Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
The next “why” is why is ATC being put in this position? KSFO is, for IMC / IFR operations a one runway airport. Why is that? The people of California won’t recognize the need to bring the airport up to modern, not to say 1985, capacity standards. They refuse to face the fact that their desire for an untouched bay has the trade-off of KSFO limitations. Run it like a one runway IFR airport, capacity limits would drive fares and delays thru the roof. Maybe they’d face facts instead of a fantasy.
Most of the people of California (and the Bay area in particular) have no interest in increasing the capacity of SFO. They would be happier if all that air traffic moved elsewhere.