To partially answer my own question(Are there only short and long runways of fixed lengths), I did the following on the New Guinea map:
Fully zoomed in on each runway, place a waypoint at the beginning and end. Right on the edge, using the lines between the tiles or mats to align them.
A pair of independent waypoints per runway that are only connected to eachother, not the other waypoints/runways.
Set the speed for each waypoint to 6kph using a text editor.
Looking at the second waypoint in each set, noted the time.
At 6kph, 1km takes 10 minutes, so an arrival time of 12:17(mission starts at 12:00) makes for a distance of 1700 meters.
Using this method, I determined the runway length for all airfields(Note that there is a margin of error for the few grass runways, as the beginning, end and centerline are hard to determine):
Vivigani: 1700m x2 (IRL 2000m)
Garuahi LG: 1200m
Turnbull LG: 1600m
Gurney Airfield: 1600m
No. 2 Strip: 1600m
Sagari LG: 1200m
DOB 1: 1600m
DOB 3: 1600m
New Strip: 1200m
Old Strip: 1600m
Soputa: 1600m
DOB 2: 1200m
Unknown(Between Fighter Strip and DOB 2): 1200m
Fighter Strip: 1600m
DOB 4: 1200m
POP3: 1600m
Kila Airdrome: 2200m
Jackson Airdrome: 1700m
Wards Airdrome: 1700m x2
Durand Airdrome: 1600m
Schwimmer Airdrome: 1600m
Berry Airdrome: 1600m
Boera Field: 1600m
This gives us the following lengths: 1200m, 1600m, 1700m and 2200m.
I've checked Vivigani and Garuahi LG, and neither have historically accurate runways. Even then, using historical data for beacon placement is only possible for a small number of airfields.
Measuring this is relatively simple, though time consuming.
This method could be used to determine the beacon location. However, as there are so many variables involved, I believe this would be inaccurate at best.
I just need the hard data, as already supplied in the manual for the regular lorenz beacon, of the two other landing beacons.
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