[84porsche]

My reason for asking is seeing the lack of runway picture in another thread and wondering if it would be an improvement in the sense that you don't need the long runways especially with the aircraft like A380 that are so massive that I assume they would need more runway to takeoff because of the increased weight and size of the aircraft.

I remember hearing that part of the reason they closed El Toro Marine Base here or could not convert it to a regular airport is that everday aircraft (737, 767 etc. ) are too heavy to get over the mountains.