I think it's to big to transport, but if they fly it there, would that mean that plant has to be located on an airfield? or do they just ship it out in pieces, and assemble it on it's destination airfield?
2006-09-24 06:43:58 · 12 answers · asked by Dan 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
It's flown..
2006-09-24 06:45:37 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For large aircraft, the parts are usually made elsewhere, but then assembled at a facility that has its own runway/airfield; Boeing in Seattle is a good example. Of course if the airplane is small enough to be transported on land to an airport, then that often happens. Thus you see that elements of your question, you have answered nicely yourself. Keep thinking!
2006-09-24 14:39:12 · answer #2 · answered by JoeO 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aircraft factories are generally located at airports.
Boeing, for example, has plants located at Renton Municipal Airport, Snohomish County Airport (Paine Field) and King County International Airport (Boeing Field), all in western Washington.
Airbus has final assembly plants in Toulouse, France and Hamburg, Germany. Both are at airports. A third plant is under construction in Seville, Spain and is due to open next month to build the A400M, a military turboprop transport. There is some speculation that they may build a factory in Alabama if they win a US Air Force contract to build a new aerial refueling aircraft.
The new A-380 super-jumbo is built at Toulouse, but many sub-assemblies are built in other places. Some of them are too large to transport by air, so they arrive in France at the seaport in Bourdeaux and are transported to the Toulouse factory by trucks on widened roads.
2006-09-24 23:58:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most manufacturers have a runway at the final assembly building, however the subassemblies are flown, trucked or brought in by barger or rail. Here's a few photos of how Boeing transports it's 737's: http://kcrails.otsc.com/boeing.htm
Airbus uses the Beluga to transport parts of it's aircraft to it's final assembly plant. http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraft_genericsearch=Airbus%20A300-600ST%20Super%20Transporter&distinct_entry=true
(www.airliners.net is an AWESOME resource for aviation photos)
And a ship used to move parts of the new Airbus A-800: http://www.bordeaux-port.fr/fr/images/presse/airbus_pauillac_800_600.JPG
hope that helps!
2006-09-25 22:01:54 · answer #4 · answered by Rob O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The final assembly of a new aircraft is done in a hanger near the companies private airstrip for the larger aircraft companies. Smaller companies without airstrips of their own, lease hangers at commercial airports for final assembly.
2006-09-24 14:40:55 · answer #5 · answered by Pundit Bandit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its flown to the airfield. Some manufacturers also have airfields where they test. But for delivery, they are flown to the hangar of the company.
2006-09-24 13:49:48 · answer #6 · answered by Clock Watcher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aircraft manufacturing plants are located at airports. or in the case of Boeing field, the airport was located at the manufacturing plant.
See LGB (Boeing makes both the C-17 and the 717 there), they can just taxi it out and take off.
2006-09-24 23:49:50 · answer #7 · answered by Jason 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi,
they make it and ship it and assemble it in the airfield
2006-09-24 23:19:13 · answer #8 · answered by sethu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the runway they just fly it. I worked are Enstrom helicopter company and the customer just comes and picks them up and flys away. after the tests pilots are done of course. The planr t there is on the airport itself
2006-09-24 14:00:15 · answer #9 · answered by mike L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most aircraft manufacturers have their own runways, like boeing and lockheed, they are too big to drive down the road.
2006-09-24 13:53:26 · answer #10 · answered by LisaM 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They have a runway at the plant!
2006-09-25 02:01:11 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋