# Washington National Airport

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-national-airport/81627>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 14, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-national-airport/81627 "2001-09-14T16:45:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-national-airport/81627/21 "2001-09-21T13:56:32Z")

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well, that’s something, but I wouldn’t want to be one of those people who’s been put out of work for weeks while the CYA report is being prepared.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-national-airport/81627/22 "2001-09-24T13:59:37Z")

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Looks like National’s eventual reopening is getting [more eventual](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14034-2001Sep23.html).

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-national-airport/81627/23 "2001-10-02T12:04:05Z")

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[Bush Clears National To Reopen](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55580-2001Oct1.html)

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**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-national-airport/81627/24 "2001-10-02T13:42:22Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Neidhart \*  
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> > And bless you, Neidhart, for your choice of nomenclature.
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> heh. I refuse to call it “Reagan”; it already had a perfectly good name and there was no reason to change it. \*\*

Might I assume then when you go to NYC’s international airport you fly into Idlewild? That was the name too.

BTW, NY’s LGA has a very short landing runway too - several years ago a plane went right into the marina. Everyone did get out, but the plane was in the bay.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-national-airport/81627/25 "2001-10-12T19:08:34Z")

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[Coping With (National’s) New Rules](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46129-2001Oct11.html)

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> If you need to use the restroom, better do so before boarding. Under the newly reopened airport’s strict operating rules, no passengers are allowed out of their  
> seats for the first – or last – 30 minutes of any flight leaving or arriving at Reagan National.
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> That means the entire Washington-New York shuttle route is now sitting-room-only. Break the rule and prepare to deplane at Dulles.

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