Ross Richardson wrote:

I learned to fly out of a 1800' runway south of Kansas City, MO. The
name was Hillside. Never had problems with short runways. They even had
a Beech 18 going in and out.


I'm not that familiar with the BE-18 but that does sound impressive.

My charter company has two Caravans & a Pilatus down in St.Barth's
right now. Their airport has a 2000' runway with an *very* interesting
approach, VFR day ops only. Even at high landing weights the PC12 only
uses up half the runway thanks to an 80kt OTF speed, big brakes, and a
reversing prop. I'm guessing the Caravan does just as well.