List of aircraft not suitable for SA Map???

[RichCotte]

Has anyone compiled a list of available aircraft that can neither land nor takeoff from any airfield on the SA Map?

I’m working on a concept for a fictional campaign using this map and will utilize a large number of AI aircraft, including inbound cargo aircraft from Red and Blue coalitions.  

[SabreDancer]

"Any" is doing a bit of heavy lifting- Punta Arenas and RAF Mount Pleasant have 8,500 foot/2600m runways which even the heaviest aircraft in the game can land at (assuming the C-17, IL-76 and B-52 with full bombload and 100% fuel are indicative), for example.

I decided to have a go at it, though. If we are meaning "is there any airfield that X aircraft can't take off or land from", the B-52 cannot take off or land at Almirante Schroeder's 4500 foot runways, while the C-17 and IL-76 can just barely land and take off there. The H-6 can land there, but can't take off.

The B-52 can juuuuuust barely land at Rio Turbio's 5100 foot runway. Oddly, it can't take off on the actual runway itself, and it rolls off the end, but in-game it remains perfectly intact and takes off as if nothing was wrong. I'm not sure whether that counts, but I found it worth noting for gameplay purposes.

So I'd say 5100 feet and under is the cutoff point for "which runway is the smallest that an aircraft can neither take off or land from".

Edited May 11, 2024 by SabreDancer

[RichCotte]

Thanks for the input @SabreDancer

Figured it was a long shot, but never hurts to ask...

[DmitriKozlowsky]

Punto Arenas PUQ runways are pretty long and field can handle large aircraft. Chile is kind of blue ally. Mostly.