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American Airlines flight to Los Angeles International Airport kicks up concrete dust as the first flight using Runway 1L/19R, the first new runway dedicated in the Washington Metro Area in the past 46 years.-Times Staff Photo/Shamus Ian Fatzinger

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New runway opens at Washington Dulles International Airport

Fairfax County
By Shamus Ian Fatzinger
Source: Fairfax County Times
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 2008
UPDATED THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 2008

Washington Dulles International Airport celebrated the opening of the new Runway 1L/19R Thursday Nov. 20.

 

 

Runway 1L/19r is 9,400 feet long, 150 feet wide and 17-inch thick concrete.

 

From right, FAA Deputy Administrator Bobby Sturgill, 15th United States Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Vice Chairman Charles Snelling and James E. Bennett, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority wait as Mary Peters gives the clear for take off to American Airlines flight to Los Angeles International Airport, the first flight to use the new Runway 1L/19R Thursday, Nov. 20.

 

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine turns around to see the first flight departure from the newly completed Runway 1L/19R at Washington Dulles Internantional Airport Nov. 20



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