On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 00:37:53 GMT, EDR wrote:

In article , John R wrote:

With the closing, the authority plans to use a 3,825-foot runway
with a northwest-t o-southeast orientation for crosswind
landings. The third runway, the airport's longest at 6,501 feet,
has an east-west orientation.

Regardless, in an emergency, you can still use it as a runway.

That's what I always thought (and still do, as safety is more
important than money) but can anyone comment on this? I was told at a
NACO safety seminar that if you land on a closed runway insurance
companies will not pay, even if was an emergency. This official
(remember NACO, not FAA) said that you should land adjacent to the
runway but not on it, if you think you can survive the landing. Has
anyone ever heard of such a thing? I think I'd be inclined to land on
the closed runway, provided it wasn't butchered like Meigs.
Rich Russell