Noticed the following on an airliners net photo of lcy: "Note the white lights set in the runway at the end of the last set of runway 28 fixed distance markers - if the aircraft has not landed by these lights a go around is mandatory!"
The one time I have landed at LCY, something similar happened, apparently due to a wind change.
The only other stol airport I have used, Saba, has a runway so short it is closed to anything other than aircraft with specially trained pilots.
Just wondering as a whole, what are operations & cancellation / diversion levels like at this kind of airport. Presumably, LCY wouldn't have a business plan if it had regular delays, as it is aimed at the executive market?
Who had the original idea to build a runway on a former dock yard? Some very brave thinking. And judging by the nimby brigade who think CVT's runway isn't long enough, there must have been a lot of naysayers about LCY too?
Both of these airports seem to have so little margin for error, but
afaik, neither have had any major incidents. Have there even been any close shaves?