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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
301 Amsterdam Netherlands - AMS 24 - 11,302 feet, 238 degrees 71.00 +/- 19.2 2,444 +/- 2,011 ft -243 +/- 192 ft/min 263
302 Geneva Switzerland - GVA 04 - 12,801 feet, 45 degrees [was 05] 71.01 +/- 15.3 2,125 +/- 1,220 ft -266 +/- 198 ft/min 327
303 Addis Ababa Ethiopia - ADD 07L - 12,125 feet, 74 degrees 71.03 +/- 16.5 1,306 +/- 1,459 ft -274 +/- 179 ft/min 34
304 San Francisco CA - SFO 10L - 11,855 feet, 118 degrees 71.03 +/- 17.3 2,253 +/- 1,293 ft -255 +/- 171 ft/min 186
305 Denver CO - DEN 07 - 12,004 feet, 91 degrees 71.04 +/- 16.9 2,374 +/- 1,573 ft -252 +/- 211 ft/min 635
306 Leon Mexico - BJX 13 - 11,496 feet, 134 degrees 71.04 +/- 17.2 2,183 +/- 1,382 ft -274 +/- 228 ft/min 117
307 Pointe a Pitre Guadeloupe - PTP 12 - 10,675 feet, 101 degrees [was 11] 71.05 +/- 15.7 1,883 +/- 1,211 ft -243 +/- 162 ft/min 406
308 Goiania Brazil - GYN 32 - 8,194 feet, 300 degrees 71.07 +/- 16.8 2,170 +/- 1,242 ft -264 +/- 193 ft/min 55
309 Frankfurt Germany - FRA 25R - 9,192 feet, 250 degrees 71.08 +/- 17.0 2,961 +/- 3,101 ft -234 +/- 158 ft/min 795
310 Saipan Mariana Islands - SPN 25 - 8,670 feet, 248 degrees 71.10 +/- 15.2 2,258 +/- 1,247 ft -289 +/- 183 ft/min 25
311 Singapore-Changi Singapore - SIN 02L - 13,123 feet, 23 degrees 71.16 +/- 17.0 1,154 +/- 1,793 ft -251 +/- 155 ft/min 366
312 Denver CO - DEN 08 - 12,017 feet, 91 degrees 71.17 +/- 16.8 2,226 +/- 1,508 ft -270 +/- 197 ft/min 308
313 Amman Jordan - AMM 08R - 12,004 feet, 80 degrees 71.17 +/- 14.8 2,169 +/- 1,781 ft -242 +/- 160 ft/min 15
314 Cairo Egypt - CAI 23R - 10,831 feet, 229 degrees 71.18 +/- 15.9 2,443 +/- 2,149 ft -260 +/- 174 ft/min 144
315 Brest France - BES 25L - 10,175 feet, 251 degrees [was 26L] 71.20 +/- 14.3 2,225 +/- 695 ft -218 +/- 170 ft/min 54
316 Barcelona Spain - BCN 20 - 8,273 feet, 199 degrees 71.22 +/- 14.1 2,347 +/- 1,329 ft -246 +/- 132 ft/min 13
317 Puerto Penasco Mexico - PPE 29 - 4,445 feet, 302 degrees 71.22 +/- 17.7 1,210 +/- 1,088 ft -375 +/- 278 ft/min 41
318 St Johns Antigua and Barbuda - ANU 25 - 9,966 feet, 238 degrees 71.22 +/- 18.5 1,175 +/- 1,280 ft -276 +/- 188 ft/min 68
319 Santa Rosa Argentina - RSA 19 - 7,540 feet, 191 degrees 71.23 +/- 18.8 1,965 +/- 1,062 ft -308 +/- 173 ft/min 13
320 Shanghai-Pudong China - PVG 34L - 12,468 feet, 342 degrees [was 34] 71.24 +/- 15.8 2,797 +/- 2,109 ft -229 +/- 131 ft/min 171
321 Windhoek Namibia - WDH 08 - 15,004 feet, 64 degrees 71.25 +/- 16.4 1,979 +/- 896 ft -348 +/- 160 ft/min 29
322 Zilina Slovakia - ILZ 06 - 3,772 feet, 65 degrees 71.29 +/- 21.1 855 +/- 665 ft -421 +/- 335 ft/min 14
323 Niamey Niger - NIM 09R - 9,808 feet, 87 degrees 71.30 +/- 20.5 2,157 +/- 1,278 ft -287 +/- 198 ft/min 40
324 Mammoth Lakes CA - MMH 09 - 6,997 feet, 109 degrees 71.31 +/- 18.3 1,085 +/- 811 ft -345 +/- 237 ft/min 23
325 Los Angeles CA - LAX 07L - 12,922 feet, 83 degrees 71.34 +/- 16.6 1,218 +/- 1,599 ft -255 +/- 177 ft/min 1,357
326 Luanda Angola - LAD 25 - 8,177 feet, 248 degrees 71.35 +/- 16.7 2,608 +/- 1,588 ft -241 +/- 84 ft/min 11
327 Dakar-Léopold Sédar Senghor Senegal - DKR 18 - 11,378 feet, 173 degrees 71.39 +/- 16.4 2,368 +/- 1,397 ft -230 +/- 155 ft/min 90
328 Bahrain International Bahrain - BAH 30 - 12,982 feet, 303 degrees 71.41 +/- 19.0 2,007 +/- 1,053 ft -378 +/- 162 ft/min 11
329 San Jose CA - SJC 12R - 11,003 feet, 139 degrees 71.43 +/- 16.9 721 +/- 1,262 ft -239 +/- 158 ft/min 274
330 Cleveland-Hopkins OH - CLE 28 - 6,017 feet, 273 degrees 71.45 +/- 16.9 2,020 +/- 725 ft -333 +/- 307 ft/min 247
331 Tampa/St Petersburg FL - TPA 36R - 8,323 feet, 2 degrees 71.46 +/- 18.2 2,080 +/- 1,584 ft -327 +/- 210 ft/min 209
332 Grande Prairie AB Canada - YQU 12 - 8,484 feet, 135 degrees 71.47 +/- 11.5 2,054 +/- 814 ft -209 +/- 137 ft/min 12
333 Ft Walton Beach FL - VPS 30 - 11,995 feet, 300 degrees 71.48 +/- 16.2 2,343 +/- 1,288 ft -244 +/- 202 ft/min 286
334 Miami FL - MIA 09R - 12,993 feet, 87 degrees 71.49 +/- 19.1 1,737 +/- 1,520 ft -236 +/- 170 ft/min 217
335 Palm Springs CA - PSP 31L - 10,012 feet, 324 degrees 71.49 +/- 18.9 921 +/- 1,232 ft -312 +/- 211 ft/min 2,228
336 Paris-De Gaulle France - CDG 26R - 13,836 feet, 265 degrees 71.51 +/- 16.6 1,887 +/- 1,757 ft -230 +/- 150 ft/min 2,026
337 New York-Newark NJ - EWR 04R - 10,005 feet, 26 degrees 71.52 +/- 16.7 658 +/- 1,156 ft -253 +/- 173 ft/min 1,253
338 St Croix US Virgin Islands - STX 10 - 9,984 feet, 84 degrees 71.52 +/- 19.0 2,327 +/- 1,489 ft -253 +/- 185 ft/min 457
339 Twin Falls ID - TWF 07 - 8,687 feet, 91 degrees 71.53 +/- 15.0 2,287 +/- 1,425 ft -226 +/- 190 ft/min 58
340 Wenzhou China - WNZ 21 - 7,871 feet, 208 degrees 71.53 +/- 18.4 2,686 +/- 1,637 ft -230 +/- 157 ft/min 40
341 Baltimore MD - BWI 04 - 5,976 feet, 33 degrees 71.55 +/- 17.3 2,439 +/- 2,247 ft -218 +/- 138 ft/min 36
342 Ujung Pandang Indonesia - UPG 03 - 10,163 feet, 30 degrees 71.59 +/- 19.6 2,077 +/- 1,069 ft -218 +/- 173 ft/min 21
343 Manado Indonesia - MDC 18 - 8,688 feet, 182 degrees 71.60 +/- 20.6 1,467 +/- 1,042 ft -285 +/- 206 ft/min 28
344 Shanghai-Pudong China - PVG 17R - 11,155 feet, 162 degrees 71.60 +/- 17.9 2,468 +/- 1,199 ft -246 +/- 151 ft/min 190
345 Minsk Belarus - MSQ 31L - 11,958 feet, 319 degrees 71.62 +/- 14.9 2,901 +/- 1,950 ft -283 +/- 123 ft/min 22
346 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates - AUH 31R - 13,443 feet, 308 degrees 71.64 +/- 13.9 2,484 +/- 1,028 ft -228 +/- 113 ft/min 21
347 Bogota Colombia - BOG 13R - 12,468 feet, 127 degrees 71.64 +/- 16.1 2,143 +/- 1,210 ft -276 +/- 193 ft/min 562
348 Paro Bhutan - PBH 33 - 7,428 feet, 330 degrees 71.64 +/- 18.8 1,575 +/- 1,071 ft -328 +/- 239 ft/min 163
349 Keflavik Iceland - KEF 28 - 10,041 feet, 270 degrees 71.68 +/- 19.1 2,234 +/- 1,186 ft -290 +/- 174 ft/min 52
350 Montego Bay Jamaica - MBJ 25 - 8,648 feet, 245 degrees 71.68 +/- 20.1 1,751 +/- 1,300 ft -322 +/- 227 ft/min 182
351 Anchorage AK - ANC 33 - 11,368 feet, 345 degrees [was 32] 71.68 +/- 16.2 2,135 +/- 1,136 ft -255 +/- 166 ft/min 190
352 Da Lat Vietnam - DLI 09 - 10,617 feet, 87 degrees 71.68 +/- 21.6 3,673 +/- 3,002 ft -291 +/- 161 ft/min 26
353 Avalon CA - AVX 04 - 3,100 feet, 55 degrees 71.69 +/- 17.6 484 +/- 371 ft -356 +/- 211 ft/min 37
354 Brindisi Italy - BDS 13 - 9,994 feet, 137 degrees 71.69 +/- 18.9 2,267 +/- 1,030 ft -253 +/- 152 ft/min 41
355 Kathmandu Nepal - KTM 20 - 10,002 feet, 202 degrees 71.69 +/- 17.5 2,331 +/- 1,430 ft -349 +/- 143 ft/min 35
356 Omaha NE - OMA 14L - 8,492 feet, 144 degrees 71.70 +/- 18.0 2,035 +/- 1,256 ft -261 +/- 169 ft/min 74
357 Paris-De Gaulle France - CDG 27L - 13,783 feet, 265 degrees 71.71 +/- 16.6 1,491 +/- 1,501 ft -278 +/- 184 ft/min 1,261
358 Montrose/Telluride CO - MTJ 31 - 7,492 feet, 320 degrees 71.72 +/- 18.0 2,572 +/- 2,043 ft -322 +/- 154 ft/min 14
359 Pocatello ID - PIH 21 - 9,051 feet, 225 degrees 71.75 +/- 17.9 2,130 +/- 1,443 ft -274 +/- 224 ft/min 767
360 Tupelo MS - TUP 36 - 7,115 feet, 0 degrees 71.75 +/- 17.5 1,754 +/- 1,269 ft -282 +/- 229 ft/min 74
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