Originally Posted by
tdracer
Just to be clear, Iqaluit as an airport is perfectly capable of handling a big jet - both the A380 and the 747-8 did extreme cold weather testing there. However, the passengers would be another issue - we took about 50 people to Iqaluit to support the 747-8 testing, and I think we took a large percentage of the available hotel rooms...
Agreed.
Been used on and off over the years by some in my former company…from memory types involved 744, 777, 787.
As you say accommodation could be an issue.
Here’s an example.