Originally Posted by freddyfokker
It is, in my view, unacceptabale for an airport to then close until blacktop is reached. This has the potential of undermining the entire flight planning process.
It would be better for an airport to close rather than have someone off the end and shut the runway in that way. At least with contamination it might be cleared in an hour, but an aircraft in the mud, or worse still an accident site might take days to sort out.