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It is notable as one of the high-traffic international airports with unusually short runways, allowing aircraft up to the Boeing 767-200 or Airbus A330-200 to take off and land at maximum takeoff and landing weights (or other larger aircraft albeit with highly reduced fuel and capacity). For context, a fully loaded and fueled Boeing 747-8 requires about 10,000 feet of runway to lift off the ground, which is about 58% more distance than the longest runway here. | It is notable as one of the high-traffic international airports with unusually short runways, allowing aircraft up to the Boeing 767-200 or Airbus A330-200 to take off and land at maximum takeoff and landing weights (or other larger aircraft albeit with highly reduced fuel and capacity). For context, a fully loaded and fueled Boeing 747-8 requires about 10,000 feet of runway to lift off the ground, which is about 58% more distance than the longest runway here. | ||
Due to this, most international traffic comes from Los Angeles or San Francisco which are both roughly | Due to this, most international traffic comes from Los Angeles or San Francisco which are both roughly 3 hour drives away. If a relatively large plane does decide to land here, they must use a high autobrake setting, and if one takes off here, full thrust is always required (regardless of runway condition) and the brakes are required to be held onto until the engine reaches full thrust. | ||
[[File:UPS MD-11F at GIA.png|thumb|300x300px|A UPS MD-11 Freighter at GIA viewed from the control tower]] | [[File:UPS MD-11F at GIA.png|thumb|300x300px|A UPS MD-11 Freighter at GIA viewed from the control tower]] | ||
There have been cases of runway overruns due to unfavourable conditions resulting from the short runways, most notably [[Golden Pacific Flight 008]] which overran the runway during a strong crosswind and crashed through the eastern airport fences and onto [[I-205]]. This prompted a complete closure of said section for 2 weeks and resulted in heavy traffic in the [[Lannex]] roads due to diversion. | There have been cases of runway overruns due to unfavourable conditions resulting from the short runways, most notably [[Golden Pacific Flight 008]] which overran the runway during a strong crosswind and crashed through the eastern airport fences and onto [[I-205]]. This prompted a complete closure of said section for 2 weeks and resulted in heavy traffic in the [[Lannex]] roads due to diversion. | ||