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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
2,641 Pensacola FL - PNS 08 - 6,992 feet, 78 degrees 79.52 +/- 13.3 1,628 +/- 710 ft -237 +/- 157 ft/min 84
2,642 Gibraltar International Gibraltar - GIB 09 - 5,789 feet, 88 degrees 79.52 +/- 14.7 1,374 +/- 687 ft -300 +/- 196 ft/min 114
2,643 Midway Island HI - MDY 06 - 7,792 feet, 68 degrees 79.52 +/- 15.3 1,594 +/- 768 ft -313 +/- 170 ft/min 189
2,644 Wake Island Airfield USMOI - AWK 10 - 9,848 feet, 102 degrees 79.52 +/- 15.4 1,697 +/- 849 ft -259 +/- 136 ft/min 327
2,645 Sydney Australia - SYD 34R - 7,993 feet, 348 degrees 79.52 +/- 15.0 1,690 +/- 1,173 ft -242 +/- 170 ft/min 372
2,646 Cedar Rapids IA - CID 31 - 6,170 feet, 316 degrees 79.53 +/- 14.4 1,640 +/- 684 ft -238 +/- 156 ft/min 45
2,647 Saginaw MI - MBS 32 - 6,395 feet, 316 degrees 79.53 +/- 19.2 1,796 +/- 1,100 ft -308 +/- 225 ft/min 28
2,648 Traverse City MI - TVC 10 - 6,904 feet, 94 degrees 79.53 +/- 13.5 1,503 +/- 748 ft -228 +/- 150 ft/min 41
2,649 Istanbul Turkey - IST 34L - 12,303 feet, 359 degrees 79.53 +/- 16.6 1,822 +/- 904 ft -267 +/- 135 ft/min 27
2,650 Akita Japan - AXT 10 - 8,169 feet, 97 degrees 79.53 +/- 15.0 1,528 +/- 670 ft -242 +/- 183 ft/min 19
2,651 Sydney NS Canada - YQY 06 - 7,026 feet, 46 degrees [was 07] 79.54 +/- 12.6 1,627 +/- 748 ft -253 +/- 151 ft/min 53
2,652 Brunswick GA - BQK 25 - 7,998 feet, 245 degrees 79.54 +/- 15.2 1,626 +/- 958 ft -246 +/- 178 ft/min 107
2,653 Basra Iraq - BSR 32 - 13,105 feet, 318 degrees 79.54 +/- 14.5 1,772 +/- 917 ft -231 +/- 128 ft/min 23
2,654 Wenatchee WA - EAT 25 - 4,451 feet, 270 degrees 79.55 +/- 16.9 1,321 +/- 635 ft -278 +/- 197 ft/min 12
2,655 Xiamen China - XMN 23 - 11,150 feet, 232 degrees 79.55 +/- 13.7 1,560 +/- 1,118 ft -235 +/- 159 ft/min 124
2,656 Nanjing China - NKG 24 - 11,797 feet, 238 degrees 79.55 +/- 16.1 1,828 +/- 1,738 ft -272 +/- 149 ft/min 67
2,657 Resistencia Argentina - RES 03 - 9,094 feet, 21 degrees 79.56 +/- 10.5 1,556 +/- 754 ft -234 +/- 97 ft/min 12
2,658 Torp Norway - TRF 18 - 8,874 feet, 179 degrees 79.57 +/- 15.0 1,543 +/- 943 ft -171 +/- 101 ft/min 44
2,659 San Antonio TX - SAT 31L - 8,499 feet, 312 degrees 79.57 +/- 15.7 1,777 +/- 1,010 ft -276 +/- 174 ft/min 73
2,660 Iliamna AK - ILI 07 - 5,072 feet, 92 degrees 79.57 +/- 16.3 888 +/- 556 ft -246 +/- 188 ft/min 38
2,661 Darwin Australia - DRW 29 - 10,999 feet, 289 degrees 79.57 +/- 15.0 1,860 +/- 860 ft -214 +/- 128 ft/min 278
2,662 Jeddah Saudi Arabia - JED 34C - 13,115 feet, 340 degrees 79.58 +/- 14.7 1,755 +/- 883 ft -258 +/- 145 ft/min 197
2,663 Basra Iraq - BSR 14 - 13,105 feet, 138 degrees 79.58 +/- 12.4 1,274 +/- 915 ft -213 +/- 104 ft/min 15
2,664 Sault Sainte Marie MI - CIU 16 - 7,214 feet, 150 degrees 79.59 +/- 12.9 1,513 +/- 761 ft -236 +/- 136 ft/min 110
2,665 Williston ND - ISN 29 - 6,639 feet, 304 degrees 79.59 +/- 14.7 1,062 +/- 695 ft -266 +/- 203 ft/min 96
2,666 Tirana Albania - TIA 17 - 9,018 feet, 174 degrees 79.59 +/- 16.3 1,709 +/- 1,020 ft -281 +/- 161 ft/min 97
2,667 Hamilton Island Australia - HTI 32 - 5,591 feet, 323 degrees 79.59 +/- 14.4 1,473 +/- 618 ft -310 +/- 172 ft/min 63
2,668 Vilnius Lithuania - VNO 01 - 8,234 feet, 22 degrees [was 02] 79.60 +/- 13.4 1,691 +/- 816 ft -239 +/- 136 ft/min 25
2,669 Cheyenne WY - CYS 31 - 6,689 feet, 315 degrees [was 30] 79.60 +/- 13.1 1,817 +/- 740 ft -242 +/- 101 ft/min 12
2,670 Malaga Spain - AGP 31 - 10,499 feet, 312 degrees 79.60 +/- 15.6 1,637 +/- 884 ft -236 +/- 153 ft/min 171
2,671 Comox BC Canada - YQQ 30 - 10,001 feet, 315 degrees 79.61 +/- 14.6 1,815 +/- 1,261 ft -293 +/- 149 ft/min 57
2,672 Thunder Bay ON Canada - YQT 07 - 7,274 feet, 70 degrees 79.61 +/- 14.3 1,572 +/- 791 ft -252 +/- 153 ft/min 151
2,673 Fort Lauderdale FL - FLL 10R - 7,997 feet, 90 degrees 79.61 +/- 14.9 1,675 +/- 847 ft -252 +/- 162 ft/min 83
2,674 Harlingen TX - HRL 31 - 7,254 feet, 316 degrees 79.61 +/- 17.6 1,477 +/- 853 ft -330 +/- 139 ft/min 17
2,675 Muscle Shoals AL - MSL 11 - 6,689 feet, 114 degrees 79.61 +/- 16.9 1,641 +/- 936 ft -279 +/- 144 ft/min 34
2,676 Pellston MI - PLN 32 - 6,513 feet, 315 degrees 79.61 +/- 16.2 1,501 +/- 824 ft -252 +/- 190 ft/min 216
2,677 San Juan Puerto Rico - SJU 10 - 8,008 feet, 90 degrees 79.61 +/- 14.3 1,686 +/- 818 ft -231 +/- 156 ft/min 1,529
2,678 Petropavlovsk Russia - PKC 34L - 11,138 feet, 337 degrees 79.61 +/- 14.0 1,952 +/- 948 ft -249 +/- 121 ft/min 81
2,679 Toronto ON Canada - YYZ 24L - 9,001 feet, 226 degrees 79.62 +/- 15.5 1,763 +/- 778 ft -256 +/- 179 ft/min 627
2,680 Beaumont TX - BPT 30 - 6,748 feet, 301 degrees 79.62 +/- 15.2 1,520 +/- 685 ft -220 +/- 154 ft/min 34
2,681 Flint MI - FNT 27 - 7,202 feet, 268 degrees 79.62 +/- 13.8 1,579 +/- 814 ft -240 +/- 152 ft/min 227
2,682 Portland ME - PWM 29 - 7,189 feet, 275 degrees 79.62 +/- 16.5 1,497 +/- 800 ft -270 +/- 208 ft/min 907
2,683 Taipei-Songshan Taiwan - TSA 10 - 8,542 feet, 92 degrees 79.62 +/- 14.6 1,717 +/- 791 ft -243 +/- 146 ft/min 44
2,684 Zhangjiajie Hunan China - DYG 08 - 8,530 feet, 76 degrees 79.62 +/- 19.8 1,735 +/- 749 ft -319 +/- 131 ft/min 11
2,685 Florence SC - FLO 27 - 6,500 feet, 263 degrees 79.63 +/- 16.1 1,611 +/- 773 ft -224 +/- 143 ft/min 25
2,686 Milford UT - MLF 16 - 4,998 feet, 181 degrees 79.63 +/- 15.9 1,035 +/- 541 ft -271 +/- 212 ft/min 53
2,687 Worcester MA - ORH 33 - 4,993 feet, 318 degrees 79.64 +/- 10.7 1,326 +/- 805 ft -233 +/- 175 ft/min 18
2,688 Catania Italy - CTA 08 - 8,748 feet, 84 degrees 79.64 +/- 13.7 1,530 +/- 884 ft -265 +/- 159 ft/min 161
2,689 Damascus Syria - DAM 05R - 11,785 feet, 48 degrees 79.64 +/- 13.3 1,524 +/- 998 ft -270 +/- 157 ft/min 61
2,690 Berlin-Tegel Germany - TXL 26L - 7,882 feet, 261 degrees 79.65 +/- 14.6 1,339 +/- 793 ft -245 +/- 161 ft/min 119
2,691 Seattle-Tacoma WA - SEA 34L - 8,493 feet, 360 degrees 79.65 +/- 15.4 1,690 +/- 877 ft -257 +/- 196 ft/min 1,477
2,692 Tôlanaro Madagascar - FTU 08 - 5,898 feet, 52 degrees 79.66 +/- 17.8 1,227 +/- 762 ft -324 +/- 183 ft/min 59
2,693 Rapid City SD - RAP 32 - 8,690 feet, 332 degrees 79.66 +/- 15.7 1,605 +/- 924 ft -246 +/- 174 ft/min 576
2,694 Los Mochis Mexico - LMM 27 - 6,554 feet, 280 degrees 79.66 +/- 15.9 1,604 +/- 949 ft -248 +/- 158 ft/min 89
2,695 North Eleuthera Bahamas - ELH 25 - 6,014 feet, 248 degrees 79.66 +/- 15.2 1,030 +/- 643 ft -339 +/- 144 ft/min 34
2,696 Brisbane Australia - BNE 01L - 10,863 feet, 26 degrees 79.66 +/- 15.0 2,191 +/- 1,141 ft -231 +/- 108 ft/min 21
2,697 Champaign-Urbana IL - CMI 22 - 6,483 feet, 221 degrees 79.67 +/- 10.1 1,291 +/- 804 ft -281 +/- 101 ft/min 15
2,698 Marianna FL - MAI 26 - 4,761 feet, 262 degrees 79.67 +/- 17.4 1,072 +/- 510 ft -330 +/- 227 ft/min 12
2,699 Springfield MO - SGF 02 - 6,988 feet, 22 degrees 79.67 +/- 14.5 1,597 +/- 844 ft -238 +/- 145 ft/min 141
2,700 Nuku'alofa Tonga - TBU 29 - 8,763 feet, 302 degrees 79.67 +/- 16.9 1,605 +/- 686 ft -301 +/- 181 ft/min 33
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