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SickOfTheOnePct

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4. DCA is definitely my airport of choice

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Feb 1, 2025, 05:19 PM

Feb 2025

It's close, not ungodly huge and difficult like Dulles (which I hate), and I rarely have a problem with delayed outbound flights.

The airport runs very smoothly, and the "congestion" issues I've seen aren't related to the number of commercial flights but rather it's all of the helicopters. Army, Marine, Park Service, local police, news stations - they're all over the place around the flight paths.

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'The Airport Said Don't Do It. And They Did It.' [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2025 OP

The VA and MD senators voted against adding flights. nt spooky3 Feb 2025 #1

The "even more flights" was 5 more flights. n/t FSogol Feb 2025 #2

Ever fill a cup right to the brim -- and add 5 more drops? Hekate Feb 2025 #5

5 more incoming AND 5 more outgoing flights--see this article: spooky3 Feb 2025 #11

Sorry, that's funny to actually read. Igel Feb 2025 #18

For the purpose of considering traffic and danger, it's not funny. Nt spooky3 Feb 2025 #20

"5 more flights" equals "Even more flights" NeoTrajan Feb 2025 #14

Per hour? Per day? Per week? Igel Feb 2025 #19

It passed the House 387-26 and the Senate 88-4 MichMan Feb 2025 #3

DCA is definitely my airport of choice SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2025 #4

Same here, it's always my first choice of the 3 in the area IronLionZion Feb 2025 #10

I live between DCA and Dulles, but try to only use Dulles. FSogol Feb 2025 #16

I get that SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2025 #17

A stretch of privilege IzzaNuDay Feb 2025 #6

Don't forget all the VIPs pfitz59 Feb 2025 #7

Agree 100% SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2025 #8

And all the private jets DENVERPOPS Feb 2025 #12

Too bad if we have one of these types of accidents with several congress people aboard. erronis Feb 2025 #9

And just to screw with everybody Tweedy Feb 2025 #13

OMG I just read that about the 2nd email Skittles Feb 2025 #21

The added flights had nothing to do with the crash Mountainguy Feb 2025 #15