The A310 took off from Cork Mark although it was very marginal. On another occasion an Aeroflot A310 was westbound and Shannon and Dublin's weather was marginal. The plan B was to land in Cork and transfer the new crew by road from Shannon.. However in this case the A310 would have refuelled in Keflavik as Cork's runway was deemed too short for a full transatlantic traffic. In any event landed in Shannon.
Of course anothr 1,000 ft would resolve all of these issues.
Last edited by ryan2000; 31st Aug 2012 at 06:37.