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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
481 Boise ID - BOI 28L - 9,762 feet, 295 degrees 72.75 +/- 17.5 2,121 +/- 1,208 ft -256 +/- 188 ft/min 578
482 Reno NV - RNO 34R - 8,994 feet, 360 degrees 72.75 +/- 16.9 1,961 +/- 1,041 ft -277 +/- 218 ft/min 96
483 Abha Saudi Arabia - AHB 13 - 10,969 feet, 129 degrees 72.75 +/- 21.2 1,931 +/- 939 ft -304 +/- 239 ft/min 36
484 Delhi-Indira Gandhi India - DEL 29 - 14,537 feet, 284 degrees 72.75 +/- 16.9 1,363 +/- 2,084 ft -260 +/- 137 ft/min 53
485 Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi Thailand - BKK 01L - 12,138 feet, 14 degrees 72.75 +/- 17.3 2,348 +/- 1,245 ft -240 +/- 139 ft/min 102
486 Denver CO - DEN 16L - 12,020 feet, 181 degrees 72.77 +/- 16.8 2,169 +/- 1,333 ft -245 +/- 178 ft/min 1,726
487 Seattle-Tacoma WA - SEA 34R - 11,890 feet, 360 degrees 72.77 +/- 17.5 2,174 +/- 1,496 ft -263 +/- 237 ft/min 4,611
488 Rostov-on-Don Russia - RVI 23 - 3,732 feet, 234 degrees 72.78 +/- 16.7 2,102 +/- 2,719 ft -208 +/- 114 ft/min 15
489 Tokyo-Narita Japan - NRT 16L - 8,418 feet, 149 degrees 72.79 +/- 16.1 2,083 +/- 1,254 ft -262 +/- 164 ft/min 748
490 Kota Kinabalu Malaysia - BKI 02 - 12,400 feet, 23 degrees 72.79 +/- 16.0 2,568 +/- 1,512 ft -252 +/- 220 ft/min 85
491 Albuquerque NM - ABQ 17 - 9,997 feet, 183 degrees 72.80 +/- 19.2 2,162 +/- 1,961 ft -272 +/- 198 ft/min 121
492 Jersey United Kingdom - JER 26 - 5,593 feet, 263 degrees 72.81 +/- 19.8 2,464 +/- 3,956 ft -310 +/- 277 ft/min 16
493 Detroit-Wayne County MI - DTW 21R - 8,503 feet, 209 degrees 72.81 +/- 17.5 1,976 +/- 1,331 ft -303 +/- 294 ft/min 399
494 South Bend/Elkhart IN - SBN 36 - 7,092 feet, 359 degrees 72.84 +/- 18.9 2,069 +/- 828 ft -312 +/- 190 ft/min 24
495 Milan-Malpensa Italy - MXP 35L - 12,609 feet, 349 degrees 72.84 +/- 18.4 1,908 +/- 1,432 ft -264 +/- 182 ft/min 272
496 Pullman ID - PUW 24 - 6,746 feet, 250 degrees [was 23] 72.86 +/- 16.2 1,500 +/- 977 ft -272 +/- 204 ft/min 35
497 Lyon France - LYS 35R - 8,877 feet, 355 degrees [was 36R] 72.87 +/- 17.4 2,087 +/- 1,140 ft -268 +/- 211 ft/min 131
498 Bahrain International Bahrain - BAH 12L - 12,981 feet, 123 degrees 72.87 +/- 15.6 1,599 +/- 1,458 ft -289 +/- 209 ft/min 96
499 San Joaquin Bolivia - SJB 34 - 3,495 feet, 328 degrees 72.87 +/- 19.2 1,717 +/- 3,011 ft -285 +/- 220 ft/min 24
500 Conakry Guinea - CKY 06 - 10,797 feet, 49 degrees 72.88 +/- 17.2 1,932 +/- 1,446 ft -221 +/- 178 ft/min 154
501 Juneau AK - JNU 26 - 8,447 feet, 285 degrees 72.89 +/- 17.5 1,909 +/- 1,097 ft -291 +/- 194 ft/min 168
502 Diego Garcia - NKW 13 - 12,010 feet, 122 degrees 72.90 +/- 17.3 2,104 +/- 951 ft -277 +/- 139 ft/min 58
503 Gillette WY - GCC 34 - 7,503 feet, 350 degrees 72.90 +/- 18.0 1,859 +/- 1,065 ft -281 +/- 221 ft/min 262
504 Denver CO - DEN 34L - 16,016 feet, 360 degrees 72.91 +/- 17.9 2,330 +/- 1,703 ft -281 +/- 202 ft/min 513
505 Houston-Hobby TX - HOU 31L - 7,601 feet, 314 degrees [was 30L] 72.91 +/- 19.3 1,944 +/- 987 ft -285 +/- 264 ft/min 72
506 Santiago Chile - SCL 35L - 12,469 feet, 357 degrees 72.91 +/- 15.6 2,180 +/- 782 ft -280 +/- 142 ft/min 19
507 Maracaibo Venezuela - MAR 03R - 8,205 feet, 23 degrees 72.91 +/- 16.2 2,084 +/- 1,148 ft -277 +/- 181 ft/min 44
508 Denver CO - DEN 35R - 12,020 feet, 1 degrees 72.92 +/- 16.4 2,085 +/- 1,230 ft -270 +/- 192 ft/min 894
509 Kinshasa Democratic Rep Congo - FIH 06 - 11,052 feet, 57 degrees 72.93 +/- 18.8 2,607 +/- 1,994 ft -243 +/- 149 ft/min 29
510 Port au Prince Haiti - PAP 10 - 10,063 feet, 87 degrees 72.94 +/- 17.2 2,147 +/- 1,024 ft -270 +/- 186 ft/min 444
511 Seoul-Inchon South Korea - ICN 15R - 12,319 feet, 145 degrees 72.94 +/- 17.7 2,556 +/- 1,902 ft -240 +/- 170 ft/min 835
512 San Francisco CA - SFO 01L - 7,640 feet, 28 degrees 72.95 +/- 15.1 1,886 +/- 1,324 ft -308 +/- 158 ft/min 43
513 Lisbon Portugal - LIS 21 - 12,473 feet, 203 degrees 72.95 +/- 17.7 1,559 +/- 1,515 ft -256 +/- 183 ft/min 416
514 Saltillo Mexico - SLW 35 - 9,433 feet, 360 degrees 72.99 +/- 16.3 1,905 +/- 1,009 ft -287 +/- 197 ft/min 27
515 Tel Aviv Israel - TLV 26 - 13,312 feet, 260 degrees 73.00 +/- 15.9 1,522 +/- 1,329 ft -233 +/- 192 ft/min 261
516 Mexico City Mexico - MEX 05R - 13,334 feet, 59 degrees 73.00 +/- 16.4 1,668 +/- 1,429 ft -244 +/- 178 ft/min 3,506
517 Fargo ND - FAR 35 - 9,542 feet, 360 degrees 73.01 +/- 18.3 1,810 +/- 790 ft -301 +/- 213 ft/min 45
518 Las Vegas NV - LAS 26L - 10,527 feet, 270 degrees [was 25L] 73.01 +/- 17.3 1,955 +/- 1,135 ft -275 +/- 246 ft/min 8,344
519 Portland OR - PDX 21 - 6,002 feet, 225 degrees 73.01 +/- 19.0 1,644 +/- 1,239 ft -323 +/- 362 ft/min 118
520 Londrina Brazil - LDB 31 - 7,075 feet, 290 degrees 73.01 +/- 15.6 1,467 +/- 868 ft -230 +/- 190 ft/min 30
521 Bakersfield CA - BFL 30R - 10,829 feet, 315 degrees 73.02 +/- 16.4 986 +/- 1,803 ft -225 +/- 129 ft/min 187
522 Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX - IAH 33R - 11,990 feet, 332 degrees 73.02 +/- 18.1 2,076 +/- 1,438 ft -277 +/- 218 ft/min 1,185
523 Cairo Egypt - CAI 05C - 13,121 feet, 49 degrees [was 05R] 73.03 +/- 17.7 2,263 +/- 1,387 ft -271 +/- 167 ft/min 204
524 Washington-Reagan DC - DCA 04 - 5,001 feet, 25 degrees 73.03 +/- 12.9 2,034 +/- 757 ft -267 +/- 262 ft/min 427
525 Midland/Odessa TX - MAF 28 - 8,288 feet, 294 degrees 73.03 +/- 22.6 1,183 +/- 721 ft -355 +/- 295 ft/min 23
526 San Luis Potosi Mexico - SLP 14 - 9,833 feet, 149 degrees 73.03 +/- 18.8 2,172 +/- 1,319 ft -259 +/- 179 ft/min 103
527 Hartford CT - BDL 15 - 6,838 feet, 134 degrees 73.04 +/- 17.9 1,681 +/- 970 ft -296 +/- 205 ft/min 77
528 Amsterdam Netherlands - AMS 04 - 6,631 feet, 41 degrees 73.05 +/- 15.6 2,317 +/- 1,838 ft -257 +/- 189 ft/min 67
529 Las Vegas NV - LAS 01L - 9,766 feet, 25 degrees 73.05 +/- 18.6 1,475 +/- 1,220 ft -304 +/- 207 ft/min 1,694
530 Louisville KY - SDF 35L - 11,889 feet, 345 degrees 73.05 +/- 18.4 1,197 +/- 1,239 ft -270 +/- 189 ft/min 518
531 El Calafate Argentina - FTE 07 - 8,354 feet, 85 degrees 73.05 +/- 20.0 1,986 +/- 1,202 ft -365 +/- 186 ft/min 10
532 Warsaw Poland - WAW 29 - 9,191 feet, 295 degrees 73.06 +/- 16.1 1,374 +/- 1,383 ft -243 +/- 143 ft/min 41
533 Denver CO - DEN 17L - 12,020 feet, 181 degrees 73.06 +/- 17.1 2,079 +/- 1,436 ft -271 +/- 187 ft/min 507
534 Washington-Dulles VA - IAD 19C - 11,491 feet, 181 degrees 73.06 +/- 16.4 2,246 +/- 1,369 ft -246 +/- 166 ft/min 720
535 Roatan Honduras - RTB 25 - 6,865 feet, 245 degrees 73.06 +/- 15.4 2,289 +/- 1,890 ft -265 +/- 177 ft/min 21
536 San Luis Potosi Mexico - SLP 32 - 9,833 feet, 329 degrees 73.07 +/- 18.3 1,993 +/- 1,478 ft -267 +/- 176 ft/min 49
537 St Petersburg Russia - LED 10R - 12,411 feet, 106 degrees 73.07 +/- 17.4 2,284 +/- 1,301 ft -264 +/- 142 ft/min 117
538 Ontario CA - ONT 08L - 12,188 feet, 90 degrees 73.09 +/- 16.9 1,370 +/- 1,334 ft -262 +/- 174 ft/min 153
539 Victoria TX - VCT 31R - 9,585 feet, 313 degrees 73.09 +/- 16.9 1,762 +/- 1,101 ft -228 +/- 172 ft/min 20
540 West Palm Beach FL - PBI 13 - 6,948 feet, 135 degrees 73.12 +/- 19.0 1,350 +/- 1,061 ft -257 +/- 252 ft/min 27
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