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In reply to the discussion: JD Vance is in Butte, MT [View all]A HERETIC I AM
(24,863 posts)10. I flew into Butte a couple times during the pandemic
It has a 9,000' runway, but it is at 5550' elevation.
But you probably know, those aircraft that fly the Vice Asshole aren't taking off anywhere near their max capable weight.
Flying in there the 2 times I did back in 2021 & 2022 it was on a CRJ or similar though. When I went out there from Jacksonville, it was a 3 leg ticket; JAX to DFW or ATL, then SLC then Butte.
But those guys in the "sharp end" (as the Brits like to call the front of the plane) of AF-2 know what they're doing. Like I said, I don't want to read about any innocent deaths.
But the world would not weep for one less fascist, that's for sure.
I got to play in the snow!
Westbound, top of Homestake Pass, headed to Butte, February, 2021
https://vimeo.com/512785044
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Not much going on in Dillon. Population around 4000. Small University and a talc mine.
BluesRunTheGame
Jun 2025
#2
I've been there to pick up product and as far as I can tell it's a surface mine.
BluesRunTheGame
Jun 2025
#29
The plot thickens. I swear: I didn't know someone had already said that.
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2025
#45