I guess it has an advantage that it doesn't have to take off fully laden from such a short runway. It reminds me of visiting the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, w

I guess it has an advantage that it doesn't have to take off fully laden from such a short runway. It reminds me of visiting the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where there was a bike path on an old rail line, and the grade was surprisingly steep. But I realized that the trains would only carry a load when going downhill -- from the ore mines to the shipping port, and would climb the grade empty.