Simviation Forum - long grass strips in the US

Feb 28^th, 2012 at 10:45am

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Anyone know of good grass fields with plenty of runway length? Most in my home state (MI) appear to be <3,000ft. Are there longer grass strips in the US?

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Reply #1 - Feb 28^th, 2012 at 10:56am

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Do you want long strips with short grass
...or long grass with long strips?

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Reply #2 - Feb 28^th, 2012 at 4:08pm

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Whoops...I was not looking for a mod or addon. I was looking for grass strips people know about as in default ones. One thing that can be annoying about the sim is a lack of an ability to search for an airport length wise.

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Reply #3 - Feb 28^th, 2012 at 4:29pm

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Default grass strips over 3000' are most often found at higher elevations, where aircraft need longer takeoff runs.

If you check mountain areas you should find some at elevations near/above 8000'. Here are a few I located west of Denver-0CO6, 2CO9, CO95, NM16. Runway lengths from 4000' to 5800'.

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Reply #4 - Feb 28^th, 2012 at 6:09pm

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Thank you again dave! You helped me twice in one day, man you are on a roll!

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Reply #5 - Mar 22^nd, 2012 at 6:57pm

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I know in Montana you can find quite a few longer than 3000, one for sure is MT95 it has a 4000+ grass strip

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Reply #6 - Mar 23^rd, 2012 at 11:04am

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According to the Bishop..

..the Actress is rather partial to a strip in the long grass... Roll Eyes

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