Originally Posted by
SealingStemBolt
It seems Amazon built redundant air operations all over the place. Take ONT/RIV/SBD or TPA/LAL/MIA for examples. I assumed it was to do a ”bake off” of various airports, municipalities or even style of operations to see what works best. SKF definitely had issues with the Air Force allowing operations at odd hours so it looks like AUS won the prize.
FedEx outbid AMZ on the piece of land they wanted at ONT, so they were forced to expand at SBD, but the airport layout and location isn't that favorable for all weather ops, hence RIV...