how much time to do planes stay on the ground?

Werewolf said:
I'd be amazed if there wasn't space for all the aircraft to be put down - most airports don't run at 100% capacity, and if needed you could park them closer together than normal/park them in areas that wouldn't normally be used for parking (IE by the terminals), or even where the airport has multiple runways, on one of them as a last resort.
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There's space to park up but don't expect to be able to pick who leaves first...

Halifax, Nova Scotia on 9/11 - http://www.airliners.net/photo/0188171/M/
 
If you don't want to go park them go find some nice towers.. Yeah

I do wonder if all planes in world could be on ground also. Wonder what heathrows capacity is compared to % of planes active
 
GrimsbyLAD said:
I do wonder if all planes in world could be on ground also. Wonder what heathrows capacity is compared to % of planes active
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There is very little capacity for extra traffic at Heathrow. Diversions to Heathrow are usually only accepted in the event of an emergency.
 
Dimple said:
I think you missed the point.
America own a lot of planes (probably way more than anybody else) but were able to ground them all.
Somebody stated earlier that it couldn't be done irrespective if it's one country or all of them.
It is a myth that you can't get all planes down on the ground.
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did they recall outbound flights that were already out of the country cause if not that's a huge amount of traffic not included along with inbound flights that were still hours out and could divert?

May well be a myth but it's one they tell us at work every time they need a "fun fact" for some dry presentation.
 
Interesting thread. I've always wondered if an airplane would take off if it was on a conveyer-belt moving in the opposite direction at the same speed........
 
Tefal said:
did they recall outbound flights that were already out of the country cause if not that's a huge amount of traffic not included along with inbound flights that were still hours out and could divert?

May well be a myth but it's one they tell us at work every time they need a "fun fact" for some dry presentation.
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The video and pictures above speak volumes.
Nice find.
 
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