A C-17 needs 3,500' and SBA is about 6,500' , it needs only about half the runway here. The C-130s only need 3'000' of dirt to take off even when fully loaded. The key is... they are military, a lot of places they have to fly into are not set up for jumbo jets like a 747 which needs 9,199'.
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Sep 19, 2017 01:35 PMA C-17 needs 3,500' and SBA is about 6,500' , it needs only about half the runway here. The C-130s only need 3'000' of dirt to take off even when fully loaded. The key is... they are military, a lot of places they have to fly into are not set up for jumbo jets like a 747 which needs 9,199'.
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Sep 19, 2017 09:18 AMSaw this behemoth take off on Saturday afternoon and was surprised the runway was long enough for it.