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Username Protected · **Posted:** 04 Jan 2018, 22:00

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/04/a-singa ... ter%7Cmain

Username Protected · **Posted:** 04 Jan 2018, 22:07

From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_International_Airport

In 1930 Thomas "Archie" Stewart, an early aviation enthusiast and descendant of prominent local dairy farmer Lachlan Stewart, convinced his uncle Samuel Stewart to donate "Stoney Lonesome", split between the towns of Newburgh and New Windsor, to the nearby city of Newburgh for use as an airport.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 04 Jan 2018, 23:43

This article says the A380 lands at "small airport". I thought, that is going to be interesting... until they said the "small airport" is SWF with 11,000 ft runway. :roll:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/8029013e-c ... r-jet.html

Username Protected · **Posted:** 04 Jan 2018, 23:47

Did that small, little airport sport some military hardware in a previous life?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 04 Jan 2018, 23:53

Still does. Air National Guard and Marine Corps Reserve.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 05 Jan 2018, 00:41

Username Protected wrote:

Did that small, little airport sport some military hardware in a previous life?

C-5s for a while, I think they have C-17s now. Seems like the switch happened around the time they opened the new passenger terminal and started scheduled service.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 05 Jan 2018, 01:52

That wouldn’t happen to be the same one that gave the pirep for severe turbulence at FL380 in the other thread, would it?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 05 Jan 2018, 07:55

I diverted to stewart once on a JetBlue flight. Fog prevented landing at JFK. It’s a common alternate for NY Metro Airports.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 05 Jan 2018, 11:50

My buddy was on the plane and called me during his 6hr wait on the ground. He said they couldn't find a place large enough to park it, didn't have an air stair tall enough, and customs had to be called in to handle the volume.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 05 Jan 2018, 12:19

Kinda makes sense they would need to call in customs. I shudder to think of the cost of keeping sufficient customs personnel hanging around on a regular basis for the rare occasion when 500 international passengers drop in on an A380.

Surprised about the stairs though. Figure enough 747’s etc hang out at SWF during UNGA that there would be a tall stair truck somewhere.

Also love the idea that SWF is a “small” airport.

Ken

A380 land in Stuard N.Y.