Sentence examples for only one runway from inspiring English sources

Brussels Airport was in disarray, with only one runway operating and a severely limited number of new arrivals.

Gatwick, which only has only one runway to Heathrow's two, saw more than 38 million passengers in 2014 – an increase of 7.6 per cent.

With only one runway operating at the main Port-au-Prince airport, many relief flights are landing in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, and the supplies are then trucked in over sometimes difficult roads.

Because of lingering snow and ice, Newark Liberty International Airport and Kennedy International Airport each had only one runway open in the early afternoon and was operating with a reduced number of flights.

U.S. forces will also be bringing in forklifts to better manage the shipments at the airport, which has only one runway and has been severely congested in the week since the quake.

He said that the government's handling of airport expansion, by ruling only one extra runway could be built in the south-east, would limit competition and drive up fares.

Well, just imagine that it's a busy day, and you shrink San Francisco Airport to only one short runway and one ramp and one gate.

La Guardia and Newark International Airports were closed in the morning, and Kennedy Airport had only one of four runways open until shortly after noon, according to Steven Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

I still don't see "Silver Linings" gaining the kind of momentum it would need to call "Argo" back to the runway (only one more week of this metaphor, Chris, I swear!), but the campaign could help Russell win Best Adapted Screenplay and even Best Director.

Depending on the wind direction, officials said, the airport keeps only one pair of parallel runways open.

Comair has sued the Federal Aviation Administration, saying it was negligent in having only one air traffic controller on duty on Aug. 27 when a plane took off from the wrong runway at the Lexington airport and crashed, killing 49 people.