When I was involved (as an engineer) with Nordic East, we ran regular trips ARN-CFU which has a 2375m runway and no taxiways. The crews seemed to handle it with no problems and we were in full charter config with 350pax(only small L4 R4 doors).
I was an engineer on the Tristar for 7 years with GF and then Line maint for TWA at ARN then the Nordic operation based at ARN. Loved the aircraft. It went wrong a lot but didn't let us down much. So much was allowable in the MEL. In our days with the two Nordic Tristars we changed one engine time expired in three years. In the same hangar Premiar changed 22 CF6s on their ex DL DC10s!