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Old 4th Mar 2016, 15:32
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Helen49
 
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Me thinks that 6400ft refers to the 'useable' distances rather than the length of the concrete!

Declared distances for take-off, landing, emergency etc often bear little resemblance to the physical dimensions of a runway. Granted the runway 14 Take off distance [as opposed to the Take-off run] far exceeds 6400ft, but its about right for the remainder of the LBA declared distances.

Perhaps the 700ft airfield elevation is a euphemism for a long way up [especially when the cloud base is down at Pool]!

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