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Runway had been plowed shortly before the incident and pilots on other planes reported good braking action. >> now, a question -- what does that tell you by that statement jay? >> in a normal airport, meaning one with a long runway that could probably tend to relax a captain that was approaching, but laguardia is not like that. as mentioned earlier, it's a difficult airport even in the best conditions because the runway is only 7,000 feet. that particular aircraft i'm familiar with and it requires 5,000 feet on a good day, so 7,000 feet with slick conditions like that lower visibility it would...

St. louis downtown which is approximately, just looking right here, it is about 7,000 feet in length. lambert field, not only would it might have additional -- might have additional crash readiness capability, but it has runways that extend beyond 11,000 feet. so, you know, that's a significant added bit of pad, if you will, whenever you're doing a landing like this. you want to have as much space as you can. >> i got it. okay, so i'm not as familiar with my st. louis airports. this is the major st. louis airport, the st. louis lambert field airport. >> exactly. you've got lots of big, long ru...