Probably eventually a Runway for my ( future purchase of an ) airplane.... with finishing mower (3000-3500 feet)
If your sole purchase is for mowing turf type grass I would stick with a wide cut zero turn. I had a Landpride finishing mower and once I bought a zero turn I never used it again! For large scale mowing a zero turn is the only way to go. If you are going to mow a runway with your tractor you would be better off with turf tires which limit the use of a tractor, at the very least R4's. They will still spin occasionally on turf and you don't want that on a runway. You will need a roller for the runway and you may need a tractor for that, but if that is all you are doing with it a smaller tractor with turf or R4 tires will do fine and you wouldn't need 4WD on level ground.
One thing that people forget is just how big a 7' bush hog is and how much power they take. The reason being is that a 7 footer is still a single spindle cutter which makes them very long (heavy) and that really long blade takes a surprising amount of power to spin. To adequately use most 7' bush hogs you need about a 60 PTO hp tractor, weight around 7000+.
Now a 8' is more reasonable since they are a dual spindle cutter. Much shorter overall length and spinning two smaller blades actually takes less power than one 7' blade. With that said, for either of those you need to be looking at the M series tractors (not MX). Something with around 50 PTO hp minimum.
However, I doubt you'll really get any of those to pencil out a profit, unless you charge a LOT.
If you want to do more large area finish type work than brush hogging, might I recommend a Turf Batwing? There are several manufacturers who make them (Woods Homeowner Woods Commercial) and they will need less HP than a rough cut batwing and will leave a nicer cut.Probably eventually a Runway for my ( future purchase of an ) airplane.... with finishing mower (3000-3500 feet)