taking off for the first time

John Doe wrote:
Jose wrote:

btw, there's no such thing as a "trainer runway".

Right. I was thinking small aircraft, and was trying to concisely
distinguish between a short runway and a long runway. In other words,
a student small aircraft pilot isn't going to have the length of a 747
runway.

Why not?
Just consider Paine Field, which has heavy flight school traffic but also
from where every single 747 and 757 made their maiden flight. That big
9000x150 runway was built for the heavy metal but of course it is also used
for flight training.
Or Moses Lake, which used to be an airforce base, with a giant 13500x200
runway and very little commercial traffic (although it's an important
alternate airport for the Seatlle/Portland area).

Of course those airports have smaller runways, too, but if you ask for the
big one you usually will get it.

jue