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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
2,821 Basseterre St Kitts and Nevis - SKB 25 - 7,221 feet, 236 degrees 80.02 +/- 16.2 1,287 +/- 743 ft -242 +/- 157 ft/min 51
2,822 Sept-Iles QC Canada - YZV 27 - 6,565 feet, 249 degrees 80.03 +/- 15.1 1,395 +/- 687 ft -239 +/- 166 ft/min 36
2,823 Santa Fe NM - SAF 28 - 6,298 feet, 292 degrees 80.03 +/- 14.6 968 +/- 563 ft -328 +/- 169 ft/min 13
2,824 Grand Cayman Cayman Islands - GCM 08 - 7,014 feet, 76 degrees 80.03 +/- 14.9 1,365 +/- 840 ft -274 +/- 194 ft/min 913
2,825 Stephenville NF Canada - YJT 27 - 10,016 feet, 251 degrees 80.04 +/- 13.2 1,670 +/- 1,090 ft -277 +/- 132 ft/min 73
2,826 Lethbridge AB Canada - YQL 23 - 6,495 feet, 250 degrees 80.04 +/- 17.1 1,509 +/- 829 ft -250 +/- 163 ft/min 18
2,827 College Station TX - CLL 16 - 7,016 feet, 169 degrees 80.04 +/- 14.1 1,612 +/- 756 ft -170 +/- 100 ft/min 20
2,828 White Plains NY - HPN 34 - 6,543 feet, 330 degrees 80.04 +/- 15.6 1,451 +/- 737 ft -272 +/- 186 ft/min 219
2,829 Trieste Italy - TRS 09 - 9,835 feet, 90 degrees 80.04 +/- 15.7 1,717 +/- 825 ft -242 +/- 152 ft/min 135
2,830 Columbus OH - CMH 28R - 7,990 feet, 274 degrees 80.05 +/- 15.7 1,594 +/- 1,026 ft -260 +/- 193 ft/min 666
2,831 Kalispell/Columbia Falls MT - FCA 20 - 8,992 feet, 215 degrees 80.05 +/- 16.0 1,645 +/- 779 ft -286 +/- 249 ft/min 174
2,832 Longreach Australia - LRE 22 - 6,329 feet, 227 degrees 80.05 +/- 14.2 1,203 +/- 738 ft -288 +/- 171 ft/min 80
2,833 Chengdu China - CTU 20 - 11,788 feet, 202 degrees 80.05 +/- 15.7 1,785 +/- 884 ft -242 +/- 133 ft/min 46
2,834 Chicago-Midway IL - MDW 22R - 5,512 feet, 223 degrees 80.06 +/- 14.6 915 +/- 775 ft -249 +/- 133 ft/min 45
2,835 Lihue HI - LIH 03 - 6,512 feet, 45 degrees 80.06 +/- 15.5 1,479 +/- 665 ft -247 +/- 165 ft/min 86
2,836 Ulsan South Korea - USN 36 - 6,547 feet, 356 degrees 80.06 +/- 20.6 1,393 +/- 741 ft -329 +/- 319 ft/min 13
2,837 Madison WI - MSN 21 - 6,954 feet, 209 degrees 80.07 +/- 13.8 1,661 +/- 721 ft -257 +/- 145 ft/min 177
2,838 Kununurra Australia - KNX 30 - 5,996 feet, 300 degrees 80.07 +/- 10.8 979 +/- 673 ft -272 +/- 134 ft/min 31
2,839 Samara Russia - KUF 15 - 9,867 feet, 160 degrees 80.08 +/- 14.3 1,502 +/- 1,642 ft -257 +/- 131 ft/min 42
2,840 Constantine Algeria - CZL 32 - 7,875 feet, 316 degrees 80.10 +/- 18.1 1,544 +/- 611 ft -283 +/- 195 ft/min 21
2,841 Fairbanks-Intl AK - FAI 20R - 11,804 feet, 218 degrees 80.10 +/- 14.0 1,724 +/- 1,232 ft -224 +/- 127 ft/min 222
2,842 Colombo Sri Lanka - CMB 22 - 10,975 feet, 217 degrees 80.10 +/- 14.3 1,496 +/- 742 ft -264 +/- 166 ft/min 37
2,843 Norman Wells NT - YVQ 10 - 5,959 feet, 118 degrees [was 09] 80.11 +/- 13.6 966 +/- 538 ft -245 +/- 176 ft/min 22
2,844 Laredo TX - LRD 36L - 8,739 feet, 3 degrees 80.11 +/- 10.9 1,633 +/- 660 ft -265 +/- 123 ft/min 14
2,845 Ypsilanti MI - YIP 23L - 7,543 feet, 226 degrees 80.11 +/- 14.3 1,572 +/- 605 ft -265 +/- 182 ft/min 40
2,846 Sydney Australia - SYD 25 - 8,296 feet, 254 degrees 80.11 +/- 13.3 1,490 +/- 1,002 ft -244 +/- 146 ft/min 415
2,847 Wuxi Jiangsu China - WUX 21 - 10,488 feet, 200 degrees 80.11 +/- 17.6 1,979 +/- 900 ft -312 +/- 97 ft/min 16
2,848 Lansing MI - LAN 24 - 4,992 feet, 233 degrees 80.12 +/- 10.7 1,187 +/- 765 ft -267 +/- 158 ft/min 18
2,849 Kos Greece - KGS 33 - 7,880 feet, 328 degrees 80.12 +/- 13.8 1,572 +/- 936 ft -283 +/- 131 ft/min 53
2,850 Seymor Galapagos Islands Ecuador - GPS 14 - 7,873 feet, 144 degrees 80.12 +/- 17.3 1,574 +/- 1,158 ft -242 +/- 183 ft/min 60
2,851 Santa Cruz Bolivia - VVI 34 - 11,473 feet, 327 degrees 80.12 +/- 14.5 1,670 +/- 755 ft -254 +/- 151 ft/min 49
2,852 Tamanrasset Algeria - TMR 20 - 11,717 feet, 202 degrees 80.13 +/- 12.5 1,614 +/- 510 ft -359 +/- 148 ft/min 16
2,853 Grand Forks ND - GFK 17R - 7,339 feet, 180 degrees 80.13 +/- 13.1 1,585 +/- 803 ft -189 +/- 110 ft/min 105
2,854 Chicago-Midway IL - MDW 31C - 6,523 feet, 314 degrees 80.13 +/- 14.5 1,070 +/- 777 ft -258 +/- 170 ft/min 1,242
2,855 Biarritz France - BIQ 27 - 7,375 feet, 269 degrees 80.13 +/- 13.3 1,572 +/- 770 ft -226 +/- 148 ft/min 115
2,856 Phnom Penh Cambodia - PNH 23 - 9,837 feet, 226 degrees 80.13 +/- 13.8 1,465 +/- 770 ft -249 +/- 151 ft/min 85
2,857 Nanaimo BC - YCD 16 - 6,593 feet, 181 degrees 80.14 +/- 15.0 1,115 +/- 646 ft -316 +/- 170 ft/min 107
2,858 Cape Town South Africa - CPT 19 - 10,506 feet, 165 degrees 80.14 +/- 14.4 1,813 +/- 907 ft -256 +/- 131 ft/min 415
2,859 Fort Lauderdale FL - FLL 28R - 9,008 feet, 270 degrees 80.14 +/- 14.8 1,566 +/- 874 ft -246 +/- 157 ft/min 312
2,860 Bucharest Romania - OTP 26L - 11,482 feet, 264 degrees 80.14 +/- 15.3 1,708 +/- 881 ft -236 +/- 145 ft/min 135
2,861 St Petersburg Russia - LED 28R - 11,110 feet, 287 degrees 80.14 +/- 15.5 1,740 +/- 954 ft -245 +/- 142 ft/min 129
2,862 Ely NV - ELY 18 - 6,004 feet, 194 degrees 80.15 +/- 13.5 1,410 +/- 684 ft -247 +/- 167 ft/min 100
2,863 Oakland CA - OAK 30 - 9,999 feet, 310 degrees 80.15 +/- 15.8 1,628 +/- 805 ft -264 +/- 179 ft/min 327
2,864 Providence RI - PVD 23 - 7,161 feet, 212 degrees 80.15 +/- 15.4 1,547 +/- 783 ft -269 +/- 202 ft/min 536
2,865 Arar Saudi Arabia - RAE 10 - 9,993 feet, 105 degrees 80.15 +/- 12.5 1,611 +/- 1,105 ft -265 +/- 136 ft/min 12
2,866 Newport VT - EFK 18 - 4,999 feet, 160 degrees 80.16 +/- 11.7 811 +/- 334 ft -300 +/- 199 ft/min 14
2,867 North Platte NE - LBF 30 - 7,999 feet, 306 degrees 80.16 +/- 15.8 1,664 +/- 703 ft -254 +/- 152 ft/min 120
2,868 Montpelier France - MPL 12L - 8,552 feet, 125 degrees 80.16 +/- 10.8 1,643 +/- 712 ft -272 +/- 144 ft/min 26
2,869 Nha Trang Vietnam - CXR 02 - 10,042 feet, 19 degrees 80.16 +/- 23.3 1,760 +/- 1,167 ft -289 +/- 268 ft/min 25
2,870 Fresno CA - FAT 29R - 9,536 feet, 305 degrees 80.17 +/- 14.3 1,476 +/- 909 ft -238 +/- 164 ft/min 505
2,871 Peoria IL - PIA 22 - 7,962 feet, 219 degrees 80.17 +/- 12.4 1,537 +/- 798 ft -178 +/- 99 ft/min 26
2,872 Nashville TN - BNA 20R - 7,693 feet, 198 degrees 80.18 +/- 14.3 1,521 +/- 788 ft -253 +/- 155 ft/min 611
2,873 Brownsville TX - BRO 13 - 7,401 feet, 136 degrees [was 13R] 80.18 +/- 12.0 1,601 +/- 782 ft -199 +/- 115 ft/min 54
2,874 Kinston NC - ISO 05 - 11,494 feet, 41 degrees 80.18 +/- 12.7 1,699 +/- 1,082 ft -244 +/- 134 ft/min 92
2,875 Southern Pines NC - SOP 05 - 6,504 feet, 46 degrees 80.18 +/- 18.6 1,110 +/- 674 ft -300 +/- 279 ft/min 97
2,876 Santa Rosa CA - STS 32 - 5,990 feet, 337 degrees 80.18 +/- 15.9 1,348 +/- 675 ft -276 +/- 214 ft/min 202
2,877 Trenton NJ - TTN 06 - 6,008 feet, 46 degrees 80.18 +/- 14.7 1,420 +/- 783 ft -265 +/- 192 ft/min 196
2,878 Yellowknife NT Canada - YZF 34 - 7,458 feet, 356 degrees 80.19 +/- 13.9 1,823 +/- 889 ft -236 +/- 140 ft/min 116
2,879 Cardiff United Kingdom - CWL 12 - 7,696 feet, 117 degrees 80.19 +/- 12.4 1,289 +/- 700 ft -196 +/- 133 ft/min 32
2,880 Amsterdam Netherlands - AMS 22 - 6,631 feet, 221 degrees 80.19 +/- 14.4 1,598 +/- 1,022 ft -232 +/- 148 ft/min 613
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