Delta Reverses Course: Returning to Hilton Head Island

[BoilerUP]

I'd settle for a glideslope being thrown on the existing LOC...although another 700'+ of runway (or at least cutting the damn trees out of the clearway) would be nice.

 

[Colonel Savage]

Someone used to operate DHC-7's and -8's out of there many years ago.

 

[flyn96]

Someone used to operate DHC-7's and -8's out of there many years ago.

Still do! Piedmont

 

[SEVEN]

Someone used to operate DHC-7's and -8's out of there many years ago.

Piedmont operates around 6 flights a day on the Dash 8 from Charlotte, NC to Hilton Head.

 

[FL000]

The locals need to realize that the genie got out of the bottle 20+ years ago. HHI is not some quiet little hideaway. It is a commercial gala that attracts folks from all over the easter United States and many from abroad.

US 278 has been a nightmare to travel on for a couple of decades now, and allowing some larger planes in there could contibute to traffic relief in the bottleneck that is the entrance/exit to the island. The cross-island connection has helped, but the real problem is in the first 5 miles...before the cross-island begins.

Also, the planes that would be allowed with a longer runway would likely be quieter than the ones that are able to get in and out of there now.

 

[Colonel Savage]

Seems DAL could find an operator with equipment better suited to the task than blocking 30% of the seats on a Saab.

 

[crj567]

Seems DAL could find an operator with equipment better suited to the task than blocking 30% of the seats on a Saab.

If DAL was run by people who had the common sense to locate thier own ass whilst utilizing all available appendages, they would have come to this same realization long ago....

-Seems like I remember some ATRs used to fly down that way.... Hmmmm.

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

It'll be a tough fight to extend the runway down there. It is easier to kill a person than a tree on HHI.

 

[Scope out RJ's]

If DAL was run by people who had the common sense to locate thier own ass whilst utilizing all available appendages, they would have come to this same realization long ago....

We all know how good you are at finding ass, you just reach around behind your latest customer while you are on your knees!

-Seems like I remember some ATRs used to fly down that way.... Hmmmm.

Did you used to service the lavs on those airplanes as well, sport?

 

[Captzaahlie]

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