The strip I am based on is 650m with very good approaches. ½ the aircraft based there are capable of 120k+ in the cruse and all these are used for long distance touring. One guy commutes to his house on Jersey in his PA28R on a regular basis.
There are two groups of people contributing to this thread; one group are flying from unlicensed airfields and understand the position and the others do not and have no clue.
Rod1