Re: We need a new airport!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 10:29 am
Moving this to a regional authority would be a good move after this vote is done. No reason KCMO should be responsible solely for this asset.
How do you create a regional authority for items like the airport, zoo, stadiums, etc with KCMO being largely Democratic and KS being largely Republican? Seems any regional combined grouping in this city would be largely Republican causing Democrats to lose power.KCPowercat wrote:Moving this to a regional authority would be a good move after this vote is done. No reason KCMO should be responsible solely for this asset.
A second airport is not that much of a pipe dream. Kansas has pursued using New Century in Olathe for commercial flights before (they made a fairly concerted push in the late 80's) but could never get an airline to sign on. New Century is the formal Olathe Naval Air Station and has runways that can handle large commercial jets. New Century's long runway can handle 737's in both wet and dry conditions - that's the largest jet that currently flies into KCI.WoodDraw wrote:Missouri could undercut any Kansas airport in one day. The state would have to issue the bonds and even then...
One of the main points the recent proposals made was that kci has runway infrastructure that other cities would beg for. A Kansas airport is a pipedream.
Doesn't United fly 767s into KCI occasionally?Highlander wrote:WoodDraw wrote:Missouri could undercut any Kansas airport in one day. The state would have to issue the bonds and even then...
One of the main points the recent proposals made was that kci has runway infrastructure that other cities would beg for. A Kansas airport is a pipedream.
Kansas isn't going to replace KCI but the idea of a second competing airport isn't as far fetched as people think it is. All they need is an airline to agree and FAA approval. They certainly have the nearby customer base that would more than welcome it. If a new terminal is voted down by Kansas City, I believe this could and probably will happen at some point in the not too distant future.
Maybe occasionally. Not sure, certainly not a regular basis. The largest jet at KCI I thought was the 175 seat 737. KCI cannot really handle anything much larger because of its security configuration and the narrow nature of the gates behind security.nomadcowatbk wrote:Doesn't United fly 767s into KCI occasionally?Highlander wrote:WoodDraw wrote:Missouri could undercut any Kansas airport in one day. The state would have to issue the bonds and even then...
One of the main points the recent proposals made was that kci has runway infrastructure that other cities would beg for. A Kansas airport is a pipedream.
Kansas isn't going to replace KCI but the idea of a second competing airport isn't as far fetched as people think it is. All they need is an airline to agree and FAA approval. They certainly have the nearby customer base that would more than welcome it. If a new terminal is voted down by Kansas City, I believe this could and probably will happen at some point in the not too distant future.
Please don't comment on things you have no professional experience with. Please. Suggesting new century is a laughable idea. I'll leave it at that.Highlander wrote:A second airport is not that much of a pipe dream. Kansas has pursued using New Century in Olathe for commercial flights before (they made a fairly concerted push in the late 80's) but could never get an airline to sign on. New Century is the formal Olathe Naval Air Station and has runways that can handle large commercial jets. New Century's long runway can handle 737's in both wet and dry conditions - that's the largest jet that currently flies into KCI.WoodDraw wrote:Missouri could undercut any Kansas airport in one day. The state would have to issue the bonds and even then...
One of the main points the recent proposals made was that kci has runway infrastructure that other cities would beg for. A Kansas airport is a pipedream.
Kansas isn't going to replace KCI but the idea of a second competing airport isn't as far fetched as people think it is. All they need is an airline to agree and FAA approval. They certainly have the nearby customer base that would more than welcome it. If a new terminal is voted down by Kansas City, I believe this could and probably will happen at some point in the not too distant future.
KCI's largest regular scheduled plane would be the 757's and A321's I believe.im2kull wrote:Please don't comment on things you have no professional experience with. Please. Suggesting new century is a laughable idea. I'll leave it at that.Highlander wrote:A second airport is not that much of a pipe dream. Kansas has pursued using New Century in Olathe for commercial flights before (they made a fairly concerted push in the late 80's) but could never get an airline to sign on. New Century is the formal Olathe Naval Air Station and has runways that can handle large commercial jets. New Century's long runway can handle 737's in both wet and dry conditions - that's the largest jet that currently flies into KCI.WoodDraw wrote:Missouri could undercut any Kansas airport in one day. The state would have to issue the bonds and even then...
One of the main points the recent proposals made was that kci has runway infrastructure that other cities would beg for. A Kansas airport is a pipedream.
Kansas isn't going to replace KCI but the idea of a second competing airport isn't as far fetched as people think it is. All they need is an airline to agree and FAA approval. They certainly have the nearby customer base that would more than welcome it. If a new terminal is voted down by Kansas City, I believe this could and probably will happen at some point in the not too distant future.
Ft. Meyers serves far more than their metro area.flyingember wrote:New Century is slightly bigger than Midway and the runways are basically the same length. It's not too much off the size of Punta Gorda airport, which Allegiant flies from KCI into, while other airlines use the main Ft. Meyers airport. And that metro is 1/3 the size of KC
Oh, it might not be feasible *right now* but it's not laughable. It could serve a small budget airline and there's just enough space to eminent domain and expand to do this.
Doesn't St. Louis have two airports? I don't know how you can be so sure of anything with a conservative state and Trump as the President. You have to remember they're not talking about doing anything big (8-10 gates). All you need is one airline that says we're in and close to half of KCI's passengers now are from Kansas. Missouri seems to look down its nose at Kansas all the time but Kansas has become a formidable rival and it's mostly Missouri's fault because Missouri never takes Kansas seriously. Kansas has grown up and is the economic strength of the metro now, which is pretty amazing considering the 75-100 year head start Missouri side had.beautyfromashes wrote:New Century is laughable. Feasible, but laughable. First, the feds would never approve a second location for an airport in such a tiny metro. They’d never get past the first hurdle.
A321 is the biggest according to KCI peepsHighlander wrote:Maybe occasionally. Not sure, certainly not a regular basis. The largest jet at KCI I thought was the 175 seat 737. KCI cannot really handle anything much larger because of its security configuration and the narrow nature of the gates behind security.nomadcowatbk wrote:Doesn't United fly 767s into KCI occasionally?Highlander wrote:
Kansas isn't going to replace KCI but the idea of a second competing airport isn't as far fetched as people think it is. All they need is an airline to agree and FAA approval. They certainly have the nearby customer base that would more than welcome it. If a new terminal is voted down by Kansas City, I believe this could and probably will happen at some point in the not too distant future.
Not sure if the Olathe Airport can handle the larger 737's so SW going there would be questionable but they can certainly handle regional jets which comprises the bulk of KCI flights.