So much for airports with 100,000lb limits like Aspen, without prior permission. Perhaps it's time to raise some of those weight limits at airports, with the advent of larger bizjets?
In my opinion the 100,000 pound weight limit is arbitrary and really makes little, if any sense. What should be used is a 'foot print' weight limit for each type of aircraft. I ran into this problem constantly back when I flew 727s. Even though the 727 has, or had, one of the highest foot prints, if not highest with the 200A and above series, there were many airports we could not use because of the 100,000 pound limit, including former USAF SAC Bases.
I discovered that many of these airports that have the 100,000 pond limit, really had no structural reasoning behind the weight limit, somebody just picked that weight out of the blue.
But getting Aspen to change, that may be a hard nut to crack. I've dealt with the Pitkin County Airport Board in the past and the word flexible is not in their vocabulary.
Anyway, it is good to see a company like Bombardier looking to the future.