To emphasise JWscud's comments about tail winds. I once stopped a flight in BOL because everywhere in the Po valley was giving strong southwesterly winds except FRZ which was calm. We disembarked the pax and they were bussed to FRZ. The agent in FRZ heard of this and cabled head office asking why the Captain had not come over the hills to FRZ. Just as she pressed the "send" button Meridiana came in on 05 and went straight off the end. You could see the tyre tracks half way up the hill for months. Needless to say the Chief Pilot only said to me that he fully supported my decision to abort the flight where it was. The agent was very nice (if a bit sheepish) to me for a while afterwards. Anyone who was about at the time will recognise the airline and the personalities concerned and I still smile about that story today.