On 10 Jul 2006 20:40:42 -0700, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

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Today is truly a sad day in Iowa City airport history, and I can
personally
guarantee that when the winds are howling out of the North, there will
be many,
many days in the future when we will wish we had that runway back.

If you have regularly scheduled airline service they may find times
when the airlines will be unable to land. Some of those big airliners
and commuters are not noted for being able to handle tremendous cross
winds. The individual airlines *probably* have cross wind limitations
they impose as well.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com
Roger