"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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For that matter, when I was a relatively new pilot, I recall landing on a
1800' runway in a 172. I had to go around on the first approach, and even
the second attempt resulted in me using a good portion of the runway, much
more than was really needed for a 172 (nearly all of it, in fact).

I flew a 150 or 152 into 6R5 (Alvin, TX) one day... Don't remember which
runway, but the longest is 1500 ft, so probably that one... It was tight,
but I managed to get stopped before I ended up in the ditch between the
runway and the road... I don't think that I would attempt to go in there
with my Grumman though... I've gone into 2X53 with my Grumman and
the 1900 ft of paved runway was just barely enough for that attempt...
Luckily, it has enough of a grass overrun that the runway is not really
as short as it seems...