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Georgia fans: how does your football team travel?
Posted on 1/21/19 at 11:23 am
Posted on 1/21/19 at 11:23 am
I heard our basketball team had to fly into South Carolina because Athens airport couldn’t even support a regional jet.
So does your football team have to travel to Atlanta every time they fly to a game?
A wonderful college town like Athens should be able to support larger planes.
But Athens is a suburb of Atlanta supposedly, so maybe it makes sense they have to travel to the Atlanta airport (an hour and a half away) to fly out.
So does your football team have to travel to Atlanta every time they fly to a game?
A wonderful college town like Athens should be able to support larger planes.
But Athens is a suburb of Atlanta supposedly, so maybe it makes sense they have to travel to the Atlanta airport (an hour and a half away) to fly out.
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Posted on 1/21/19 at 11:31 am to ForeverGator
I thought you had to be a service mutt to fly?
Posted on 1/21/19 at 11:48 am to ForeverGator
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But Athens is a suburb of Atlanta supposedly
ehhh....Athens is a hour and change from atlanta.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 11:49 am to BoozeDawg
So would you think Athens is a suburb of Atlanta then?
Some dawg fans think so.
Some dawg fans think so.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 11:51 am to ForeverGator
not at all. Ive actually never heard that honestly
Posted on 1/21/19 at 11:52 am to ForeverGator
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I heard our basketball team had to fly into South Carolina because Athens airport couldn’t even support a regional jet.
I don't believe Starkville, Tuscaloosa, or Oxford can support regional jets either.
Weird airport flex
Posted on 1/21/19 at 11:56 am to lsufball19
I would think for Bama games they'd fly into BHM. Not sure about the 2 Mississippi schools.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 11:58 am to ForeverGator
Our football team 100% flies out of Athens. We prob just tell other teams that so that have to travel longer
Posted on 1/21/19 at 11:58 am to lsufball19
Tuscaloosa can.
Oxford and Starkville have larger airports that can within 30 minutes of campus. So yes, they’re actually better than Athens in that category. You have to drive over an hour from Athens to get to an airport that supports them.
But Athens isn’t in the middle of no where supposedly.
Oxford and Starkville have larger airports that can within 30 minutes of campus. So yes, they’re actually better than Athens in that category. You have to drive over an hour from Athens to get to an airport that supports them.
But Athens isn’t in the middle of no where supposedly.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 11:59 am to ForeverGator
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So would you think Athens is a suburb of Atlanta then?
One dawg fan thinks so.
FIFY
Posted on 1/21/19 at 12:00 pm to SpartyGator
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I would think for Bama games they'd fly into BHM. Not sure about the 2 Mississippi schools.
Correct. Alabama has Birmingham, Ole Miss Memphis, and State goes to Columbus.
This post was edited on 1/21/19 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 1/21/19 at 12:01 pm to lsufball19
For the gator games...they use GNV.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 12:01 pm to DawgCountry
Posted on 1/21/19 at 12:02 pm to DawgCountry
Yep and you can typically confirm via Flightaware. I believed they used a 717 when they went to ND (South bend).
This post was edited on 1/21/19 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 1/21/19 at 12:03 pm to ForeverGator
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Oxford and Starkville have larger airports that can within 30 minutes of campus.
Ole Miss uses the Memphis airport which is an hour away.
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So yes, they’re actually better than Athens in that category. You have to drive over an hour from Athens to get to an airport that supports them.
Who cares?
Like I said before, this is a really weird flex.
This post was edited on 1/21/19 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 1/21/19 at 12:05 pm to ForeverGator
I don't think there are close to enough people commute from Athens to Atlanta daily for work to call it a suburb.
They are close enough together to be convenient, but that's about it
They are close enough together to be convenient, but that's about it
Posted on 1/21/19 at 12:10 pm to DawgCountry
How do you know that’s Athens airport? Could be a random Atlanta area one.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 12:12 pm to ForeverGator
Ben Epps is in Athens. Not sure what you want me to say. They expanded the runway in 2015
Posted on 1/21/19 at 12:13 pm to DawgCountry
Right. And nowhere in that video of post does it show the name of the airport.
Posted on 1/21/19 at 12:17 pm to Mad Dawg 2020
I’m not sure why this turned into a thing but here’s the definition.
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Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the most populous metro area in the US state of Georgia and the ninth-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States. Its economic, cultural and demographic center is Atlanta, and has an estimated 2017 population of 5,884,736 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The metro area forms the core of a broader trading area, the Atlanta–Athens-Clarke–Sandy Springs Combined Statistical Area. The Combined Statistical Area spans up to 39 counties in north Georgia and has an estimated 2017 population of 6,555,956.[2] Atlanta is considered a "beta(+) world city."[3] It is the third largest metropolitan region in the Census Bureau's Southeast region behind Greater Washington and Greater Miami.
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