SNA has 2 runways: 1L/19R is 5701 feet long 1R/19L is 2887 feet long While the larger aircraft obviously can't use 1R/19L, it does take some pressure off of 1L/19R by separting smaller general aviation aircraft from the longer runway. David R > At 03:13 PM 6/7/2004 -0700, Clay Wardlow wrote: > >Hello everyone, > > > >What's everyone's opinion as to the (worst) airfield configuration for a > >major airport? > > > >I've heard that SNA and BOS are pretty bad. Where else do you all think? > > I'm not particularly familiar with BOS. SNA has the same limitations as any > single runway airport; you could just as easily name LGW, London Gatwick, > which probably gets more traffic. > > Personally, I'd use SFO, San Francisco International, as an example of "how > not to do it." Yes, it has two sets of parallel runways -- but they're too > close together for dual operations in ILS conditions. Maybe they were far > enough apart for contemporary planes when the runways were built, but now > they're an embarrassment. > > >Clay - SEA > > Nick (IAD)