A sad day in Iowa City

Best option, tear up the hard surface and make a new turf runway.

"john smith" wrote in message
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Best option, tear up the hard surface and make a new turf runway.

Considering that the runway in question is probably at LEAST a foot thick,
and full of rebar, it would almost be cheaper to make a new concrete runway,
as to tear it up.
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Jim in NC

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"Morgans" wrote:

"john smith" wrote in message
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Best option, tear up the hard surface and make a new turf runway.

Considering that the runway in question is probably at LEAST a foot thick,
and full of rebar, it would almost be cheaper to make a new concrete runway,
as to tear it up.

They cannot get money to repave it as a runway.
They may be able to get money to repave it as a taxiway or to remove it.

"john smith" wrote

They cannot get money to repave it as a runway.
They may be able to get money to repave it as a taxiway or to remove it.

That is part of the rub. It does not need repaved, or any improvements.
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Jim in NC

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