Which reminds me of a story of one of my mates who was trying to land at Billund in the middle of the night in a blinding snow storm. For those of you who do not know Billund, the runway is/was 27/09 and about 10,000 feet long.
The surface wind was somewhere around 350/30G35.
ATC greeted him with the news that they had managed to clear half of the runway for his arrival.
Rod got into the charts and figured that they could land quite happily in half the length and started an ILS approach.
He asked ATC which half they had cleared?
The northern half was the answer!
Now those of you who are real pilots will realise how this piece of information was received.
I don't have tell you that he managed just fine.