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Originally Posted by enigma99a
Did any B747 or B777 make diverted stops in SMF the other day? That reminds me that 2,400 ft extension to 16L/34R seems to have been forgotten.
EDIT: Found in their 10/30/12 doc
– Challenges: environmental to the north, light rail/roadway/environmental
to the south
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YES
Terminal B - United 747-400 from Paris, Singapore Airlines 777 from Singapore, SAS (Scandinavia Air) 340 from Copenhagen, United 767 from Tokyo, Air Canada A320 don't know from where (if someone knows post it)
Terminal A - several other 737s or smaller - United and U.S. Air flights.
After passengers deboarded, The United 747-400 did a short run take-off from the older shorter runway. It was Paris bound with no passengers.