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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
721 Anchorage AK - ANC 15 - 11,368 feet, 165 degrees 74.17 +/- 15.4 2,215 +/- 1,085 ft -232 +/- 140 ft/min 552
722 Pusan South Korea - PUS 18L - 8,991 feet, 174 degrees 74.17 +/- 17.4 1,745 +/- 1,122 ft -237 +/- 209 ft/min 13
723 Kandahar Afghanistan - KDH 05 - 10,514 feet, 55 degrees 74.18 +/- 21.2 2,150 +/- 1,754 ft -264 +/- 151 ft/min 26
724 Campo Grande Brazil - CGR 24 - 8,533 feet, 222 degrees 74.18 +/- 18.6 1,312 +/- 909 ft -288 +/- 222 ft/min 14
725 Bonaire Caribbean Netherlands - BON 10 - 10,028 feet, 92 degrees 74.18 +/- 17.6 2,036 +/- 1,404 ft -245 +/- 177 ft/min 406
726 St Louis MO - STL 11 - 9,000 feet, 122 degrees 74.19 +/- 16.5 2,853 +/- 2,884 ft -264 +/- 166 ft/min 136
727 Blagoveshchensk Russia - BQS 36 - 9,155 feet, 348 degrees 74.19 +/- 12.4 1,544 +/- 826 ft -358 +/- 135 ft/min 22
728 Amsterdam Netherlands - AMS 06 - 11,302 feet, 58 degrees 74.20 +/- 15.7 2,149 +/- 1,159 ft -232 +/- 142 ft/min 4,039
729 Bismarck ND - BIS 21 - 6,599 feet, 219 degrees 74.21 +/- 17.2 1,842 +/- 1,735 ft -253 +/- 192 ft/min 14
730 Midland/Odessa TX - MAF 16R - 9,489 feet, 175 degrees 74.21 +/- 17.8 1,952 +/- 1,041 ft -219 +/- 144 ft/min 42
731 Chicago-O'Hare IL - ORD 27C - 11,199 feet, 269 degrees 74.21 +/- 14.9 2,180 +/- 1,031 ft -285 +/- 173 ft/min 167
732 Governor's Harbor Bahamas - GHB 33 - 8,015 feet, 325 degrees 74.21 +/- 20.1 1,585 +/- 782 ft -279 +/- 235 ft/min 17
733 Hanoi Viet Nam - HAN 11R - 12,435 feet, 107 degrees [was 11] 74.21 +/- 15.4 1,857 +/- 1,094 ft -207 +/- 135 ft/min 25
734 Kyiv-Boryspil Ukraine - KBP 18R - 11,438 feet, 183 degrees 74.22 +/- 15.8 2,200 +/- 1,667 ft -243 +/- 174 ft/min 80
735 Guangzhou-Baiyun China - CAN 02L - 9,417 feet, 14 degrees 74.22 +/- 16.4 2,318 +/- 2,377 ft -269 +/- 162 ft/min 70
736 Santiago Chile - SCL 17L - 12,298 feet, 177 degrees 74.24 +/- 16.2 2,106 +/- 1,348 ft -256 +/- 193 ft/min 489
737 Wichita KS - ICT 01L - 10,289 feet, 20 degrees 74.25 +/- 17.8 2,067 +/- 1,415 ft -246 +/- 163 ft/min 356
738 Istanbul Turkey - IST 17L - 13,451 feet, 179 degrees 74.25 +/- 16.9 2,314 +/- 1,481 ft -223 +/- 120 ft/min 117
739 Cairo Egypt - CAI 05L - 10,831 feet, 49 degrees 74.26 +/- 14.9 2,148 +/- 1,228 ft -249 +/- 143 ft/min 217
740 Fort Wayne IN - FWA 05 - 11,971 feet, 44 degrees 74.26 +/- 17.5 1,976 +/- 1,223 ft -261 +/- 334 ft/min 205
741 Brasilia Brazil - BSB 11L - 10,505 feet, 86 degrees 74.26 +/- 15.7 1,994 +/- 1,210 ft -251 +/- 181 ft/min 265
742 Petropavlovsk Russia - PKC 34R - 11,082 feet, 339 degrees 74.26 +/- 14.9 2,010 +/- 1,133 ft -277 +/- 154 ft/min 54
743 Cincinnati OH - CVG 18C - 10,977 feet, 180 degrees 74.27 +/- 16.9 2,010 +/- 1,216 ft -255 +/- 192 ft/min 2,040
744 Cincinnati OH - CVG 36R - 9,988 feet, 0 degrees 74.27 +/- 17.2 1,950 +/- 1,249 ft -270 +/- 211 ft/min 2,225
745 Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX - IAH 27 - 9,988 feet, 270 degrees 74.27 +/- 16.9 2,190 +/- 1,693 ft -252 +/- 178 ft/min 834
746 Minneapolis/St Paul MN - MSP 22 - 11,125 feet, 225 degrees 74.27 +/- 16.5 1,458 +/- 1,258 ft -263 +/- 199 ft/min 1,472
747 St. George-Regional UT - SGU 19 - 9,268 feet, 203 degrees 74.27 +/- 16.4 2,103 +/- 1,038 ft -264 +/- 154 ft/min 88
748 Budapest Hungary - BUD 13R - 9,874 feet, 132 degrees 74.27 +/- 16.2 1,998 +/- 1,092 ft -211 +/- 172 ft/min 302
749 Idaho Falls ID - IDA 02 - 8,995 feet, 38 degrees 74.29 +/- 15.8 1,825 +/- 1,084 ft -273 +/- 198 ft/min 109
750 Tampa/St Petersburg FL - TPA 36L - 11,032 feet, 2 degrees 74.29 +/- 17.1 2,068 +/- 1,266 ft -260 +/- 198 ft/min 871
751 Tokyo-Haneda Japan - HND 16R - 10,156 feet, 150 degrees 74.29 +/- 15.3 2,262 +/- 918 ft -213 +/- 89 ft/min 35
752 Ottawa ON Canada - YOW 14 - 10,015 feet, 126 degrees 74.30 +/- 14.0 2,077 +/- 1,286 ft -192 +/- 119 ft/min 35
753 Gaborone Botswana - GBE 26 - 13,132 feet, 241 degrees 74.30 +/- 14.4 2,165 +/- 978 ft -170 +/- 117 ft/min 21
754 Fargo ND - FAR 27 - 6,300 feet, 270 degrees 74.30 +/- 15.2 1,094 +/- 677 ft -356 +/- 200 ft/min 16
755 Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi Thailand - BKK 01R - 13,125 feet, 14 degrees 74.30 +/- 17.4 2,475 +/- 1,878 ft -250 +/- 137 ft/min 95
756 Fonte Boa Brazil - FBA 36 - 4,167 feet, 351 degrees 74.31 +/- 19.1 1,391 +/- 1,511 ft -311 +/- 220 ft/min 132
757 Guangzhou-Baiyun China - CAN 20R - 9,417 feet, 194 degrees 74.31 +/- 15.1 1,858 +/- 1,260 ft -243 +/- 145 ft/min 70
758 Wichita KS - ICT 14 - 6,280 feet, 150 degrees 74.32 +/- 17.6 1,353 +/- 843 ft -348 +/- 216 ft/min 20
759 Anapa Russia - AAQ 22 - 8,527 feet, 222 degrees 74.32 +/- 15.2 1,801 +/- 1,132 ft -281 +/- 159 ft/min 24
760 Tampa/St Petersburg FL - TPA 18R - 11,032 feet, 182 degrees 74.33 +/- 16.8 2,032 +/- 1,203 ft -249 +/- 163 ft/min 944
761 Kefallinia Greece - EFL 32 - 7,981 feet, 326 degrees 74.34 +/- 17.1 1,692 +/- 1,281 ft -195 +/- 137 ft/min 27
762 Saginaw MI - MBS 05 - 7,993 feet, 46 degrees 74.35 +/- 18.2 1,762 +/- 1,124 ft -275 +/- 200 ft/min 139
763 Camaguey Cuba - CMW 25 - 9,843 feet, 248 degrees 74.35 +/- 13.9 1,807 +/- 1,374 ft -268 +/- 163 ft/min 31
764 Guam International Guam - GUM 06L - 11,992 feet, 65 degrees 74.36 +/- 14.7 756 +/- 996 ft -227 +/- 126 ft/min 847
765 Baku Azerbaijan - GYD 16 - 13,111 feet, 167 degrees 74.36 +/- 17.1 2,204 +/- 1,293 ft -282 +/- 173 ft/min 68
766 Manchester United Kingdom - MAN 23L - 10,796 feet, 231 degrees 74.37 +/- 20.5 1,488 +/- 1,359 ft -316 +/- 191 ft/min 24
767 San Francisco CA - SFO 19R - 7,640 feet, 208 degrees 74.37 +/- 17.6 1,962 +/- 1,241 ft -293 +/- 261 ft/min 166
768 Sofia Bulgaria - SOF 27 - 11,802 feet, 275 degrees 74.37 +/- 16.9 2,067 +/- 1,688 ft -278 +/- 164 ft/min 136
769 Reno NV - RNO 16L - 8,994 feet, 180 degrees 74.38 +/- 17.5 1,860 +/- 1,565 ft -296 +/- 217 ft/min 176
770 Paris-Le Bourget France - LBG 07 - 9,805 feet, 68 degrees 74.38 +/- 16.2 1,948 +/- 1,036 ft -225 +/- 109 ft/min 23
771 Ixtapa Mexico - ZIH 26 - 8,208 feet, 272 degrees 74.38 +/- 17.4 2,187 +/- 1,299 ft -232 +/- 134 ft/min 118
772 Ta'if Saudi Arabia - TIF 25 - 12,220 feet, 254 degrees 74.38 +/- 14.6 1,826 +/- 818 ft -217 +/- 159 ft/min 14
773 Ekaterinburg Russia - SVX 26L - 9,919 feet, 274 degrees 74.38 +/- 17.6 1,382 +/- 1,375 ft -235 +/- 143 ft/min 34
774 Nashville TN - BNA 31 - 11,031 feet, 313 degrees 74.40 +/- 17.0 1,448 +/- 1,135 ft -275 +/- 188 ft/min 714
775 Rome-Fiumicino Italy - FCO 16R - 12,800 feet, 163 degrees 74.40 +/- 16.3 1,852 +/- 1,404 ft -240 +/- 172 ft/min 1,106
776 Gunungsitoli Indonesia - GNS 27 - 5,249 feet, 272 degrees 74.40 +/- 15.4 1,162 +/- 935 ft -360 +/- 133 ft/min 12
777 Texel Netherlands - HTX 04 - 3,638 feet, 36 degrees 74.41 +/- 10.5 868 +/- 685 ft -251 +/- 178 ft/min 16
778 Magadan Russia - GDX 10 - 11,306 feet, 93 degrees 74.41 +/- 17.6 2,238 +/- 1,363 ft -238 +/- 143 ft/min 103
779 Kano Nigeria - KAN 06 - 11,209 feet, 61 degrees 74.42 +/- 18.2 2,022 +/- 1,238 ft -277 +/- 191 ft/min 59
780 Anchorage AK - ANC 25L - 12,405 feet, 270 degrees 74.42 +/- 18.4 1,966 +/- 1,123 ft -261 +/- 186 ft/min 91
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