There are special STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) airplanes which need less runway length (as short as a couple hundred feet). Our initial Seastead Lite design is large enough for one of these. However, STOL planes tend to have relatively low cruising speeds (120mph) and low passenger capacity (a few people). This makes it difficult to use these planes to transport resort visitors, unless the distance is short enough to allow many trips per day. Helicopters may be superior to STOL aircraft for this reason - the same amount of area as an STOL runway could be used to land many helicopters.