Although the runway would be privately financed, additional road and rail infrastructure to support expansion was estimated to cost £5.7bn by the Airports Commission and up to £10bn more by Transport for London, a figure Heathrow disputes.
"When building 3km of runway takes decades, the challenges of criss-crossing the country corridors of high-speed rail infrastructure will be enormous," an IATA spokesperson said.
It would be able to haul hundreds of tons of mining equipment to remote regions in Siberia in one go, the article said — no roads, runways, or infrastructure needed.
He said the airport would fund a new runway and necessary infrastructure improvements.
For now, she advises agencies that are making regular repairs to roads, runways and other infrastructure to think ahead.
"The Port Authority strongly believes that Teterboro's runways, taxiways and infrastructure cannot adequately handle a continuous stream of jets that exceed the 100,000-pound weight limit," said Greg Trevor, a spokesman for the agency.
Speaking for the airlines, Carol B. Hallett, the president of the Air Transport Association, said at the hearing that legislation would not solve problems and that what was needed was a national effort to add runways and other infrastructure.
In addition, a number of major European airports have reached their environmental capacity before having made full use of their runway and terminal infrastructures.
Over the next ten years, No. 5 Airfield Construction Squadron transformed the base's runways, buildings and other infrastructure into a modern facility capable of handling major operations.
He said the best solution environmentally was for Stansted, Heathrow and Gatwick each to build an extra runway since they all had infrastructure in place, rather than embarking on building a new hub.
