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minus-squaregazter@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-22 个月前Likely for the same reasons that any airport near a body of water is built. Layman’s guesses would be ease of embarking/disembarking, less likely to be affected by weather, standard airplanes are more common…
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 个月前I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a modern plane that can land on water that carried more than a handful of passengers.
minus-squareAnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 个月前Largest I know of are some Twin Otters in Canada have floats. 16-20 people, but I’d call them exceptional and a Cessna caravan type is a typical large float plane. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-6_Twin_Otter
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 个月前There you go. We’re just not flying the Spruce Goose and I’m guessing for cargo reasons if for no other, you want to be able to land large planes.
Likely for the same reasons that any airport near a body of water is built. Layman’s guesses would be ease of embarking/disembarking, less likely to be affected by weather, standard airplanes are more common…
I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a modern plane that can land on water that carried more than a handful of passengers.
Largest I know of are some Twin Otters in Canada have floats. 16-20 people, but I’d call them exceptional and a Cessna caravan type is a typical large float plane. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-6_Twin_Otter
There you go. We’re just not flying the Spruce Goose and I’m guessing for cargo reasons if for no other, you want to be able to land large planes.