There has been some discussion in making a KORD hub for the VA, and possibly removing the plans of making Indiana and Minnesota as potential hubs in the mid-west.
Based on this, and being from the Chicago, IL area myself, I decided to spearhead some flight routes. Several factors were taken into consideration, including the theory that neither Indiana nor Minnesota would have a hub, and the need to cover terrain that otherwise would have been covered had those hubs existed. In the same thought, I did not want to take over too much area to the West, where we could potentially have additional hubs fill in.
As you will see, I did extend pretty far South on two separate routes to include two airports, KMEM (Memphis) and KBNA (Nashville) which were previously established as route destinations from the Texas and Atlanta hubs. I also made a connection to the Northeast with the KCLE (Cleveland) airport to link routes to the CYYZ (Toronto) hub. This was all intentional and will expand the potential for a variety of routes between these 4 hubs. The plan was to provide a more unified feel to the VA.
I also extended East to KPIT (Pittsburgh), to cover uncharted territory, and not knowing the plans for the KPHL hub.
There are a few routes that were geared toward the smaller GA and helicopter pilots desires, with the remaining longer routes set to satisfy the larger and/or faster style planes.
I believe most of the longer legs have airport runways that are 5000-8000 feet and longer in length to accommodate most planes. The smaller, GA focused legs have at least 2000 feet long runways.
I have not set-up any national routes, as I wanted to see how the regional routes were taken. I hope I did not step on anyone's toes who may have already been working on routes for a KORD hub.
The attached image is an overview of the routes. The attached PDF explains the routes and shows the minimum flight altitude, the distance between airports, and the estimated flight time if cruising at 100 knots.
Please enjoy.
KORD Hub Area Coverage
KORD Hub Routes
Based on this, and being from the Chicago, IL area myself, I decided to spearhead some flight routes. Several factors were taken into consideration, including the theory that neither Indiana nor Minnesota would have a hub, and the need to cover terrain that otherwise would have been covered had those hubs existed. In the same thought, I did not want to take over too much area to the West, where we could potentially have additional hubs fill in.
As you will see, I did extend pretty far South on two separate routes to include two airports, KMEM (Memphis) and KBNA (Nashville) which were previously established as route destinations from the Texas and Atlanta hubs. I also made a connection to the Northeast with the KCLE (Cleveland) airport to link routes to the CYYZ (Toronto) hub. This was all intentional and will expand the potential for a variety of routes between these 4 hubs. The plan was to provide a more unified feel to the VA.
I also extended East to KPIT (Pittsburgh), to cover uncharted territory, and not knowing the plans for the KPHL hub.
There are a few routes that were geared toward the smaller GA and helicopter pilots desires, with the remaining longer routes set to satisfy the larger and/or faster style planes.
I believe most of the longer legs have airport runways that are 5000-8000 feet and longer in length to accommodate most planes. The smaller, GA focused legs have at least 2000 feet long runways.
I have not set-up any national routes, as I wanted to see how the regional routes were taken. I hope I did not step on anyone's toes who may have already been working on routes for a KORD hub.
The attached image is an overview of the routes. The attached PDF explains the routes and shows the minimum flight altitude, the distance between airports, and the estimated flight time if cruising at 100 knots.
Please enjoy.
KORD Hub Area Coverage
KORD Hub Routes
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