(11-22-2018, 04:57 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Airports can't practically mandate aircraft sizes.
Fortunately, there is absolutely no reason why they should. Auctioning off the landing slots will do the trick. If some rich guy wants to occasionally pay a king’s ransom to land a 2-seat plane at rush hour, fine. Most of the time, large jets will be landing, spreading their landing slot fee amongst hundreds of passengers.
It’s for the same reason that I think HOV and HOT lanes are nonsense. Just put a congestion charge on the highway and let people decide whether they want to pay the congestion charge all by themselves or split it with one or more carpoolers. This also avoids the road design complexity of having special lanes.