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title: "BRAAC: How long is Solberg Airport runway length?"
description: Solberg Airport's main runway isn't as long as Solberg Aviation tells people. What is the real length? Why are we being told otherwise?
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# How long is the runway, actually?

...it's not as long as they're telling people!

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**1**

Official end markings visible in this imagery are 3,735 feet apart, marking runway end “4” and runway end “22”. This is the existing   
condition today.

![slide2-map](https://45344761.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/45344761/hubfs/slide2-map.png?width=1200&length=1200&name=slide2-map.png)

**2**

Here you can see the official runway end markings; white parallel bars on the black runway surface.

- The centerline of Solberg’s approved runway is a line between two points;  the point labeled “4” to the south and "22" to the north. These two endpoints are 3,735 feet apart.
- The main runway is 50 feet wide and paved between the runway endpoints.
- The areas beyond are turf and are referred to as “Displaced threshold” (see [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displaced\_threshold](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displaced_threshold))

You can measure the distance yourself using the "measure" tool in Google Maps (right-click then "Measure Distance") or Google Earth (Ctrl+Shift+M).

![slide3-comparison](https://45344761.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/45344761/hubfs/slide3-comparison.png?width=1200&length=1200&name=slide3-comparison.png)

**3**

But Solberg Aviation will tell you its main runway is already 5,598 feet long! *What?!* Let's look again at that map!

...Their Master Plan calls for a **5,600 foot runway**! Solberg claims this is not a runway expansion, and that they are simply proposing an “improvement” to an existing runway.

The yellow/orange line on the right is about 5600 feet long - see for yourself and decide: how dumb does Solberg Aviation think we all are?

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