Looks like you landed BGR from the west, as I didn't see the city or Penobscot River off the starboard side. When you come in from the west you come from out in the 'burbs, such as they are (mostly forest and farms). BGR is a nice airport and city, and Maine is a great state to boot!
Bangor is the first gateway from the US. It is used for refueling and unruley pax coming across the drink. The runway is 11,500 X 200 and is a major KC-135R refueling station for everthing going over the Atlantic. Runway remains open in major stowstorms on the eastern seaboard. When everthing is closed and the flights are diverted to BGR. This is a major Delta alternate along with other airlines....
haha ya, the runway is around 11,000 feet, its actually a pretty common stop for refueling international flights because it is the farthest east International airport in the US. It's also the first stop for a lot of the Troops coming back.
Well, for that particular day, it was scheduled. We had to take off on RWY 25 in STR and due to a hill, there are payload restrictions in effect; combined with strong headwinds TATL, we had to refuel.
@UA901 I have heard of this happening on this flight more than once. My question is why wait and fly to Bagor. Why not stop in FRA,CDG,MUC,AMS,LGW,LHR where delta as operates flights non-stop to the USA? That way T/O from STR level off, then his FRA fill up and then to ATL.
Well, I'd say that all these a/p are pretty tight on slots, so an addtl. flight just to refuel might be difficult - remember, the decision that you have to go over the weight restricted rwy is adhoc (more/less), so it can't be woven into the flight planning in advance.
also if only takes 26mins to completly fill a 767, from the time the fuel truck arrives, i could FRA or MUC (who at this time has two flights a day) could have taken 20+ mins and topped her off.
@Keagkid Well, planes like this aren't very common at KBGR, but I wouldn't exactly say it's a small airport, it has a 2mile+ runway and has landed some pretty big planes like AN-225 and the like, and has KC-135's going to and from every day. As far as travel destination, it's pretty small. But as far as size and range of planes it can cater to, it's pretty large.
Looks like you landed BGR from the west, as I didn't see the city or Penobscot River off the starboard side. When you come in from the west you come from out in the 'burbs, such as they are (mostly forest and farms). BGR is a nice airport and city, and Maine is a great state to boot!
willineus2011 7 months ago
Bangor is the first gateway from the US. It is used for refueling and unruley pax coming across the drink. The runway is 11,500 X 200 and is a major KC-135R refueling station for everthing going over the Atlantic. Runway remains open in major stowstorms on the eastern seaboard. When everthing is closed and the flights are diverted to BGR. This is a major Delta alternate along with other airlines....
rj1141 1 year ago
hey i live 1 hr from bangor
pooplet122 2 years ago
were you flying to -los ang.
peteboy1113 2 years ago
Nope, this flight was to ATL. After that we were heading to "The most beautiful city in the world"... SFO
UA901 2 years ago
haha ya, the runway is around 11,000 feet, its actually a pretty common stop for refueling international flights because it is the farthest east International airport in the US. It's also the first stop for a lot of the Troops coming back.
tmbl91 3 years ago
i live in bangor!
rock!
itsflantastic 3 years ago
Nice landing!
youtrein 3 years ago
So you stopped in Bangor for a re-fuel? Was this a scheduled stop? 767-300 aren't common in small airports like Bangor.
Keagkid 3 years ago
Well, for that particular day, it was scheduled. We had to take off on RWY 25 in STR and due to a hill, there are payload restrictions in effect; combined with strong headwinds TATL, we had to refuel.
UA901 3 years ago
@UA901 I have heard of this happening on this flight more than once. My question is why wait and fly to Bagor. Why not stop in FRA,CDG,MUC,AMS,LGW,LHR where delta as operates flights non-stop to the USA? That way T/O from STR level off, then his FRA fill up and then to ATL.
bryanb16th 2 years ago
Well, I'd say that all these a/p are pretty tight on slots, so an addtl. flight just to refuel might be difficult - remember, the decision that you have to go over the weight restricted rwy is adhoc (more/less), so it can't be woven into the flight planning in advance.
UA901 2 years ago
True. Understandable. But you a/c don't have to have a slot to refuel or in this case top off the tanks. this a/c could have been filled on the ramp.
bryanb16th 2 years ago
also if only takes 26mins to completly fill a 767, from the time the fuel truck arrives, i could FRA or MUC (who at this time has two flights a day) could have taken 20+ mins and topped her off.
bryanb16th 2 years ago
@bryanb16th true they could and should but don't care or don't fill up in Stuttgart at all.
thomaswolfgang81 10 months ago
Bangor may be a small airport in terms of flights and normal planes coming and going but the damn runway shure as hell isnt small
Lineman58 3 years ago
@Keagkid Well, planes like this aren't very common at KBGR, but I wouldn't exactly say it's a small airport, it has a 2mile+ runway and has landed some pretty big planes like AN-225 and the like, and has KC-135's going to and from every day. As far as travel destination, it's pretty small. But as far as size and range of planes it can cater to, it's pretty large.
NRGFuzeGaming 1 year ago
@Keagkid Bangor has lots of international flights refuel it's one of the airport's specialty.
Delta and US Air have passenger service flights and the military uses it quite a bit.
greg0622 8 months ago