Not sure what the CRW comments are all about...
CRW has an ILS approach to both runway 5 and runway 23.
Runway 5/23 is 6,302 feet long, GS length is 5,126 or 5,435 - not a problem.
Here's how an airline pilot does it:
First, you fly the ILS procedure.
Second, you land and stop the aircraft.
Mountains have nothing to do with anything. If I were flying this aircraft and had established no other probs with the airframe, I would have probably landed at the same place. NBD...
As far as short airports go, SWA operated into DET airprort for several years in night/all wx conditions.
Length? Runway 15/33 from GS is 4,021 or 4,125 feet. Width? 100 feet.
NBD...