An124 runway requirement

[aviationlover20]

I once saw an An-124 on FR24 taking off from a runway which is roughly 2000 m long. I thought it was empty but was curious to know if an An-124 can actually takeoff from such a runway with a modest payload?

Thank you in advance

[dc9-32]

I flew out on the first AN124 from Luton with 90t payload and we didn't use the full length.

[thetimesreader84]

Wasn’t the An-124 designed to deliver ICBM’s to submarines in the far north of Russia (Soviet Union)? In which case I’d imagine it’s not too bad at short / rough / icy field operations.

[Thrust Augmentation]

3000M at max payload.

2520M at normal payload.

Don't have a clue what "normal" is, but it suggests that 2000M wouldn't be unrealistic for light / no load.