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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
1,921 Durango CO - DRO 03 - 9,186 feet, 37 degrees 77.74 +/- 13.4 1,664 +/- 790 ft -242 +/- 176 ft/min 91
1,922 Lorient France - LRT 25 - 7,884 feet, 252 degrees 77.74 +/- 17.4 1,654 +/- 1,036 ft -274 +/- 175 ft/min 25
1,923 Innsbruck Austria - INN 08 - 6,552 feet, 81 degrees 77.74 +/- 15.7 1,731 +/- 786 ft -312 +/- 169 ft/min 304
1,924 Honolulu HI - HNL 08L - 12,317 feet, 90 degrees 77.74 +/- 15.4 1,865 +/- 1,062 ft -234 +/- 147 ft/min 5,540
1,925 Tashkent Uzbekistan - TAS 26R - 13,119 feet, 262 degrees 77.74 +/- 16.2 1,856 +/- 1,019 ft -288 +/- 134 ft/min 42
1,926 Keflavik Iceland - KEF 01 - 10,009 feet, 0 degrees [was 02] 77.75 +/- 15.4 1,565 +/- 1,089 ft -253 +/- 168 ft/min 97
1,927 Baton Rouge LA - BTR 22R - 7,503 feet, 223 degrees 77.75 +/- 16.6 1,486 +/- 1,284 ft -259 +/- 191 ft/min 312
1,928 Sacramento CA - SMF 16R - 8,607 feet, 181 degrees 77.75 +/- 16.3 1,358 +/- 932 ft -263 +/- 217 ft/min 490
1,929 Sochi Russia - AER 06 - 9,506 feet, 65 degrees 77.75 +/- 16.3 1,765 +/- 1,152 ft -271 +/- 192 ft/min 126
1,930 Victoria BC Canada - YYJ 27 - 6,966 feet, 286 degrees 77.76 +/- 15.3 1,616 +/- 816 ft -252 +/- 185 ft/min 221
1,931 Izmir Turkey - ADB 16L - 10,632 feet, 167 degrees [was 16] 77.76 +/- 19.0 1,703 +/- 1,529 ft -251 +/- 165 ft/min 19
1,932 Managua Nicaragua - MGA 28 - 8,018 feet, 277 degrees 77.76 +/- 11.9 1,584 +/- 787 ft -248 +/- 128 ft/min 15
1,933 Trondheim Norway - TRD 09 - 9,340 feet, 90 degrees 77.77 +/- 15.3 1,670 +/- 835 ft -235 +/- 160 ft/min 100
1,934 Bellingham WA - BLI 16 - 6,709 feet, 180 degrees 77.77 +/- 16.8 1,549 +/- 857 ft -276 +/- 258 ft/min 236
1,935 Figari France - FSC 23 - 8,117 feet, 227 degrees 77.77 +/- 13.5 1,844 +/- 858 ft -264 +/- 131 ft/min 47
1,936 Brest France - BES 25L - 10,175 feet, 251 degrees 77.77 +/- 16.5 1,561 +/- 1,094 ft -236 +/- 148 ft/min 68
1,937 Delhi-Indira Gandhi India - DEL 11 - 14,537 feet, 104 degrees [was 10] 77.77 +/- 15.9 1,746 +/- 1,192 ft -243 +/- 167 ft/min 209
1,938 Wuhan China - WUH 22 - 11,143 feet, 221 degrees [was 22R] 77.77 +/- 9.9 1,194 +/- 1,029 ft -232 +/- 100 ft/min 12
1,939 Berlin-Tegel Germany - TXL 08L - 9,912 feet, 81 degrees 77.78 +/- 15.3 1,774 +/- 1,023 ft -246 +/- 172 ft/min 214
1,940 Charlotte NC - CLT 36R - 8,852 feet, 356 degrees 77.79 +/- 16.5 1,775 +/- 1,020 ft -266 +/- 160 ft/min 604
1,941 Tallahassee FL - TLH 18 - 6,995 feet, 180 degrees 77.79 +/- 16.2 1,545 +/- 811 ft -289 +/- 179 ft/min 210
1,942 Darwin Australia - DRW 11 - 10,999 feet, 109 degrees 77.79 +/- 14.1 2,003 +/- 931 ft -228 +/- 111 ft/min 101
1,943 Vancouver BC Canada - YVR 26R - 9,949 feet, 280 degrees 77.80 +/- 14.9 1,364 +/- 1,024 ft -233 +/- 148 ft/min 806
1,944 Ephrata WA - EPH 21 - 5,495 feet, 223 degrees 77.80 +/- 19.1 1,316 +/- 982 ft -288 +/- 165 ft/min 19
1,945 Moline-Quad Cities IL - MLI 09 - 9,991 feet, 91 degrees 77.81 +/- 14.8 1,710 +/- 1,025 ft -235 +/- 154 ft/min 129
1,946 Loreto Mexico - LTO 16 - 7,258 feet, 173 degrees 77.81 +/- 18.6 1,335 +/- 787 ft -334 +/- 387 ft/min 29
1,947 London-City United Kingdom - LCY 09 - 4,925 feet, 93 degrees 77.82 +/- 17.0 1,033 +/- 630 ft -324 +/- 208 ft/min 155
1,948 Watertown SD - ATY 12 - 6,897 feet, 125 degrees 77.82 +/- 15.5 1,421 +/- 654 ft -280 +/- 204 ft/min 22
1,949 Topeka KS - FOE 31 - 12,792 feet, 317 degrees 77.82 +/- 16.1 1,796 +/- 1,018 ft -250 +/- 165 ft/min 185
1,950 Singapore-Changi Singapore - SIN 20C - 13,135 feet, 203 degrees 77.82 +/- 16.5 1,922 +/- 1,245 ft -226 +/- 160 ft/min 224
1,951 Toronto ON Canada - YYZ 23 - 11,122 feet, 226 degrees 77.83 +/- 16.3 1,719 +/- 1,025 ft -249 +/- 190 ft/min 725
1,952 Hannover Germany - HAJ 09L - 10,493 feet, 93 degrees 77.83 +/- 14.1 1,335 +/- 927 ft -220 +/- 123 ft/min 39
1,953 Erie PA - ERI 06 - 8,413 feet, 54 degrees 77.83 +/- 16.5 1,173 +/- 877 ft -249 +/- 179 ft/min 127
1,954 Columbus MS - GTR 36 - 7,996 feet, 0 degrees 77.83 +/- 13.6 1,581 +/- 1,437 ft -225 +/- 160 ft/min 52
1,955 Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX - IAH 26L - 9,393 feet, 270 degrees 77.83 +/- 15.8 1,826 +/- 1,060 ft -246 +/- 164 ft/min 1,344
1,956 Edmonton AB Canada - YEG 30 - 10,165 feet, 315 degrees 77.84 +/- 13.8 1,835 +/- 926 ft -227 +/- 125 ft/min 377
1,957 Whitehorse Yukon Canada - YXY 32L - 9,587 feet, 339 degrees 77.84 +/- 15.1 1,404 +/- 906 ft -274 +/- 147 ft/min 114
1,958 Stockholm-Arlanda Sweden - ARN 19R - 10,786 feet, 190 degrees 77.84 +/- 16.3 1,924 +/- 1,165 ft -238 +/- 235 ft/min 279
1,959 Benton Harbor MI - BEH 27 - 5,102 feet, 270 degrees 77.84 +/- 11.6 1,305 +/- 617 ft -291 +/- 203 ft/min 16
1,960 Gillette WY - GCC 21 - 5,807 feet, 218 degrees 77.84 +/- 14.2 1,349 +/- 899 ft -265 +/- 154 ft/min 19
1,961 Okinawa Japan - OKA 18L - 10,000 feet, 178 degrees 77.84 +/- 17.6 2,709 +/- 2,092 ft -256 +/- 109 ft/min 27
1,962 Santarém Brazil - STM 10 - 7,881 feet, 81 degrees 77.84 +/- 15.3 1,662 +/- 896 ft -255 +/- 163 ft/min 202
1,963 Baku Azerbaijan - GYD 35 - 10,756 feet, 359 degrees 77.84 +/- 13.6 1,964 +/- 873 ft -220 +/- 124 ft/min 26
1,964 Kendari Indonesia - KDI 26 - 8,202 feet, 260 degrees 77.84 +/- 17.3 1,868 +/- 950 ft -246 +/- 179 ft/min 14
1,965 Tallinn Estonia - TLL 26 - 10,042 feet, 270 degrees 77.85 +/- 14.6 1,716 +/- 990 ft -258 +/- 125 ft/min 185
1,966 Champaign-Urbana IL - CMI 32R - 8,093 feet, 316 degrees 77.85 +/- 16.5 1,804 +/- 991 ft -248 +/- 178 ft/min 82
1,967 Jacksonville FL - JAX 08 - 9,981 feet, 70 degrees 77.85 +/- 16.1 1,786 +/- 989 ft -254 +/- 172 ft/min 818
1,968 Oxnard CA - OXR 07 - 5,952 feet, 91 degrees 77.86 +/- 16.2 966 +/- 826 ft -252 +/- 178 ft/min 30
1,969 Palma de Mallorca Spain - PMI 06L - 10,919 feet, 58 degrees 77.86 +/- 16.1 1,764 +/- 1,044 ft -245 +/- 219 ft/min 245
1,970 Vigo Spain - VGO 01 - 7,907 feet, 11 degrees [was 02] 77.86 +/- 14.8 1,741 +/- 1,097 ft -194 +/- 101 ft/min 10
1,971 Innsbruck Austria - INN 26 - 6,552 feet, 261 degrees 77.86 +/- 16.9 1,540 +/- 852 ft -301 +/- 220 ft/min 341
1,972 Taipei Taiwan - TPE 23L - 10,954 feet, 229 degrees [was 24] 77.86 +/- 15.6 1,926 +/- 1,154 ft -249 +/- 141 ft/min 196
1,973 Cuiaba Brazil - CGB 17 - 7,527 feet, 153 degrees 77.86 +/- 14.6 1,750 +/- 888 ft -219 +/- 146 ft/min 24
1,974 Kyiv-Boryspil Ukraine - KBP 36R - 13,085 feet, 3 degrees 77.86 +/- 15.5 1,933 +/- 1,277 ft -229 +/- 137 ft/min 87
1,975 Chengdu China - CTU 02L - 11,834 feet, 22 degrees 77.86 +/- 14.5 2,260 +/- 2,712 ft -233 +/- 141 ft/min 34
1,976 Ascension Island St Helena - ASI 13 - 10,019 feet, 117 degrees 77.87 +/- 15.1 1,510 +/- 1,128 ft -304 +/- 158 ft/min 232
1,977 Port Angeles WA - CLM 08 - 6,350 feet, 105 degrees 77.87 +/- 15.8 1,348 +/- 894 ft -280 +/- 154 ft/min 93
1,978 Escanaba MI - ESC 09 - 6,496 feet, 91 degrees 77.87 +/- 14.9 1,774 +/- 899 ft -258 +/- 194 ft/min 179
1,979 Greenville MS - GLH 36R - 8,000 feet, 360 degrees 77.87 +/- 15.4 2,243 +/- 1,159 ft -173 +/- 65 ft/min 14
1,980 Matamoros Mexico - MAM 33 - 7,520 feet, 336 degrees 77.87 +/- 14.5 1,560 +/- 867 ft -293 +/- 168 ft/min 51
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