"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:tQwve.106673$nG6.47123@attbi_s22...
Worse, Rwy 36 is only 2500 feet long now (with our newly
displaced threshold) and departs into steeply rising terrain and
downtown. As he staggered over us, his wings were rocking
and it looked to me like he was steering to the west to avoid
hitting the University of Iowa Hospital

Glad they made it ok! But a displaced threshold shouldn't have
mattered--that doesn't reduce the distance available for takeoff (or for
landing in the opposite direction).

Yeah, that didn't come out quite right.

I should have said "with our newly displaced threshold and the hundreds of
feet they've cut off the northern end of the runway."

Actually, neither factor should have reduced their altitude at any given
distance to the north of the airport.

And soon (like, within a year) we'll lose that runway altogether.

Nearby construction?

--Gary