Trim Stab,
How a commercial airport operates!!!
The first 2 C130's operated in/out of a disused airstrip which can be clearly seen as disused on Google Earth and without any ground equipment/support, ATC, fire cover etc.
Now, as a commercial operator, what sort of time frame, particularly over a weekend, do you reckon it would take to acquire the necessary dispensations to operate in/out of a disused airstrip that needed to be cleared by the locals prior to the aircraft arriving and what sort of time frame, and at what cost, do you reckon it would take to have the appropriate (a non airfield, no ATC, no fire cover, in a location of civil unrest etc.) operator insurances in place?