You don't need as much runway to safely land as you need to take off.
In either instance, always great to have more runway than necessary. 34 year air traffic controller and just as long a private pilot.
** Edited by KiloZulu at 5/18/2026, 3:52:48 PM
Thread Replies (16)
So when is the VT-Blacksburg Airport upgrade supposed to be finished?**
-- Archdale
May 18, 2026 at 09:24 PM ET
Archdale
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05/18/26 09:24 PM ET
Oh, it was completed back in 2020……**
-- RJHokie
May 18, 2026 at 09:37 PM ET
RJHokie
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05/18/26 09:37 PM ET
Flew down in a prop flew back in a jet. **
-- RJHokie
May 18, 2026 at 03:46 PM ET
RJHokie
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05/18/26 03:46 PM ET
Charter. NCAA provided/paid for it.**
-- RJHokie
May 18, 2026 at 05:00 PM ET
RJHokie
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05/18/26 05:00 PM ET
Any homecoming welcome back crowd at TSP to greet the Team!??**
-- HokieAvalanche
May 18, 2026 at 03:03 PM ET
HokieAvalanche
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05/18/26 03:03 PM ET
Well it was actually at the airport….
-- VTChip
May 18, 2026 at 03:53 PM ET
VTChip
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05/18/26 03:53 PM ET
They were bussed back to the VT airport where their cars were parked.
-- RJHokie
May 18, 2026 at 03:49 PM ET
RJHokie
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05/18/26 03:49 PM ET
the bburg airport runway can't handle that jet?**
-- squarerootofone
May 18, 2026 at 02:03 PM ET
squarerootofone
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05/18/26 02:03 PM ET
It's not just runway length....
-- HokieATC
May 18, 2026 at 04:54 PM ET
HokieATC
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05/18/26 04:54 PM ET
It's not the landing. Taking back off is why BCB can't handle this one.
-- KiloZulu
May 18, 2026 at 02:11 PM ET
KiloZulu
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05/18/26 02:11 PM ET
Interesting that they returned in a jet after leaving BCB in a prop plane.
-- nvpbrown
May 18, 2026 at 03:42 PM ET
nvpbrown
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05/18/26 03:42 PM ET
You don't need as much runway to safely land as you need to take off.
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-- KiloZulu
May 18, 2026 at 03:51 PM ET
KiloZulu
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05/18/26 03:51 PM ET
Kudos for being an air traffic controller. That's a job I could NEVER do.
-- RVAHokie05
May 18, 2026 at 04:07 PM ET
RVAHokie05
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05/18/26 04:07 PM ET