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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
3,661 Pellston MI - PLN 23 - 5,401 feet, 224 degrees 82.96 +/- 8.5 1,306 +/- 554 ft -206 +/- 137 ft/min 22
3,662 Malaga Spain - AGP 12 - 9,022 feet, 118 degrees 82.96 +/- 16.1 1,664 +/- 629 ft -241 +/- 144 ft/min 22
3,663 Grand Rapids MI - GRR 17 - 8,501 feet, 171 degrees 82.97 +/- 11.8 1,601 +/- 677 ft -236 +/- 116 ft/min 58
3,664 Santiago del Estero Argentina - SDE 21 - 7,970 feet, 208 degrees 82.97 +/- 17.1 868 +/- 617 ft -265 +/- 124 ft/min 11
3,665 Vineyard Haven MA - MVY 06 - 5,463 feet, 41 degrees 82.98 +/- 10.9 1,077 +/- 607 ft -247 +/- 134 ft/min 81
3,666 Rockford IL - RFD 01 - 8,179 feet, 5 degrees 82.98 +/- 14.6 1,605 +/- 710 ft -230 +/- 122 ft/min 37
3,667 Rhinelander WI - RHI 33 - 5,201 feet, 327 degrees 82.98 +/- 11.4 1,208 +/- 587 ft -273 +/- 132 ft/min 10
3,668 Kosrae Island Micronesia - TTK 05 - 5,741 feet, 56 degrees 82.99 +/- 14.6 1,384 +/- 614 ft -323 +/- 138 ft/min 54
3,669 Augusta ME - AUG 17 - 4,996 feet, 153 degrees 83.02 +/- 11.8 1,316 +/- 774 ft -236 +/- 148 ft/min 174
3,670 Corpus Christi TX - CRP 18 - 6,096 feet, 179 degrees 83.02 +/- 10.3 1,854 +/- 424 ft -214 +/- 73 ft/min 13
3,671 Hoquiam WA - HQM 06 - 5,002 feet, 80 degrees 83.02 +/- 14.2 1,213 +/- 564 ft -235 +/- 167 ft/min 51
3,672 Podgorica Montenegro - TGD 36 - 8,155 feet, 4 degrees 83.03 +/- 12.4 1,488 +/- 735 ft -209 +/- 91 ft/min 34
3,673 Hail Saudi Arabia - HAS 36 - 12,004 feet, 4 degrees 83.03 +/- 10.9 1,595 +/- 638 ft -259 +/- 127 ft/min 25
3,674 Kemerovo Russia - KEJ 23 - 10,512 feet, 234 degrees 83.04 +/- 11.7 1,529 +/- 788 ft -289 +/- 87 ft/min 12
3,675 Syktyvkar Russia - SCW 18 - 8,186 feet, 202 degrees 83.04 +/- 11.4 1,609 +/- 704 ft -210 +/- 95 ft/min 21
3,676 Ambon Indonesia - AMQ 04 - 8,197 feet, 45 degrees 83.04 +/- 14.1 1,481 +/- 873 ft -268 +/- 125 ft/min 122
3,677 São Pedro Cape Verde - VXE 07 - 6,547 feet, 53 degrees 83.05 +/- 8.0 1,228 +/- 559 ft -218 +/- 134 ft/min 40
3,678 Hyannis MA - HYA 24 - 5,424 feet, 230 degrees 83.05 +/- 12.5 1,276 +/- 663 ft -246 +/- 141 ft/min 60
3,679 Vineyard Haven MA - MVY 24 - 5,463 feet, 221 degrees 83.05 +/- 12.6 1,229 +/- 621 ft -232 +/- 150 ft/min 150
3,680 La Paz Mexico - LAP 18 - 8,177 feet, 188 degrees 83.06 +/- 12.8 1,531 +/- 800 ft -217 +/- 128 ft/min 104
3,681 Iasi Romania - IAS 14 - 7,871 feet, 149 degrees [was 15] 83.07 +/- 12.2 919 +/- 422 ft -291 +/- 147 ft/min 15
3,682 Auburn/Lewiston ME - LEW 04 - 4,965 feet, 24 degrees 83.08 +/- 12.8 1,087 +/- 540 ft -267 +/- 185 ft/min 92
3,683 Vero Beach FL - VRB 12R - 7,303 feet, 111 degrees 83.08 +/- 13.9 1,313 +/- 881 ft -293 +/- 361 ft/min 77
3,684 Perth Australia - PER 21 - 11,295 feet, 194 degrees 83.08 +/- 12.4 1,403 +/- 777 ft -222 +/- 138 ft/min 543
3,685 Cranbrook BC Canada - YXC 34 - 8,002 feet, 359 degrees 83.09 +/- 11.2 1,573 +/- 546 ft -330 +/- 116 ft/min 24
3,686 Fort St. John BC Canada - YXJ 30 - 6,856 feet, 315 degrees 83.09 +/- 12.2 1,560 +/- 573 ft -258 +/- 143 ft/min 62
3,687 Greenville NC - PGV 20 - 7,164 feet, 188 degrees 83.09 +/- 12.3 1,061 +/- 462 ft -264 +/- 172 ft/min 74
3,688 Buenos Aires-Jorge Newbery Argentina - AEP 13 - 6,880 feet, 124 degrees 83.09 +/- 13.3 1,339 +/- 750 ft -269 +/- 149 ft/min 556
3,689 Castres France - DCM 14 - 5,977 feet, 141 degrees 83.10 +/- 15.2 1,014 +/- 734 ft -219 +/- 94 ft/min 11
3,690 Oulu Finland - OUL 30 - 8,166 feet, 301 degrees 83.12 +/- 12.5 1,734 +/- 711 ft -282 +/- 125 ft/min 24
3,691 Naples FL - APF 14 - 5,001 feet, 134 degrees 83.12 +/- 10.2 848 +/- 481 ft -251 +/- 124 ft/min 21
3,692 Auburn/Lewiston ME - LEW 22 - 4,965 feet, 204 degrees 83.12 +/- 9.3 977 +/- 490 ft -218 +/- 142 ft/min 37
3,693 Chico CA - CIC 13L - 6,725 feet, 148 degrees 83.13 +/- 12.5 1,388 +/- 651 ft -262 +/- 145 ft/min 125
3,694 Cambridge Bay Canada - YCB 31 - 5,254 feet, 308 degrees 83.14 +/- 14.7 1,504 +/- 753 ft -286 +/- 120 ft/min 62
3,695 Salem OR - SLE 13 - 5,810 feet, 150 degrees 83.14 +/- 12.5 1,263 +/- 681 ft -225 +/- 137 ft/min 71
3,696 Kyiv-Zhuliany Ukraine - IEV 26 - 7,748 feet, 266 degrees 83.14 +/- 10.8 1,062 +/- 554 ft -307 +/- 127 ft/min 12
3,697 Sydney NS Canada - YQY 24 - 7,026 feet, 226 degrees [was 25] 83.15 +/- 11.1 1,848 +/- 671 ft -197 +/- 82 ft/min 16
3,698 Iliamna AK - ILI 36 - 4,786 feet, 9 degrees 83.15 +/- 10.1 930 +/- 483 ft -273 +/- 135 ft/min 21
3,699 Cotonou Benin - COO 24 - 7,742 feet, 233 degrees 83.16 +/- 12.9 1,426 +/- 618 ft -240 +/- 138 ft/min 134
3,700 Corpus Christi TX - CRP 31 - 7,500 feet, 316 degrees 83.16 +/- 13.5 1,356 +/- 957 ft -218 +/- 109 ft/min 26
3,701 Veracruz Mexico - VER 19 - 7,840 feet, 191 degrees 83.16 +/- 11.4 1,606 +/- 574 ft -262 +/- 123 ft/min 12
3,702 Rio De Janeiro-Santos Dumont-Brazil - SDU 20L - 4,301 feet, 177 degrees 83.17 +/- 13.5 1,116 +/- 531 ft -290 +/- 184 ft/min 265
3,703 Northway AK - ORT 05 - 5,100 feet, 76 degrees 83.18 +/- 9.1 1,225 +/- 554 ft -284 +/- 146 ft/min 35
3,704 Yancheng China - YNZ 04 - 7,213 feet, 38 degrees 83.18 +/- 9.8 1,409 +/- 711 ft -211 +/- 77 ft/min 10
3,705 Monastir Tunisia - MIR 07 - 9,713 feet, 74 degrees 83.19 +/- 12.8 1,573 +/- 656 ft -257 +/- 138 ft/min 87
3,706 Ålesund Norway - AES 24 - 7,547 feet, 245 degrees 83.20 +/- 11.7 1,366 +/- 580 ft -254 +/- 143 ft/min 49
3,707 Huron SD - HON 12 - 7,189 feet, 128 degrees 83.20 +/- 11.2 1,261 +/- 594 ft -239 +/- 145 ft/min 65
3,708 Friedrichshafen Germany - FDH 24 - 7,717 feet, 240 degrees 83.22 +/- 15.5 1,276 +/- 1,076 ft -213 +/- 115 ft/min 11
3,709 Granada Spain - GRX 09 - 9,530 feet, 89 degrees 83.22 +/- 14.7 1,597 +/- 504 ft -252 +/- 176 ft/min 23
3,710 Lamezia Terme Italy - SUF 10 - 7,913 feet, 99 degrees 83.22 +/- 13.3 1,501 +/- 698 ft -252 +/- 134 ft/min 76
3,711 Luqa Malta - MLA 13 - 11,604 feet, 135 degrees [was 14] 83.22 +/- 12.8 1,358 +/- 758 ft -222 +/- 114 ft/min 105
3,712 Jinan China - TNA 01 - 11,797 feet, 0 degrees 83.23 +/- 15.0 1,437 +/- 726 ft -233 +/- 177 ft/min 49
3,713 Delta UT - DTA 17 - 5,501 feet, 180 degrees [was 16] 83.24 +/- 12.0 1,161 +/- 410 ft -261 +/- 187 ft/min 10
3,714 Rockford IL - RFD 07 - 10,000 feet, 65 degrees 83.24 +/- 12.4 1,653 +/- 954 ft -230 +/- 100 ft/min 34
3,715 Perth Australia - PER 24 - 7,090 feet, 239 degrees 83.24 +/- 13.5 1,492 +/- 726 ft -246 +/- 131 ft/min 112
3,716 Chongqing China - CKG 02R - 11,824 feet, 17 degrees [was 02] 83.24 +/- 12.0 1,526 +/- 724 ft -208 +/- 94 ft/min 39
3,717 Norman Wells NT - YVQ 28 - 5,959 feet, 298 degrees 83.25 +/- 13.9 1,349 +/- 704 ft -257 +/- 140 ft/min 50
3,718 Pendleton OR - PDT 26 - 6,286 feet, 270 degrees 83.26 +/- 12.1 1,560 +/- 719 ft -262 +/- 105 ft/min 16
3,719 Santa Maria CA - SMX 30 - 8,007 feet, 316 degrees 83.26 +/- 13.2 1,374 +/- 700 ft -295 +/- 147 ft/min 41
3,720 Dhaka Bangladesh - DAC 32 - 10,420 feet, 324 degrees 83.27 +/- 13.6 1,596 +/- 882 ft -293 +/- 141 ft/min 43
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