> I was ok with the jets until I realized it would require lengthening the airstrip inside the harbour
Only sorta. They would have been able to keep the existing lengths of the no-boating buoys by building out the runway, but also adding emergency runway arrest systems. IE: longer runway but compressed overrun safety area. Yes, less water, but you can’t use it anyway.
The runway would have to be widened a bit and the buoys would have to be too, but that’s less of an impact on marine navigation.
Only sorta. They would have been able to keep the existing lengths of the no-boating buoys by building out the runway, but also adding emergency runway arrest systems. IE: longer runway but compressed overrun safety area. Yes, less water, but you can’t use it anyway.
The runway would have to be widened a bit and the buoys would have to be too, but that’s less of an impact on marine navigation.