What airports in the US will be able to handle the A380?

nwa757 · Post by **nwa757** » 09 Jul 2004, 17:46

Does anyone on here know what US airports can handle the A380. I assume ORD and LAX will be able to handle it, but what about the others?

Post by **speedbird1** » 09 Jul 2004, 17:51

I'm not sure if LAX is going to be able to, I'm sure I read a thread on that here. Maybe Boeing are paying them not to bother!!!

Emirates

B744skipper · Post by **B744skipper** » 09 Jul 2004, 20:05

- JFK comes into mind
- LAX for sure, but if they're will be ready in time I can't tell
- SFO also pops up

And maybe some other major airports in the US.

Post by **airbuske** » 09 Jul 2004, 20:23

US
New York (JFK, EWR )
Los Angeles (LAX)
San Francisco (SFO,OAK)
Honolulu (HNL)
Miami (MIA)
Chicago (ORD)
Memphis (MEM)
Anchorage(ANC)
Washington (IAD)
Dallas (DFW,AFW)
Orlando (MCO)
Indianapolis (IND)
Atlanta (ATL) Jeddah (JED)
Denver (DEN)
Detroit (DTW)
Minneapolis (MSP)

These airports would be compatible with the A380 in the futher!!
For more info :http://www.airbus.com/pdf/a380/a380airport_compat.pdf

Greetings

Airbuske

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 09 Jul 2004, 22:33

I also heard that LAX wouldn't be ready in time for the A380. Can somebody give us more informations about the current progression of the works at LAX???

Chris

flyinghigh · Post by **flyinghigh** » 10 Jul 2004, 03:07

I don't think they will be any A380 flights to ANC or DEN. I bet the first will be to JFK,LAX,ORD and maybe MIA.

Post by **sn26567** » 10 Jul 2004, 12:50

airbuske wrote:US
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Jeddah (JED)
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I don't remember that the US have annexed Saudi Arabia yet

It's nice to see that the 2 airports of San Francisco are on the list.

B744skipper · Post by **B744skipper** » 10 Jul 2004, 12:52

flyinghigh wrote:I don't think they will be any A380 flights to ANC or DEN. I bet the first will be to JFK,LAX,ORD and maybe MIA.

Maybe they will make these airports "A380 suitable" because they will be used as a diversion airport, in case of other airports closed of problems with the a/c itself.

But I don't see regular flights into ANC and DEN also, but maybe to ANC with cargo flights.

JDarby · Post by **JDarby** » 19 Jul 2004, 14:02

I don't think they will be any A380 flights to ANC or DEN. I bet the first will be to JFK,LAX,ORD and maybe MIA.

ANC is a big hub for FEDEX

Post by **speedbird1** » 23 Jul 2004, 15:14

Avro wrote:I also heard that LAX wouldn't be ready in time for the A380. Can somebody give us more informations about the current progression of the works at LAX???

Chris

I agree with that, I heard about it a few months ago. I bet if the A380 had a Boeing badge on it they'd be preparing right away!!

Emirates