©1977 Universal Pictures. All rights reserved.

Catalog Number	10-010
Format	Standard Play CAV
MPAA Rating
Running Time	114 minutes
Release History

Standard Play Version

Mono Pressing Location DiscoVision Carson Label Color Blue Retail Price $15.95 Year Issued 1978

Side Frames Running Time 1 36,151 25min 06sec 2 31,514 21min 53sec 3 32,352 22min 28sec 4 31,458 21min 51sec 5 33,176 23min 02sec 164,651 114min 20sec Dead Side Various

Ratings Video Transfer Audio Transfer Replication

Packaging Large Open-Top Open-Top Side-Open Sticker Printed

Pressing Notes

Some copies of side 2 have exhibited 20 Frame Skip. At least one mastering of side 4 has an anamorphic end bumper, where the spiral is the correct height, but is overly wide, cutting off the sides. There have been reports of a random picture stop near the end of side 5 on some copies. There are numerous occurrences of random laserlocks during the first 1000 frames of side 1. This particular trouble can vary from player to player. Sides 3 and 5 are the most difficult to locate good copies of. Side 5 is especially difficult if it is mated with the infamous "green slime" side.

To illustrate how different some production runs could be, I've included two front cover scans of Airport '77 to document the variance in colors used during a titles production. The greener version is the correct one. Upon close inspection, it appears that other than the actual title art, there is no red color to the picture at all, which would account for the overly blue appearance.

Known Dead Sides

Release History

It is currently out of print, however Good Times Entertainment secured the rights to issue Airport '77 on DVD. The DVD restores the film to its correct aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Good Times issued the disc in July 1998.