Timeline for Can you fly a light GA airplane into a major hub? What operational considerations are there if you do?
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| May 19, 2016 at 13:43 | comment | added | Michael Hampton | The big difference is that America has very low taxes on fuel compared to most of the rest of the world. | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 11:42 | comment | added | Jon Story | There are other airports with more movements, more runways, more passengers etc: the problem with Heathrow is simply that it's full: you simply can't fit more landing/takeoffs in there without compromising safety. | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 16:38 | comment | added | reirab | @JohnDoe From a quick search, it looks like the U.K. is among only a few nations that use Class A airspace in terminal areas. Most other nations appear to use it like the U.S. (all traffic above a certain altitude) or not at all. | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 16:38 | comment | added | reirab | @ColinPickard It's actually not the 3rd busiest by movements. It's 'only' 10th by movements. It was the 3rd busiest by number of passengers last year, but that's not particularly relevant for air traffic purposes. The U.S. has 8 airports that have more movements than Heathrow and China also has one. | |
| Jan 9, 2014 at 14:47 | comment | added | John Doe | Re: It would seriously hamper General Aviation. ... lots of things hamper GA in the rest of the world, for the start, the lack of cheap gas that the Americans have. | |
| Jan 9, 2014 at 14:42 | comment | added | John Doe | Re: Class B airspace, in the US. Class A is way up in the sky Wrong ! In Europe and elsewhere in the world, class A can be at any level.... from ground upwards. E.g. coming back to my Heathrow example, the London and Heathrow TMA starts at SFC (i.e. surface) and goes up to whatever altitude it is. | |
| Jan 9, 2014 at 14:40 | comment | added | orique | Piper PA28 landing at LEMD youtube.com/watch?v=sifrXpIomFE | |
| Jan 9, 2014 at 12:07 | comment | added | Colin Pickard | Heathrow is an exception to everything. It's the world's third busiest airport and has only two runways. Plus London has 5 other big international airports and many smaller airports. CDG would be a better example | |
| Jan 9, 2014 at 0:27 | comment | added | Philippe Leybaert | I think Heathrow is an exception. Most major European airports allow any IFR flight, even if it's a tiny Cessna 172. VFR is another story though. | |
| Jan 9, 2014 at 0:03 | comment | added | Shawn | And in the US, Class A (FL180 to FL600) is the only one that's IFR-only. That would suck to have airports under such strict control. It would seriously hamper General Aviation. Most airports in the US aren't under any sort of control and pretty much all are open to general aviation aircraft. Other than a few exceptions, I believe it's the same in most of the rest of the world, too. | |
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| Jan 8, 2014 at 23:54 | comment | added | Shawn | Class B airspace, in the US. Class A is way up in the sky in most parts of the world. ;-) | |
| Jan 8, 2014 at 23:43 | history | answered | John Doe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |