[zot]

Actually if you look at the runways at the old SAC bases they were all more than 12,000’ long. I thought it was for the B52’s.

15,000 feet. Built for B-47's. LONG take-off in that bird.

[ladyjane]

I once flew into the old SAC base at Plattsburgh, NY. The landing strip was two miles long! We used less than 5,000’ of it.

It took a long time to get to the little terminal. It was two miles away!