Re: SFO BA A380 takeoff on 1R?!?!

eamondzhang wrote:

IIRC I've also seen LH's A380 departing from 1R @ SFO.

So yes maybe uncommon, but certainly heard of in terms of A380 going from 1R.

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Michael

Re: SFO BA A380 takeoff on 1R?!?!

So does that mean all A380 operators at SFO had used 1R with whalejets before?

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Re: SFO BA A380 takeoff on 1R?!?!

Redbellyguppy wrote:

They're only going to Europe. They probably are only barely half filled with gas.

Re: SFO BA A380 takeoff on 1R?!?!

I see European departures off the 1s all the time from just about any widebody capable of doing those routes (including 767s). The A380 wing was designed around two larger variants, the A380-900 and A380-1000, neither of which, of course, were built. So the A380-800 has *way* more wing than it need...

Re: SFO BA A380 takeoff on 1R?!?!

Mutt wrote:

I'm almost certain a KLM 747 took off from 1R yesterday...

Re: SFO BA A380 takeoff on 1R?!?!

zeke wrote:

SFOFlightSim wrote:

Runway 1R is only 86500ft long, so I wonder is it too short for a typical A380 to takeoff??

16 miles would be long enough for any aircraft.

Re: SFO BA A380 takeoff on 1R?!?!

Imagine if KLM have A380s and send them to SFO, would they do 1R every day, as they do 1R all the time

Re: SFO BA A380 takeoff on 1R?!?!

But 28L also seems enough for A380, I wonder why they aren't allowed to use 28L

SFO BA A380 takeoff on 1R?!?!

Three months ago I was spotting at SFO for Finnair's inaugural flight. When I checked the Flightradar24, I saw something really unusual of where BA A380, rather than going on taxiway Lima and going off 28R, it just stopped at threshold of 1R. Then I was pretty shocked to see that, an A380 blasts out...