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Subject: Re: runway length at Grenada
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Date: Thu, 3-Nov-83 16:32:33 EST
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I previously mentioned that Stewart Airport in Newburgh NY has
11,500 feet of runway, and Robert Parnass pointed out that
that airport is a converted air force base.  Might that not explain
the length of the runway?

Well, it might, but it doesn't: when the New York Metropolitan
Transportation Authority took over the airport (I think it had
had at least one other owner after the Air Force, but I'm not sure),
it had less than 10,000 feet of runway.  The addition was made
well after it had been converted to civilian use.