Originally built to shuffle VIPs into the nation’s capital on private or government jets, Reagan is a smaller airport and the only one physically in the district.
With a runway nearly half as long as the standard 13,000-foot runways of other airports built to accommodate large commercial jets, landing is tricky for incoming planes, according to former DC-based American Airlines pilot John Wright.
“The first few times you fly there, you usually are with [a fellow pilot] who’s really experienced. He’s kind of talking through it, too,” Wright told The Post.
“Where you land on [runways] that are 13,000 feet long, you’ve got plenty of room to play with. But at [Reagan] it’s only 7,000 feet.”