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I know nothing about planes or flying or landing beyond what any commercial airline passenger does. But I have to believe that if you had to, landing on a secti

• aidenn0 4y ago
  The fields next to that interstate is rather more safe since it's far less likely to have passenger vehicles on it.
  • PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago
    Ever driven I-25 north of Las Vegas, NM. Less likely? yes. Far less likely? no. Especially at night, but even by day, that is one empty highway (for its size).
• jcrawfordor 4y ago
  But Springer, just a bit further south, has a pretty nice municipal airport. Sort of underscores why road landings aren't all that common, freeways tend to have airports adjacent to them at pretty frequent intervals. In NM it's common enough for small airports to be immediately adjacent to the freeway with the runway parallel to it that people joke about mixing them up.
  • PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago
    Excellent rebuttal of my point. Springer even has 5k' to land on, large enough for a moderate size commercial plane.