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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
2,881 Trenton NJ - TTN 06 - 6,008 feet, 46 degrees 80.18 +/- 14.7 1,420 +/- 783 ft -265 +/- 192 ft/min 196
2,882 Mikonos Greece - JMK 34 - 6,231 feet, 341 degrees 80.18 +/- 12.4 1,443 +/- 882 ft -232 +/- 136 ft/min 40
2,883 Yellowknife NT Canada - YZF 34 - 7,458 feet, 356 degrees 80.19 +/- 13.9 1,823 +/- 889 ft -236 +/- 140 ft/min 116
2,884 Cardiff United Kingdom - CWL 12 - 7,696 feet, 117 degrees 80.19 +/- 12.4 1,289 +/- 700 ft -196 +/- 133 ft/min 32
2,885 Amsterdam Netherlands - AMS 22 - 6,631 feet, 221 degrees 80.19 +/- 14.4 1,598 +/- 1,022 ft -232 +/- 148 ft/min 613
2,886 West Palm Beach FL - PBI 32 - 6,929 feet, 315 degrees 80.19 +/- 16.4 1,515 +/- 919 ft -249 +/- 156 ft/min 27
2,887 Port Vila Vanatu - VLI 11 - 8,530 feet, 118 degrees 80.19 +/- 14.8 1,744 +/- 965 ft -274 +/- 122 ft/min 39
2,888 Kazan Russia - KZN 29 - 12,259 feet, 305 degrees 80.19 +/- 12.5 1,889 +/- 703 ft -309 +/- 116 ft/min 35
2,889 Barrow AK - BRW 08 - 6,701 feet, 90 degrees 80.20 +/- 15.2 1,816 +/- 842 ft -284 +/- 133 ft/min 48
2,890 Rabat Morocco - RBA 21 - 11,448 feet, 211 degrees [was 22] 80.21 +/- 15.7 1,722 +/- 1,198 ft -211 +/- 143 ft/min 24
2,891 Appleton WI - ATW 30 - 6,500 feet, 296 degrees 80.21 +/- 13.3 1,513 +/- 673 ft -245 +/- 185 ft/min 71
2,892 Gulfport/Biloxi MS - GPT 14 - 8,996 feet, 135 degrees 80.21 +/- 14.5 1,609 +/- 884 ft -226 +/- 168 ft/min 362
2,893 Miami FL - MIA 9 - 12,969 feet, 87 degrees 80.21 +/- 13.8 1,666 +/- 637 ft -253 +/- 137 ft/min 33
2,894 Punta Cana Dominican Republic - PUJ 9 - 10,153 feet, 84 degrees 80.21 +/- 14.0 1,702 +/- 640 ft -266 +/- 145 ft/min 15
2,895 Townsville Australia - TSV 19 - 7,980 feet, 204 degrees 80.21 +/- 14.1 1,843 +/- 815 ft -191 +/- 91 ft/min 44
2,896 Nampula Mozambique - APL 23 - 6,552 feet, 226 degrees 80.22 +/- 14.3 1,310 +/- 685 ft -290 +/- 210 ft/min 43
2,897 Casper WY - CPR 26 - 8,668 feet, 269 degrees 80.22 +/- 17.0 1,659 +/- 929 ft -250 +/- 159 ft/min 46
2,898 San Salvador El Salvador - SAL 25 - 10,495 feet, 250 degrees 80.22 +/- 13.9 1,772 +/- 1,018 ft -257 +/- 137 ft/min 70
2,899 McGrath AK - MCG 23 - 2,000 feet, 248 degrees [was 16] 80.22 +/- 15.8 1,114 +/- 658 ft -268 +/- 184 ft/min 255
2,900 Shanghai-Pudong China - PVG 34R - 12,467 feet, 342 degrees 80.22 +/- 14.5 1,923 +/- 572 ft -228 +/- 119 ft/min 50
2,901 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton PA - AVP 22 - 7,494 feet, 213 degrees 80.23 +/- 14.1 1,598 +/- 915 ft -232 +/- 145 ft/min 167
2,902 Evansville IN - EVV 36 - 6,275 feet, 1 degrees 80.23 +/- 16.6 980 +/- 658 ft -307 +/- 252 ft/min 30
2,903 Hohhot China - HET 08 - 11,805 feet, 73 degrees 80.23 +/- 15.6 1,921 +/- 1,082 ft -278 +/- 118 ft/min 28
2,904 Lagos Nigeria - LOS 36L - 12,798 feet, 359 degrees [was 01L] 80.24 +/- 12.7 2,398 +/- 2,602 ft -182 +/- 114 ft/min 15
2,905 Belfast-Aldergrove United Kingdom - BFS 17 - 6,177 feet, 162 degrees 80.24 +/- 10.4 876 +/- 691 ft -266 +/- 115 ft/min 11
2,906 Monterey CA - MRY 28L - 7,166 feet, 293 degrees 80.24 +/- 13.1 1,699 +/- 743 ft -250 +/- 230 ft/min 160
2,907 Pekanbaru Indonesia - PKU 36 - 7,331 feet, 2 degrees 80.24 +/- 12.5 1,567 +/- 664 ft -196 +/- 122 ft/min 25
2,908 Monastir Tunisia - MIR 25 - 9,713 feet, 254 degrees 80.25 +/- 13.1 1,819 +/- 956 ft -235 +/- 106 ft/min 41
2,909 Tapachula Mexico - TAP 23 - 6,543 feet, 235 degrees 80.25 +/- 15.7 1,497 +/- 888 ft -265 +/- 189 ft/min 56
2,910 Barrow AK - BRW 07 - 7,082 feet, 90 degrees [was 06] 80.25 +/- 15.3 1,358 +/- 787 ft -253 +/- 177 ft/min 200
2,911 Leticia Columbia - LET 03 - 6,884 feet, 21 degrees [was 02] 80.25 +/- 13.3 1,029 +/- 712 ft -292 +/- 142 ft/min 29
2,912 The Valley Anguilla - AXA 10 - 5,456 feet, 91 degrees 80.25 +/- 14.4 1,005 +/- 550 ft -297 +/- 190 ft/min 34
2,913 Tuy Hòa Vietnam - TBB 21 - 9,479 feet, 210 degrees 80.25 +/- 20.3 1,962 +/- 752 ft -220 +/- 77 ft/min 11
2,914 Pointe-Noire Congo - PNR 17 - 8,563 feet, 166 degrees 80.26 +/- 17.2 1,453 +/- 934 ft -282 +/- 223 ft/min 96
2,915 Fort Wayne IN - FWA 32 - 7,985 feet, 315 degrees 80.26 +/- 13.8 1,461 +/- 737 ft -257 +/- 161 ft/min 97
2,916 Spearfish SD - SPF 31 - 6,414 feet, 315 degrees 80.26 +/- 10.4 998 +/- 516 ft -371 +/- 140 ft/min 12
2,917 Bora Bora French Polynesia - BOB 11 - 4,935 feet, 125 degrees 80.26 +/- 12.9 892 +/- 500 ft -372 +/- 129 ft/min 43
2,918 Nantucket MA - ACK 24 - 6,281 feet, 225 degrees 80.27 +/- 15.5 1,409 +/- 800 ft -260 +/- 178 ft/min 321
2,919 Oshkosh WI - OSH 27 - 6,176 feet, 271 degrees 80.27 +/- 17.8 811 +/- 457 ft -335 +/- 437 ft/min 27
2,920 Dresden Germany - DRS 04 - 9,314 feet, 41 degrees 80.28 +/- 10.5 1,549 +/- 691 ft -218 +/- 121 ft/min 17
2,921 Montpelier France - MPL 30R - 8,552 feet, 305 degrees 80.28 +/- 14.2 1,592 +/- 911 ft -256 +/- 175 ft/min 76
2,922 Penticton BC - YYF 34 - 6,044 feet, 1 degrees 80.29 +/- 14.1 1,147 +/- 663 ft -290 +/- 166 ft/min 31
2,923 Concord NC - JQF 02 - 7,392 feet, 10 degrees 80.29 +/- 15.3 1,214 +/- 599 ft -286 +/- 200 ft/min 61
2,924 Calvi France - CLY 18 - 7,588 feet, 180 degrees 80.29 +/- 12.3 1,104 +/- 715 ft -217 +/- 153 ft/min 77
2,925 Zurich Switzerland - ZRH 10 - 8,170 feet, 96 degrees 80.29 +/- 14.2 2,086 +/- 1,818 ft -175 +/- 99 ft/min 19
2,926 Calcutta India - CCU 19L - 11,911 feet, 186 degrees 80.29 +/- 13.7 1,371 +/- 1,066 ft -250 +/- 120 ft/min 90
2,927 Xiamen China - XMN 05 - 11,150 feet, 52 degrees 80.29 +/- 13.4 1,225 +/- 945 ft -245 +/- 137 ft/min 195
2,928 Hao French Polynesia - HOI 30 - 10,968 feet, 315 degrees 80.30 +/- 12.7 1,789 +/- 758 ft -268 +/- 114 ft/min 43
2,929 Koror Palau - ROR 09 - 7,187 feet, 91 degrees 80.30 +/- 15.9 1,495 +/- 787 ft -273 +/- 159 ft/min 99
2,930 Maracaibo Venezuela - MAR 20R - 10,140 feet, 200 degrees 80.30 +/- 16.9 1,577 +/- 1,158 ft -241 +/- 175 ft/min 26
2,931 Iqualuit NU Canada - YFB 34 - 8,607 feet, 316 degrees 80.31 +/- 13.0 1,858 +/- 469 ft -292 +/- 123 ft/min 20
2,932 Maye Island Seychelles - SEZ 31 - 9,815 feet, 305 degrees 80.31 +/- 13.1 1,072 +/- 777 ft -287 +/- 143 ft/min 89
2,933 Camaguey Cuba - CMW 07 - 9,843 feet, 68 degrees 80.31 +/- 14.5 1,471 +/- 855 ft -233 +/- 152 ft/min 130
2,934 Berlin-Brandenburg Germany - BER 25L - 13,114 feet, 249 degrees 80.32 +/- 15.6 1,980 +/- 1,351 ft -252 +/- 123 ft/min 87
2,935 Dubuque IA - DBQ 31 - 6,488 feet, 315 degrees 80.32 +/- 13.0 1,506 +/- 688 ft -217 +/- 152 ft/min 14
2,936 Okinawa Japan - OKA 18 - 9,872 feet, 178 degrees 80.32 +/- 14.9 1,660 +/- 904 ft -227 +/- 163 ft/min 62
2,937 Sunshine Coast Australia - MCY 36 - 5,895 feet, 14 degrees 80.32 +/- 16.8 1,277 +/- 874 ft -265 +/- 182 ft/min 21
2,938 Sanya China - SYX 26 - 11,167 feet, 262 degrees 80.32 +/- 12.2 1,659 +/- 796 ft -236 +/- 139 ft/min 29
2,939 Malmo Sweden - MMX 17 - 9,143 feet, 173 degrees 80.33 +/- 13.7 1,522 +/- 661 ft -267 +/- 169 ft/min 30
2,940 Karachi Pakistan - KHI 07R - 11,147 feet, 74 degrees 80.33 +/- 14.9 1,760 +/- 757 ft -258 +/- 140 ft/min 41
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