Widerĝe Flyveselskap have used the DCH-8-103 for scheduled PSO flights to the 25 Norwegian STOLports for almost 20 years now. In other words this no news at all. All these STOLports had from the outset TORA/ASDA/TODA/LDA 799 metres when they were built between 1965 and 1990, but two of them have been lengthened afterward to also accommodate the larger 50 seat DHC-8-311 (ENBN and ENFL - both locations are vital oil bases with heli shuttle to offshore platforms).
I'm flying more and less on regular basis to one of these STOLports - Namsos - to do some work at one of our production sites. Namsos (OSY/ENNM) have only a LDA (Landing Distance Available) of 797 metres, and it has never been a problem to land except once due to visibility being close to zero. Below is a photo of one of these mini Dash-8s about to land at Namsos.
Dooby, in case you want to know about the previous photo I showed - it was taken on a visit to St. Marys on 2 April 2012. We flew in from St. Just Land's End on one of the first flights that day, stayed for a bit over one hour and flew back again to LEQ. Later that day we also manged to get a return flight with British International from Penzance to Tresco.
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