Ron Monroe wrote:
The new longer runway is under construction, and is not ready for the A380.
As was seen with the cement mixer, work is still being done. But, it was a
pretty empty airplane, and had plenty of room for landing on 24R. I think
they said there were only 8 passengers on board, and it didn't have an
interior installed yet. Dale can probably give you more info on the
runways.
Ron


The new r/w is scheduled to open April 2, as a cat I. Cat III will
follow a month or two later. Then they will begin constructing the
taxiway between 25L & 25R. They did some flight checks on the new ILS
last night. It's getting the new fangled end-fire glideslope.

The decision was made to land on 24R so that the taxi routes could be
tested. Also, since there is only one r/w open on the south side, the
Airbus would have effectively shut down half of the airport until
parked. There was also some concern that the engine height was low
enough to actually strike some of the signage. It didn't.

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