Originally Posted by
skywatch
My understanding is that it will open again when the airport starts to get busy again. They have elected to discontinue using that runway to save money - they don't have to light it, sweep it, or clear it of snow in the winter - because with the reduction in the flight schedule, they have determined that they don't need it...I just did not know they were doing it so soon...
If that was the case, wouldn't it make more sense to close 18R/36L? It's so much farther away from the terminals..especially when the C concourse closes.