Re:Will we ever fly supersonically over land?
by beerandt on Friday July 09, 2021 @01:07AM
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Air still has the advantage- runway is not a function of distance to the destination, and runways are not destination specific.
So it's more appropriate to compare it to part of the station cost, along the lines of another boarding area & track, increasing arrivals and departures.
Except many world's biggest airports, like Heathrow, are operating at peak capacity and building another runway at heathrow is expensive, controvertial, involves relocating people's homes and is still a political football