I too have seen this in game, and my "solution" was to save the campaign and go back into a different squadron (at a different airbase). Alternately you could try using the taxiways as runways, but I don't know if RedViper allows you to do that.
I've never seen if the craters get repaired, though I would think the do eventually ...
Hope this helps a bit,
Torquatus
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