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Delta Virtual Airlines CHALLENGING RUNWAYS
Some approaches and landings are more challenging than others. Whether it's the geography, typical weather or just the nature of the airspace, touching down safely and precisely can be a real test of a Pilot's abilities. Over 20 years, here are the most consistently challenging runways at Delta Virtual Airlines with a minimum of 10 - for Pilots, are they places to avoid - or perhaps to seek out?
# AIRPORT RUNWAY SCORE DISTANCE VERT. SPEED LANDINGS
121 Las Vegas NV - LAS 26R - 14,847 feet, 270 degrees [was 25R] 67.22 +/- 17.1 2,410 +/- 1,408 ft -282 +/- 377 ft/min 3,710
122 Bristol-Tri Cities TN/VA - TRI 27 - 4,436 feet, 269 degrees 67.28 +/- 10.5 2,288 +/- 2,040 ft -244 +/- 152 ft/min 13
123 Manchester United Kingdom - MAN 06L - 9,988 feet, 51 degrees 67.30 +/- 12.1 2,522 +/- 1,024 ft -235 +/- 151 ft/min 68
124 Coolangatta/Gold Coast Australia - OOL 32 - 8,173 feet, 331 degrees 67.30 +/- 15.6 262 +/- 1,018 ft -244 +/- 154 ft/min 97
125 Mexico City Mexico - MEX 23R - 12,860 feet, 239 degrees 67.36 +/- 17.6 2,075 +/- 1,950 ft -267 +/- 228 ft/min 354
126 Medina Saudi Arabia - MED 18 - 9,984 feet, 184 degrees 67.37 +/- 15.5 1,610 +/- 1,926 ft -193 +/- 111 ft/min 22
127 Madrid Spain - MAD 32R - 11,682 feet, 322 degrees [was 33R] 67.38 +/- 15.9 2,964 +/- 2,176 ft -233 +/- 138 ft/min 172
128 Milan-Malpensa Italy - MXP 17L - 12,849 feet, 169 degrees 67.41 +/- 18.7 1,595 +/- 2,253 ft -307 +/- 196 ft/min 126
129 Tegucigalpa Honduras - TGU 02 - 6,638 feet, 19 degrees [was 01] 67.43 +/- 14.8 2,413 +/- 848 ft -261 +/- 164 ft/min 532
130 Auckland New Zealand - AKL 23R - 10,195 feet, 251 degrees 67.44 +/- 16.3 2,543 +/- 1,213 ft -221 +/- 138 ft/min 16
131 Anchorage AK - ANC 07R - 12,405 feet, 90 degrees 67.44 +/- 16.6 2,675 +/- 1,318 ft -235 +/- 153 ft/min 2,158
132 Addis Ababa Ethiopia - ADD 25R - 12,125 feet, 254 degrees 67.52 +/- 19.2 1,551 +/- 1,472 ft -281 +/- 215 ft/min 49
133 Talara Peru - TYL 35 - 8,039 feet, 350 degrees 67.54 +/- 21.1 3,273 +/- 4,330 ft -302 +/- 223 ft/min 25
134 Honolulu HI - HNL 26L - 12,007 feet, 270 degrees 67.61 +/- 17.8 2,478 +/- 1,544 ft -296 +/- 223 ft/min 532
135 Skopje Macedonia - SKP 34 - 9,713 feet, 345 degrees 67.62 +/- 17.7 476 +/- 1,305 ft -240 +/- 151 ft/min 209
136 Port Louis Mauritius - MRU 32 - 11,056 feet, 297 degrees 67.63 +/- 17.3 2,396 +/- 1,576 ft -257 +/- 199 ft/min 19
137 Valdosta GA - VLD 35 - 7,993 feet, 351 degrees 67.69 +/- 19.0 2,418 +/- 1,243 ft -262 +/- 197 ft/min 123
138 Tokyo-Narita Japan - NRT 34L - 13,144 feet, 329 degrees 67.73 +/- 16.7 2,767 +/- 1,506 ft -238 +/- 152 ft/min 3,021
139 Lagos Nigeria - LOS 18R - 12,798 feet, 179 degrees 67.74 +/- 17.1 2,747 +/- 1,491 ft -274 +/- 187 ft/min 242
140 Quito Ecuador - UIO 36 - 13,417 feet, 358 degrees 67.75 +/- 17.4 2,507 +/- 1,614 ft -311 +/- 183 ft/min 234
141 Princess Juliana Intl Sint Maarten - SXM 28 - 7,537 feet, 262 degrees [was 27] 67.78 +/- 17.4 2,187 +/- 1,286 ft -332 +/- 212 ft/min 13
142 Pusan South Korea - PUS 18R - 10,492 feet, 174 degrees 67.80 +/- 18.3 984 +/- 1,625 ft -270 +/- 176 ft/min 24
143 Beirut Lebanon - BEY 03 - 12,500 feet, 33 degrees 67.93 +/- 15.8 2,060 +/- 1,687 ft -267 +/- 126 ft/min 159
144 Milan-Malpensa Italy - MXP 17R - 12,609 feet, 169 degrees 67.94 +/- 14.6 2,001 +/- 1,860 ft -293 +/- 186 ft/min 32
145 Almaty Kazakhstan - ALA 05R - 14,382 feet, 56 degrees 67.94 +/- 17.1 2,082 +/- 1,031 ft -242 +/- 167 ft/min 27
146 Phuket Thailand - HKT 09 - 9,836 feet, 85 degrees 68.02 +/- 16.7 1,408 +/- 1,035 ft -341 +/- 236 ft/min 42
147 Montrose/Telluride CO - MTJ 13 - 7,492 feet, 140 degrees 68.07 +/- 24.4 960 +/- 658 ft -398 +/- 293 ft/min 13
148 Princess Juliana Intl Sint Maarten - SXM 28 - 7,537 feet, 262 degrees 68.08 +/- 18.4 1,864 +/- 1,198 ft -327 +/- 229 ft/min 57
149 Bemidji MN - BJI 13 - 6,997 feet, 134 degrees 68.11 +/- 15.9 2,226 +/- 1,291 ft -242 +/- 174 ft/min 31
150 Detroit-Wayne County MI - DTW 03L - 8,503 feet, 29 degrees 68.22 +/- 19.2 2,237 +/- 1,501 ft -315 +/- 228 ft/min 243
151 Ft Walton Beach FL - VPS 12 - 11,995 feet, 120 degrees 68.24 +/- 17.6 2,551 +/- 1,188 ft -247 +/- 170 ft/min 61
152 Philadelphia PA - PHL 27L - 10,497 feet, 255 degrees 68.26 +/- 16.8 917 +/- 1,494 ft -252 +/- 173 ft/min 934
153 Caracas Venezuela - CCS 28 - 11,478 feet, 268 degrees 68.28 +/- 15.4 2,267 +/- 1,939 ft -207 +/- 91 ft/min 11
154 Shanghai-Pudong China - PVG 17L - 13,122 feet, 162 degrees 68.36 +/- 15.0 2,639 +/- 1,273 ft -237 +/- 137 ft/min 290
155 Accra Ghana - ACC 03 - 11,714 feet, 22 degrees 68.48 +/- 18.9 987 +/- 1,561 ft -290 +/- 209 ft/min 46
156 Chicago-Midway IL - MDW 04L - 5,512 feet, 43 degrees 68.50 +/- 18.4 623 +/- 1,482 ft -324 +/- 250 ft/min 41
157 Hewanorra Saint Lucia - UVF 28 - 8,978 feet, 270 degrees 68.51 +/- 19.4 2,216 +/- 2,643 ft -291 +/- 192 ft/min 44
158 Cancun Mexico - CUN 30R - 9,171 feet, 304 degrees [was 30] 68.55 +/- 17.8 2,380 +/- 1,489 ft -288 +/- 235 ft/min 100
159 Marrakech Morocco - RAK 10 - 10,169 feet, 96 degrees 68.57 +/- 16.0 2,451 +/- 1,296 ft -247 +/- 166 ft/min 102
160 Bogota Colombia - BOG 31R - 12,442 feet, 307 degrees 68.57 +/- 17.2 2,243 +/- 1,503 ft -358 +/- 196 ft/min 64
161 Chicago-O'Hare IL - ORD 33 - 9,682 feet, 320 degrees [was 32L] 68.60 +/- 18.6 2,218 +/- 1,642 ft -310 +/- 263 ft/min 680
162 Chania Greece - CHQ 29 - 10,985 feet, 292 degrees 68.64 +/- 19.0 2,165 +/- 1,183 ft -229 +/- 184 ft/min 25
163 Kisumu Kenya - KIS 24 - 6,357 feet, 242 degrees [was 25] 68.66 +/- 15.9 828 +/- 856 ft -317 +/- 201 ft/min 12
164 Canberra Australia - CBR 35 - 10,766 feet, 360 degrees 68.66 +/- 15.2 293 +/- 1,317 ft -222 +/- 130 ft/min 197
165 Solo City Indonesia - SOC 26 - 8,511 feet, 257 degrees 68.67 +/- 17.0 2,228 +/- 772 ft -277 +/- 324 ft/min 13
166 Goose Bay NF Canada - YYR 16 - 9,589 feet, 133 degrees 68.72 +/- 19.3 2,313 +/- 1,033 ft -301 +/- 178 ft/min 13
167 Dallas-Fort Worth TX - DFW 36R - 13,400 feet, 360 degrees 68.72 +/- 16.8 2,633 +/- 1,504 ft -246 +/- 159 ft/min 384
168 Cali Colombia - CLO 02 - 9,837 feet, 10 degrees [was 01] 68.73 +/- 18.9 2,310 +/- 1,699 ft -302 +/- 216 ft/min 112
169 Antananarivo Madagascar - TNR 11 - 10,169 feet, 99 degrees 68.76 +/- 19.6 2,273 +/- 1,427 ft -341 +/- 325 ft/min 169
170 Islamabad Pakistan - IS2 30 - 10,622 feet, 298 degrees 68.77 +/- 16.6 2,307 +/- 1,130 ft -301 +/- 158 ft/min 16
171 Barcelona Spain - BCN 25 - 10,243 feet, 246 degrees 68.79 +/- 25.5 2,118 +/- 1,667 ft -405 +/- 448 ft/min 16
172 Conakry Guinea - CKY 24 - 10,797 feet, 229 degrees 68.81 +/- 18.2 2,989 +/- 2,070 ft -208 +/- 145 ft/min 48
173 Cancun Mexico - CUN 30L - 11,480 feet, 304 degrees 68.81 +/- 16.5 2,538 +/- 1,630 ft -261 +/- 168 ft/min 178
174 Paris-Orly France - ORY 20 - 7,870 feet, 198 degrees 68.85 +/- 19.2 1,930 +/- 1,215 ft -319 +/- 227 ft/min 30
175 Port Harcourt Nigeria - PHC 03 - 9,833 feet, 28 degrees 68.88 +/- 22.8 2,139 +/- 802 ft -222 +/- 208 ft/min 10
176 Kalispell/Columbia Falls MT - FCA 02 - 8,992 feet, 35 degrees 68.89 +/- 15.4 2,404 +/- 951 ft -247 +/- 176 ft/min 498
177 Redding CA - RDD 30 - 5,065 feet, 320 degrees 68.95 +/- 19.7 2,425 +/- 1,205 ft -183 +/- 92 ft/min 10
178 Tianjin China - TSN 16R - 11,804 feet, 155 degrees 68.96 +/- 14.0 214 +/- 731 ft -237 +/- 107 ft/min 18
179 Palm Springs CA - PSP 13R - 10,012 feet, 144 degrees 68.99 +/- 15.7 417 +/- 1,558 ft -251 +/- 151 ft/min 253
180 San Diego CA - SAN 09 - 9,397 feet, 106 degrees 69.01 +/- 17.7 1,528 +/- 1,709 ft -287 +/- 227 ft/min 1,674
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