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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
2,341 Marseille France - MRS 31L - 7,785 feet, 315 degrees [was 32L] 78.72 +/- 15.5 1,560 +/- 847 ft -272 +/- 159 ft/min 26
2,342 Kyiv-Zhuliany Ukraine - IEV 08 - 7,748 feet, 86 degrees 78.72 +/- 13.2 1,405 +/- 778 ft -306 +/- 141 ft/min 24
2,343 Colombo Sri Lanka - CMB 04 - 10,975 feet, 37 degrees 78.72 +/- 16.0 1,650 +/- 1,072 ft -275 +/- 154 ft/min 40
2,344 Fredericton NB Canada - YFC 09 - 7,977 feet, 70 degrees 78.73 +/- 16.9 1,767 +/- 856 ft -275 +/- 165 ft/min 157
2,345 Easter Island Chile - IPC 28 - 9,604 feet, 297 degrees 78.73 +/- 13.0 1,951 +/- 983 ft -360 +/- 105 ft/min 18
2,346 Moshoeshoe Lesotho - MSU 04 - 10,491 feet, 15 degrees 78.74 +/- 19.2 1,832 +/- 1,033 ft -272 +/- 146 ft/min 33
2,347 Panama City - NW Florida Beaches FL - ECP 34 - 9,993 feet, 339 degrees 78.74 +/- 15.4 2,018 +/- 1,505 ft -251 +/- 134 ft/min 102
2,348 New Orleans LA - MSY 11 - 10,100 feet, 106 degrees 78.74 +/- 14.7 1,831 +/- 825 ft -273 +/- 174 ft/min 672
2,349 Gibraltar International Gibraltar - GIB 27 - 5,789 feet, 268 degrees 78.74 +/- 16.4 998 +/- 635 ft -325 +/- 181 ft/min 182
2,350 Baghdad Iraq - BGW 33R - 13,113 feet, 330 degrees 78.74 +/- 16.1 1,896 +/- 1,238 ft -241 +/- 136 ft/min 59
2,351 Volgograd Russia - VOG 11 - 8,156 feet, 120 degrees 78.74 +/- 15.8 1,800 +/- 1,254 ft -245 +/- 170 ft/min 36
2,352 Saginaw MI - MBS 23 - 7,993 feet, 226 degrees 78.75 +/- 15.2 1,685 +/- 978 ft -236 +/- 167 ft/min 134
2,353 Binghamton NY - BGM 16 - 7,303 feet, 148 degrees 78.76 +/- 12.5 1,676 +/- 762 ft -231 +/- 141 ft/min 65
2,354 Oakland CA - OAK 12 - 9,999 feet, 130 degrees 78.76 +/- 14.0 1,947 +/- 831 ft -252 +/- 121 ft/min 71
2,355 Pierre SD - PIR 13 - 6,884 feet, 141 degrees 78.76 +/- 16.2 1,264 +/- 747 ft -284 +/- 180 ft/min 57
2,356 Twin Falls ID - TWF 26 - 8,699 feet, 271 degrees 78.76 +/- 16.2 1,715 +/- 1,014 ft -254 +/- 170 ft/min 127
2,357 Malé Maldives - MLE 18 - 10,494 feet, 179 degrees 78.76 +/- 20.8 1,364 +/- 725 ft -314 +/- 376 ft/min 35
2,358 Lafayette LA - LFT 22L - 8,003 feet, 219 degrees 78.77 +/- 15.0 1,433 +/- 916 ft -265 +/- 243 ft/min 148
2,359 Chelyabinsk Russia - CEK 09 - 10,459 feet, 104 degrees 78.77 +/- 15.7 1,713 +/- 839 ft -260 +/- 165 ft/min 56
2,360 Gladstone Australia - GLT 28 - 6,453 feet, 290 degrees 78.77 +/- 10.8 638 +/- 508 ft -235 +/- 133 ft/min 32
2,361 Tunis Tunisia - TUN 11 - 9,346 feet, 113 degrees 78.78 +/- 13.8 1,513 +/- 891 ft -239 +/- 140 ft/min 21
2,362 Bristol United Kingdom - BRS 09 - 6,596 feet, 86 degrees 78.78 +/- 14.6 1,624 +/- 895 ft -251 +/- 181 ft/min 75
2,363 Kingsford/Iron Mountain MI - IMT 01 - 6,464 feet, 8 degrees 78.78 +/- 16.8 1,583 +/- 866 ft -290 +/- 250 ft/min 205
2,364 New York-La Guardia NY - LGA 31 - 6,998 feet, 302 degrees 78.78 +/- 15.6 1,618 +/- 785 ft -278 +/- 204 ft/min 2,978
2,365 Little Rock AR - LIT 04L - 8,269 feet, 46 degrees 78.78 +/- 16.8 1,591 +/- 1,066 ft -251 +/- 174 ft/min 311
2,366 Pensacola FL - PNS 35 - 6,993 feet, 347 degrees 78.78 +/- 15.6 1,668 +/- 880 ft -271 +/- 196 ft/min 216
2,367 Bangkok-Don Mueang Thailand - DMK 03R - 11,496 feet, 29 degrees 78.78 +/- 12.6 2,272 +/- 2,049 ft -209 +/- 124 ft/min 13
2,368 Christmas Island Australia - XCH 36 - 6,878 feet, 355 degrees 78.78 +/- 16.4 1,500 +/- 832 ft -285 +/- 175 ft/min 70
2,369 Jiamusi China - JMU 06 - 8,192 feet, 48 degrees 78.78 +/- 17.8 1,092 +/- 641 ft -352 +/- 291 ft/min 47
2,370 Brazzaville Congo - BZV 05R - 10,787 feet, 50 degrees 78.79 +/- 15.0 1,990 +/- 1,176 ft -211 +/- 139 ft/min 13
2,371 Toulouse France - TLS 14L - 9,949 feet, 143 degrees 78.79 +/- 15.5 1,637 +/- 1,013 ft -242 +/- 189 ft/min 102
2,372 Thessaloniki Greece - SKG 16 - 7,964 feet, 166 degrees 78.79 +/- 13.3 1,889 +/- 1,093 ft -217 +/- 119 ft/min 88
2,373 Hanoi Viet Nam - HAN 11L - 10,493 feet, 107 degrees 78.79 +/- 15.7 1,679 +/- 1,033 ft -263 +/- 163 ft/min 391
2,374 Columbus GA - CSG 13 - 3,958 feet, 127 degrees 78.80 +/- 15.9 1,034 +/- 588 ft -314 +/- 189 ft/min 19
2,375 Eareckson Air Station AK - SYA 10 - 10,005 feet, 108 degrees 78.80 +/- 14.5 1,725 +/- 830 ft -299 +/- 134 ft/min 62
2,376 Brazzaville Congo - BZV 23L - 10,787 feet, 230 degrees 78.81 +/- 11.0 1,793 +/- 771 ft -228 +/- 156 ft/min 13
2,377 Nairobi Kenya - NBO 06 - 13,503 feet, 54 degrees 78.81 +/- 14.8 1,821 +/- 1,017 ft -258 +/- 144 ft/min 965
2,378 Cedar City UT - CDC 02 - 8,654 feet, 34 degrees 78.81 +/- 16.3 1,887 +/- 965 ft -227 +/- 127 ft/min 51
2,379 Jackson Hole WY - JAC 19 - 6,305 feet, 199 degrees 78.81 +/- 14.8 1,607 +/- 806 ft -263 +/- 189 ft/min 2,461
2,380 Laconia NH - LCI 26 - 5,900 feet, 247 degrees 78.81 +/- 12.4 826 +/- 629 ft -236 +/- 166 ft/min 60
2,381 Tucson AZ - TUS 11L - 11,749 feet, 135 degrees 78.81 +/- 15.2 1,598 +/- 1,012 ft -243 +/- 174 ft/min 708
2,382 Limoges France - LIG 21 - 8,012 feet, 213 degrees 78.81 +/- 12.0 1,874 +/- 726 ft -158 +/- 71 ft/min 11
2,383 Banjarmarsin Indonesia - BDJ 10 - 8,200 feet, 100 degrees 78.81 +/- 13.6 1,601 +/- 960 ft -220 +/- 145 ft/min 29
2,384 Akron OH - CAK 23 - 8,196 feet, 228 degrees 78.82 +/- 13.5 1,440 +/- 873 ft -247 +/- 161 ft/min 116
2,385 Chongqing China - CKG 20R - 10,495 feet, 197 degrees 78.82 +/- 15.7 1,920 +/- 723 ft -231 +/- 119 ft/min 15
2,386 Billings MT - BIL 28R - 10,504 feet, 292 degrees 78.83 +/- 15.6 1,679 +/- 985 ft -243 +/- 167 ft/min 963
2,387 Fernandina Beach FL - FHB 13 - 5,127 feet, 126 degrees 78.83 +/- 20.6 1,417 +/- 846 ft -315 +/- 190 ft/min 14
2,388 Miles City MT - MLS 04 - 5,676 feet, 52 degrees 78.83 +/- 14.0 1,182 +/- 797 ft -240 +/- 155 ft/min 23
2,389 Redmond OR - RDM 11 - 7,032 feet, 122 degrees [was 10] 78.83 +/- 11.8 1,379 +/- 798 ft -215 +/- 111 ft/min 17
2,390 Rhodes Greece - RHO 25 - 10,832 feet, 250 degrees 78.83 +/- 16.4 1,791 +/- 1,212 ft -256 +/- 160 ft/min 151
2,391 Cobija Bolivia - CIJ 20 - 6,522 feet, 190 degrees 78.83 +/- 14.4 1,389 +/- 809 ft -236 +/- 173 ft/min 14
2,392 Bali Indonesia - DPS 27 - 9,825 feet, 268 degrees 78.83 +/- 14.6 1,690 +/- 893 ft -240 +/- 158 ft/min 448
2,393 Cloncurry Australia - CNJ 30 - 6,553 feet, 308 degrees 78.83 +/- 13.8 1,093 +/- 716 ft -297 +/- 192 ft/min 75
2,394 Brazzaville Congo - BZV 05 - 10,802 feet, 50 degrees 78.84 +/- 15.5 1,652 +/- 1,212 ft -259 +/- 160 ft/min 123
2,395 Nadi Fiji - NAN 02 - 10,782 feet, 38 degrees 78.84 +/- 14.5 1,588 +/- 1,040 ft -237 +/- 150 ft/min 369
2,396 Mackay Australia - MKY 32 - 6,494 feet, 328 degrees 78.84 +/- 16.1 1,551 +/- 897 ft -282 +/- 190 ft/min 97
2,397 Toledo OH - TOL 25 - 10,592 feet, 247 degrees 78.85 +/- 15.5 1,693 +/- 1,058 ft -241 +/- 164 ft/min 249
2,398 Manaus Brazil - MAO 29 - 8,817 feet, 270 degrees 78.85 +/- 14.8 2,191 +/- 1,579 ft -233 +/- 116 ft/min 30
2,399 Port Macquarie Australia - PQQ 03 - 5,894 feet, 30 degrees 78.85 +/- 16.6 1,132 +/- 703 ft -311 +/- 184 ft/min 64
2,400 Halifax NS Canada - YHZ 14 - 7,659 feet, 125 degrees [was 15] 78.86 +/- 18.1 1,687 +/- 792 ft -274 +/- 161 ft/min 32
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