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Originally Posted by lktknow
And, twistedmosiac, you are right in your analogy of the freeways and the airport, I felt rather dumb after reading that. However, I think the main reason I said it was only a matter of, when, is because , the planes taking off from this airport, are using runways, where it leaves no margin for any type of error . They need longer runways. or??
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The main runway at Long Beach airport, (which, based on my skills as an internet ninja, I assume you are referring to), is 10,000 feet. In a pinch, with a perfect pilot, you could probably land the space shuttle on it. At sea level, there are only a handful of runways longer than 10,000 (LAX is 12,000), and none of them need to be for any aircraft, commercial or military, that I am aware of which is in regular service.