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The PC-24 has made its first landing on an unpaved runway as the aircraft undergoes a program of post-certification tests with special emphasis on unpaved runway operations. Pilatus plans on obtaining “Rough Field” certification in the fourth quarter of 2018. Woodbridge Airfield to the north east of London offers optimum test conditions. Pilatus spent two weeks there testing the PC-24’s landing and take-off capabilities on the airfield’s unpaved runway for the first time. Aircraft departures at KSMO have been steadily declining in the five months since the city disastrously shortened the airport's runway. The most recent data shows departures fe