Originally Posted by electricron
Midway’s runways are 6522 and 6445 feet long.
737-800 jets fully loaded require 5800 feet long runways.
List I found on the internet, i don’t know it’s accuracy.....
Aircraft / Runway Length Requirement / Midway’s acceptability
Airbus:
A318 / 3,400ft - 4,300ft / okay
A319 / 3,000ft - 5,000ft / okay
A320 / 3,500ft - 6,500ft / okay
A321 / 3,600ft - 6,300ft /okay
A330-200F / 3,000ft - 7,000ft / not fully loaded
A330-300 / 3,000ft - 7,000ft / not fully loaded
A340-600 / 5,800ft - 8,700ft / not fully loaded
A380-800 / 5,300ft - 7,000ft / not fully loaded
Boeing:
BC-17 Globemaster III / 3,500ft / okay
B717-200 / 3,600ft - 5,000ft / okay
B737-700 / 3,500ft - 5,000ft / okay
B737-800 / 3,800ft - 5,800ft / okay
B737-900 / 4,100ft - 5,900ft / okay
B757-200 / 3,900ft - 5,100ft / okay
B767-300 / 3,700ft - 5,300ft / okay
B777-200 / 3,700ft - 5,300ft / okay
B777-200LR / 5,300ft - 5,300ft / okay
B777-300ER / 4,700ft - 6,200ft / okay
B787-8 / 4,400ft - 5,000ft / okay
B787-9 / 4,400ft - 6,200ft / okay
B787-10 / 5,500ft - 7,000ft / not fully loaded
B747-SOFIA / 3,500ft - 5,400ft / okay
B747-VC-25 / 4,300ft - 7,300ft / not fully loaded
B747-200 / 4,500ft - 7,300ft / not fully loaded
B747-400 / 5,500ft - 7,300ft / not fully loaded
B747-800 / 5,000ft - 7,400ft / not fully loaded
B747-SCA / 6,000ft - 8,000ft / not fully loaded
Bombardier:
Dash 8-Q400 / 4,230ft / okay
CRJ-200 / 4,850ft / okay
Embraer:
ERJ-170 / 3,300ft - 4,300ft / okay
ERJ-175 / 3,300ft - 4,300ft / okay
ERJ-190 / 3,300ft - 4,300ft / okay
ERJ-195 / 3,800ft - 5,000ft / okay
Most of the 4 jet engine planes require longer runways, and only the very largest 2 jet engine planes when fully loaded require longer runways.
Why expand Midway when all of Southwest jet planes have no problems using Midway?
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