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Runway Options?

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KC135DELTA

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I live in kansas and I am planning on owning a plane (piper cheyenne 400ls). I was looking into buying some land and laying down my own runway. Until I saw the price. It would be several million dollars just to lay down a thin asphalt one that wouldn't last very long due to the fact that winters and summers around here can be quite harsh. So are there any other cheaper options?

Gravel - 400ls only has an 8inch blade clearence and would get lots of chips and nick in the props, in other words the whole runway would be a FOD field.

Dirt - I wouldn't be able to operate after a rain, and it would require constant repacking due to erosion.

Paved - Too expensive

any other options? I remember seeing somthing on the history channel about marson matting being used in the pacific by the B29's. Any more info on this? Did it work well? Is it expensive? what does it look like?

totally open on this one.

thanks,

drew
 
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