"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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The FAA says runways without a 1000-ft overrun area are unsafe. The
solution? Extend the overrun by shortening the runway. That sounds
fishy to me. What am I missing here?

Reference:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald...l/15925782.htm

If the official length of the runway establishes whether a given airliner
can land there, then shortening the official length (and correspondingly
extending the designated runoff area) can indeed extend the worst-case
safety margin.

--Gary