uptownliving Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 Here are some pics of CLT on 9/11...look at all the planes!!! Control Tower and Statue of Queen Charlotte getting blown by all the Jets in front of the terminal. Concourse E with AirForce 1 and downtown Charlotte in the background. Concourse A Concourse B Concourse C Concourse E back when it was under construction. Unfortunatly I don't have any pics of Concourse D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 Look at all of the cops in the picture of Concourse B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsoon Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityboi Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 What an excellent view of Charlotte from the airport! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turlough Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 Cool pics It looks like every cop in Charlotte is there one other thing look at all those parked airplanes:( They don't make money on the ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turlough Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 You could do like those guys at JFK did but you would have to go though the woods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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turlough Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 I think it was back in 2001 about middle november an TLC was talking about our nation's airport and CLT was ranked number 2 in best safety They showed some things about the stuff and security and the airport and they showed how CLT had two of only seven machaines in the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabaidee Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 yea, CLT at the time was the only airport to use that eye scannin machine, and then it set the trend for that security feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest donaltopablo Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 Nice pics! I love the one of airforce one taking off with the skyline in the background. Does Charlotte's airport have any major expansion plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 Nice pics! I love the one of airforce one taking off with the skyline in the background. Does Charlotte's airport have any major expansion plans? They do actually. There was a post over at SSP so maybe it'll be reposted here but it included a 4th runway and I think an extension of an existing runway to handle cargo from Asia or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest donaltopablo Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 In the spirit of Atlanta/Charlotte love, here is the new overpass being built across I285 for the fifth runway. From the folks at the AJC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest donaltopablo Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 I know there are a couple of other cities that have runways over freeways. I think DFW does though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptownliving Posted August 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 RDU has a taxiway that runs over the road that takes you to the GA area and the remote lots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsoon Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptownliving Posted April 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 CLT Douglas Airport is responding by building a 25 Gate expansion...construction is already underway...no joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nostyle Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 expanding, while US Airways plans to decrease flights...what's the logic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonTO416 Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Expanding by 25 gates is insane under this environment. This is exactly what is plaguing Pittsburgh right now. Pittsburgh has an entirely brand spanking new airport (relatively speaking) that opened in 1992 - and the SOLE reason for their outrageous operating fees is due to the fact that US Airways hasn't been able to pay down debt to pay the terminal off - because the terminal was designed and delivered to them for the sole purpose of running their main hub @ PGH under the old hub-and-spoke system. Now that US Air doesn't have the demand to keep that up, the airport fees are tremendous. If Charlotte "invests" in this, look for either high, less competitive airport fees or higher taxes if CLT decides to make taxpayers the fallback for the decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsoon Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptownliving Posted April 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 They are expanding Concourse E...which is the Commuter Concourse...where you see a lot of the RJ jets and Turbo Props. It is currently 3 years old and has 25 gates...it is already too small. US Airways has made a large RJ Jet pruchase and so a lot of their new flights will be RJ....so Charlotte is expanding Concourse E to 50 gates. The expansion will be financed by a PFC...so no increase in fees to the airlines, and the CLT Airport is self supporting and does not depend on any City taxes....All the financial banks are happy with this deal...in fact they have upgraded Charlotte/Douglas' credit rating. I think that speaks voulmes for the excellant people running our airport, especially when you consider that our main airline is financially junk status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nostyle Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 Makes you wonder what our airport would be like if we were hub for a better airline... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonTO416 Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 You can convert other existing concourses into more commuter friendly points. CLT doesn't need to extend concourse E if US Air is going to cut service, which is likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nostyle Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 Well, even if US Airways folds, I really only see it as a temporary roadbump for the airport. It's a great state-of-the-art facility that will probably fill in quickly with non-hub flights, and then perhaps another big airline will step in and look to build a hub here. But I don't think it will be very long-term doom and gloom. Maybe I'm just optimistic though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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