scroggs - sorry the 'BINA' info wasn't more helpful. Having also flown circuits at 'Elvers' in a JP (Mk3 in my day
) - I've no reason to doubt the original runway length that you mention. Interesting to learn that the 1989 resurfacing may have been done 'full length', and I'm intrigued by the thinking behind that decision, especially with imminent RAF withdrawal pending!! (par for the course, do I hear you say!!).
In an earlier post, you mention that the original Runway width at some (FIDO equipped?) RAF Airfields, such as Manston, was 750ft, and not 300ft. Does the figure of 750ft (
five times wider
than most runways!) refer to the actual width of the usable concrete/asphalt surface, or could it in fact have been the distance between the FIDO equipment, running parallel to each side of the runway?