
@@tearsbeers Unlikely. RDU gets a lot of business travel but given heavy growth, leisure travel is rising as well. I was thinking India would be a candidate because Morrisville has a large Indian population. Not even CLT has flights to Asia. I think the only Asian fight might come to fruition for either RDU or CLT is Dubai. But I feel like that will be at least a decade away.
In the meantime, I can see RDU getting flights to Ireland, the Netherlands, and possibly Munich in the future.
Poland, eh... I don't think. Not even CLT has connections there. Neither does ATL. Upon looking at LOT's future plans, they have plans to expand to Dulles, but not to CLT or RDU. But if LOT leaves Star and joins Oneworld, I feel like that plan can be abandoned and they may decide to go to CLT or even RDU, yes these are ideas that are far, but I'm making assumptions!
But yeah. RDU getting flights to Asia is a pipe dream at this moment. Not enough demand, and I don't see a lot of Arab communities here lol