approximate fuel burn for the metro III is about 600 lbs total an hour.
with only ten passengers, I'm pretty sure the pilot could take at least three hours of fuel plus...
of course I don't know the cargo load.
aterpster...yes, alighnment should be done prior to crossing the threshold...I say again SHOULD>
And I've used that 100' thing as BoAC calls it...many times and legally/safely got in when others who hadn' t read the regs diverted