Talk:Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

message: At DCA you can't land after a certain hour. What are those hours?
68.110.237.188 (talk) 03:47, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: At DCA, it is important to not that the airport's nighttime noise rule is not an operation cerfuew, per the Airports Authority website. It is a method to identify aircraft that exceed certain noise limits. In fact one has never existed. See DCA Nighttime Noise Rule History & Enforcement. Sam.gov (talk) 20:20, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Night time restrictions

message: Is there a citation for this statement: "Because of limited gate availability and local noise limitations, almost all flights are to destinations within 2000 km (1250 miles)."? What does the distance of the flight have to do with noise level or gate availability? My understanding was that the limited number of long-distance flights was due to some strange political considerations and Congressional oversight. Can anyone clarify things?  --Polynova 06:58, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
A number of airports limit the size of aircraft permitted to land (in part because larger planes have larger jet engines and each engine creating more noise) also larger jet airplanes have a larger air displacement which also creates a noise component on it's own.  Finally, the longer runway lengths required are not compatible with the larger engines used on long haul jets.  The 757 was often a largest size plane to land at DCA but only with optimal landing conditions.wizbang_fl 05:05, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I can tell from the MWAA site, "gate availability" had nothing to do with it except under the more general umbrella of overcrowding. I rejiggered the language. -choster 01:33, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: 767s have landed at DCA-- Delta substituted them on a couple? of flights at inauguration time. AFAIK widebodies have never been scheduled into DCA, although Eastern tried to get the A300 approved. Pretty sure 757s have been scheduled-- the first jet nonstops to California were probably on 757s.Tim Zukas (talk) 22:12, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Long-distance flights

message: I'm not sure on all the details, but I think recent news is that a private plane was allowed to land at RRWN Aiport. Should someone update the page? PirateMonkey 20:50, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It says they're not allowed "with rare exceptions" - does that cover it? - DavidWBrooks 21:55, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, that's no longer true; a certain number of general aviation aircraft are allowed to land each day now, as long as they have an armed air marshall on board at their expense. —Cleared as filed. 11:55, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: *Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Airports - The accepted style is not to Wikilink cities or airports. FCYTravis 22:55, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikilinks

message: Can we add something about the rule that for incoming flights, all passengers must remain seated for the last half our of the flight, and our outgoing flights, all passengers must remain seated for the first half hour?  --Phil Kirlin 20:59, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That rule was eliminated several months ago.- choster 23:10, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No kidding.  Well, I guess I'm in for a more pleasant flight home for Thanksgiving this year.  :) --Phil Kirlin 01:00, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: half hour

message: Because Reagan airport does not have customs and immigration facilities, it only has flights to a few "precleared" international cities. So, can it really be considered an international airport? Given it's name as "National" Airport, I doubt it. —Gintar77 04:05, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: International Airport?

message: I found this at www.airnav.com under KDCA. Did you know that some crews at the airport mistaken Runway 15 for Runway 19, and vice versa? I know that sounds crazy, but I can see why. Those runways look exactly the same in the picture in the info-box. --Press208 01:10, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivial Fact

message: A discussion was started here regarding the listing thte Shuttle flights. Please add your thoughts to that page. Thanks! 74.183.173.237 (talk) 04:24, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Appears to be a non-issue now. - BilCat (talk) 00:43, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: US Airways/Delta Air Lines Shuttle flights

message: "Rapid growth in air traffic led to the construction of runway extensions in 1950 and 1955."
Far as I can see DCA's runways haven't grown by much more than 100 ft since the airport opened. Anybody know what this sentence is about? Tim Zukas (talk) 22:26, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: "Runway extensions"?

message: Please add "San Francisco [begins May 14, 2012]http://blog.sfgate.com/cmcginnis/2012/03/01/sfo-washington-dc-reagan-national-nonstops-begin-in-may/" under "United Airlines" in the section "Airlines and Destinations."
Rb777ftw (talk) 06:41, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 2 March 2012 

message: The source for the two paragraphs about flight 537 is an anonymous posting on a blog.  If no WP:RS is available, it should be removed TEDickey (talk) 10:56, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  I replace the blog with the report on Aviation safety network; the ASN report cites a couple sources. Sam.gov (talk) 22:21, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  blog as source 

message: Current entry says the airport is in Arlington County, Virginia.  The boundary between VA and DC is defined by the high water mark on the VA side of the Potomac river.  The airport is built on reclaimed land that is within the high water mark of the river.  This is why Reagan National has a DC address and zip code.  It is not technically part of Arlington County.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lottjn (talk • contribs) 14:46, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport 

message: Why has all of US Airways Express service merged into one heading?
Shakbok (talk) 23:10, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Please refer to the recent discussion at Wikipedia_talk:AIRPORTS#Listing_of_Regional_Carriers_dba_Mainline_Carrier. All the editors involved agreed that we are now listing brand name only. Rzxz1980 (talk) 03:29, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: US Airways Express

message: One or more of the subheaders seems to overlap an image, making this article not display properly, I tried to move the image, but it doesn't seem to go where I want to put it. If someone can fix this, that would be great. Thanks. Sam.gov (talk) 17:51, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subheader overlapping 

message: On the destinations map, in the state of Alabama, one of the codes is incorrect. It reads "HSL", rather than "HSV", Hunstville, AL. I hope that this information is helpful. Thank you. And sorry if I forgot to sign I can't memorize the IP address.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.226.22.174 (talk) 14:37, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Destinations Map 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: FAA source material (shown on this very page) seems to indicate it is “Ronald Reagan Washington National”, but someone just renamed this article claiming otherwise. So... which is it? Famartin (talk) 02:48, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Without commenting on whether the recent article renaming was sensible, please note that the official name has very little influence on the naming of any article as per WP:OFFICIAL. Andrewgprout (talk) 03:08, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official name 

message: The article should probably note that a small portion of the airport is actually within the District of Columbia, as DC includes all of the Potomac River between the DC mainland and Virginia, and some of the airport grounds, including part of the runway, is on reclaimed land, and thus on the DC side of that line.  Reference 39 in the article actually notes this, as the title of the bill to name it after Reagan was:  "A bill to rename the Washington National Airport located in the District of Columbia and Virginia as the "Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport"."(emphasis mine)-2003:CA:8725:A8B1:8933:BDD2:5C17:4E7B (talk) 00:09, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Small part of the airport is actually in DC 

message: Their website is officially labelled "flyreagan.com - Reagan National Airport" so maybe this name could be thrown into the lead?
BhamBoi (talk) 23:14, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official alternate name? 

message: There is a sentence under #Special security measures: "On March 23, 2011, the air traffic control supervisor on duty reportedly fell asleep during the night shift. Two aircraft on approach to the airport were unable to contact anyone in the control tower and landed unassisted" 
Many revisions ago (i didn't want to track the change down, it was hundreds of revs ago), the heading of the section was "Tightened security and safety concerns" (see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ronald_Reagan_Washington_National_Airport&oldid=752687447#Tightened_security_and_safety_concerns)
The sentence doesn't really seem to fit there, but I don't know quite where else to put it.  I'll let you smart people figure it out. Darkage7[Talk] 20:41, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orphaned Sentence