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Detroit runway closre may cause delayes
http://www.detnews.com/article/20090...delays-flights
Overview of layout: http://cmsimg.detnews.com/apps/pbcsi...R&Profile=1414 snip: ================ Romulus --A rough winter and bureaucratic delays have left one foul- weather runway at Detroit Metropolitan Airport unusable for the summer, raising the possibility of flight delays during inclement weather. A few holdups have already resulted because pilots couldn't use the idle runway -- one of two "crosswinds" strips -- and the problem could escalate if summer storms whip up heavy winds from the west, forcing the closure of Metro's four parallel runways. The runway, 9L/27R, slices through the center of Metro Airport's airfield. "It's past its useful life," said Scott Wintner, a spokesman for the Wayne County Airport Authority, the agency responsible for airport operations. Rehabilitation of the runway is a top priority project for the airport, one that became particularly urgent in February when 9L/27R was shut down. Wild temperature undulations over the winter put the strip through a rough-and-tumble freeze/thaw cycle that left potholes and cracks marring what would normally be one of Michigan's smoothest pieces of pavement. ========== |
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