Before its extension in 1982 runway 33/15 (as was) was only 1650 metres long and the traffic lights at the NW end kept road vehicles clear of the runway end, to protect the overrun area (R33) and road vehicles from jet blast or propwash (R15). Ops into LBA could be quite thrilling - low cloudbase, howling crosswind (no headwind to reduce groundspeed), short runway . . .
