Airlines frequently lease their tires directly from the manufacturer for several reasons, one of the most important being that they can quickly obtain replacements. To understand why airlines prefer ...

Treads on an aircraft tire differ from the blocks found on a car's tire, and nitrogen is used instead of air to inflate ...

And when they're inflated, it's not with regular air. Airplane tires are filled with nitrogen. Brandy: Nitrogen is an inert gas, so high temperatures and pressure changes have less effect.