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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
61 Le Havre France - LEH 22 - 7,504 feet, 223 degrees [was 23] 64.78 +/- 21.7 2,174 +/- 1,331 ft -260 +/- 256 ft/min 17
62 Guatemala City Guatemala - GUA 20 - 9,791 feet, 197 degrees [was 19] 64.89 +/- 18.0 2,799 +/- 1,660 ft -275 +/- 202 ft/min 110
63 Clermont France - CFE 08 - 9,885 feet, 82 degrees 64.90 +/- 18.2 2,765 +/- 2,242 ft -295 +/- 207 ft/min 12
64 St. Jean Airport Saint Barthélemy - SBH 28 - 2,107 feet, 269 degrees 65.00 +/- 16.2 371 +/- 251 ft -369 +/- 243 ft/min 35
65 Wenzhou China - WNZ 03 - 7,871 feet, 28 degrees 65.08 +/- 18.0 3,008 +/- 1,951 ft -264 +/- 145 ft/min 70
66 Chicago-O'Hare IL - ORD 10L - 12,993 feet, 90 degrees 65.09 +/- 17.3 3,677 +/- 2,872 ft -255 +/- 166 ft/min 358
67 Cali Colombia - CLO 20 - 9,837 feet, 190 degrees [was 19] 65.11 +/- 15.9 2,219 +/- 875 ft -370 +/- 230 ft/min 20
68 Memphis TN - MEM 35 - 9,333 feet, 359 degrees 65.18 +/- 14.4 2,378 +/- 1,235 ft -237 +/- 196 ft/min 43
69 Caracas Venezuela - CCS 09 - 9,425 feet, 76 degrees 65.18 +/- 16.5 2,981 +/- 1,816 ft -247 +/- 150 ft/min 134
70 Muscat Oman - MCT 26R - 13,420 feet, 265 degrees 65.37 +/- 14.3 2,504 +/- 2,480 ft -321 +/- 131 ft/min 17
71 Leipzig Germany - LEJ 08R - 11,810 feet, 86 degrees 65.47 +/- 17.4 2,843 +/- 1,221 ft -189 +/- 103 ft/min 13
72 Pointe-Noire Congo - PNR 35 - 8,563 feet, 346 degrees 65.50 +/- 22.0 1,505 +/- 1,366 ft -411 +/- 193 ft/min 14
73 Minneapolis/St Paul MN - MSP 04 - 11,125 feet, 45 degrees 65.57 +/- 17.8 1,992 +/- 1,407 ft -330 +/- 243 ft/min 3,819
74 Warsaw Poland - WAW 33 - 12,104 feet, 332 degrees 65.64 +/- 17.1 654 +/- 1,766 ft -250 +/- 154 ft/min 291
75 Basel Switzerland - BSL 33 - 12,807 feet, 335 degrees 65.64 +/- 18.6 609 +/- 2,023 ft -290 +/- 154 ft/min 26
76 Hato International Curacao - CUR 29 - 11,187 feet, 282 degrees 65.67 +/- 19.0 2,653 +/- 1,460 ft -251 +/- 167 ft/min 52
77 Sunshine Coast Australia - MCY 13 - 8,049 feet, 142 degrees 65.81 +/- 20.6 4,474 +/- 3,280 ft -307 +/- 192 ft/min 11
78 Birmingham AL - BHM 24 - 11,989 feet, 235 degrees 65.82 +/- 16.8 2,512 +/- 1,648 ft -253 +/- 197 ft/min 2,032
79 Bern Switzerland - BRN 32 - 5,665 feet, 320 degrees 65.82 +/- 17.4 2,153 +/- 1,501 ft -330 +/- 209 ft/min 17
80 Burlington VT - BTV 01 - 4,094 feet, 352 degrees 65.84 +/- 19.9 1,619 +/- 1,042 ft -330 +/- 228 ft/min 25
81 St Croix US Virgin Islands - STX 28 - 9,984 feet, 264 degrees 65.88 +/- 12.2 544 +/- 1,047 ft -233 +/- 176 ft/min 19
82 Lincoln NE - LNK 14 - 8,650 feet, 145 degrees 65.96 +/- 17.2 2,582 +/- 1,144 ft -243 +/- 139 ft/min 35
83 Seoul-Inchon South Korea - ICN 16L - 13,128 feet, 145 degrees 65.96 +/- 13.6 3,113 +/- 1,240 ft -231 +/- 106 ft/min 14
84 Zurich Switzerland - ZRH 32 - 10,811 feet, 317 degrees 66.03 +/- 19.2 2,982 +/- 1,994 ft -312 +/- 173 ft/min 23
85 Madrid Spain - MAD 18R - 14,216 feet, 180 degrees 66.09 +/- 16.5 2,084 +/- 2,423 ft -256 +/- 188 ft/min 518
86 Zurich Switzerland - ZRH 16 - 12,108 feet, 155 degrees 66.10 +/- 16.0 676 +/- 1,782 ft -244 +/- 144 ft/min 499
87 Newburgh NY - SWF 09 - 11,814 feet, 78 degrees 66.15 +/- 15.5 1,800 +/- 1,692 ft -224 +/- 145 ft/min 86
88 Honolulu HI - HNL 22R - 6,960 feet, 233 degrees 66.17 +/- 20.5 2,115 +/- 1,767 ft -314 +/- 368 ft/min 21
89 Kinshasa Democratic Rep Congo - FIH 24 - 11,052 feet, 237 degrees 66.19 +/- 16.3 344 +/- 1,513 ft -262 +/- 151 ft/min 139
90 Halifax NS Canada - YHZ 05 - 10,475 feet, 35 degrees 66.20 +/- 14.7 2,772 +/- 1,313 ft -274 +/- 229 ft/min 151
91 Puerto Penasco Mexico - PPE 36 - 8,215 feet, 13 degrees 66.20 +/- 25.3 3,857 +/- 3,931 ft -301 +/- 221 ft/min 13
92 Tromso Norway - TOS 19 - 8,006 feet, 193 degrees 66.27 +/- 9.0 2,453 +/- 446 ft -238 +/- 138 ft/min 13
93 Barcelona Spain - BCN 25R - 11,433 feet, 246 degrees 66.27 +/- 15.9 2,829 +/- 1,422 ft -238 +/- 142 ft/min 447
94 Tomsk Russia - TOF 03 - 8,170 feet, 33 degrees 66.29 +/- 18.8 8,609 +/- 6,894 ft -282 +/- 131 ft/min 17
95 New York-Kennedy NY - JFK 04L - 12,078 feet, 31 degrees 66.34 +/- 18.9 1,078 +/- 1,825 ft -295 +/- 227 ft/min 4,105
96 New York-Kennedy NY - JFK 22R - 12,078 feet, 211 degrees 66.39 +/- 17.2 546 +/- 1,939 ft -257 +/- 181 ft/min 2,502
97 Leipzig Germany - LEJ 26L - 11,810 feet, 266 degrees 66.42 +/- 12.2 2,978 +/- 1,187 ft -193 +/- 79 ft/min 12
98 Fitchburg MA - FIT 20 - 3,504 feet, 188 degrees 66.44 +/- 19.1 213 +/- 369 ft -360 +/- 247 ft/min 15
99 Fort Lauderdale FL - FLL 28L - 7,997 feet, 270 degrees [was 27L] 66.46 +/- 26.6 1,058 +/- 2,131 ft -374 +/- 315 ft/min 27
100 Nashville TN - BNA 20C - 7,990 feet, 198 degrees 66.55 +/- 24.1 2,348 +/- 1,480 ft -324 +/- 241 ft/min 44
101 Abakan Russia - ABA 02R - 10,699 feet, 25 degrees 66.55 +/- 16.0 2,170 +/- 1,313 ft -231 +/- 132 ft/min 25
102 New York-Newark NJ - EWR 04L - 11,002 feet, 26 degrees 66.56 +/- 18.1 435 +/- 1,448 ft -289 +/- 208 ft/min 989
103 Tho Xuan Vietnam - THD 31 - 10,477 feet, 309 degrees 66.60 +/- 16.6 2,468 +/- 1,129 ft -315 +/- 178 ft/min 12
104 Dubai United Arab Emirates - DXB 30L - 14,147 feet, 301 degrees 66.65 +/- 16.1 3,383 +/- 2,519 ft -239 +/- 142 ft/min 757
105 Rochester NY - ROC 10 - 6,403 feet, 88 degrees 66.68 +/- 25.4 1,104 +/- 740 ft -504 +/- 333 ft/min 11
106 Medelin Colombia - MDE 01 - 11,485 feet, 0 degrees [was 36] 66.68 +/- 16.4 2,364 +/- 1,390 ft -288 +/- 175 ft/min 92
107 Doha-Hamad Qatar - DOH 16R - 13,941 feet, 158 degrees 66.71 +/- 16.1 5,335 +/- 4,507 ft -195 +/- 116 ft/min 17
108 Muscat Oman - MCT 08L - 13,420 feet, 85 degrees 66.78 +/- 13.0 3,179 +/- 1,903 ft -196 +/- 103 ft/min 14
109 Pittsburgh PA - PIT 14 - 8,100 feet, 137 degrees 66.85 +/- 26.2 2,273 +/- 2,617 ft -422 +/- 263 ft/min 16
110 Hamilton ON Canada - YHM 12 - 9,999 feet, 107 degrees 66.87 +/- 17.0 2,281 +/- 1,203 ft -266 +/- 136 ft/min 54
111 Huntsville AL - HSV 36L - 12,588 feet, 1 degrees 66.99 +/- 20.6 3,230 +/- 2,643 ft -334 +/- 546 ft/min 265
112 Manchester United Kingdom - MAN 06L - 9,988 feet, 51 degrees 67.01 +/- 12.1 2,529 +/- 1,010 ft -233 +/- 151 ft/min 70
113 Toluca Mexico - TLC 33 - 13,966 feet, 337 degrees 67.08 +/- 15.3 2,252 +/- 852 ft -263 +/- 190 ft/min 10
114 Singapore-Changi Singapore - SIN 02R - 13,179 feet, 23 degrees 67.12 +/- 13.3 2,731 +/- 1,838 ft -215 +/- 147 ft/min 17
115 Moscow-Domodedovo Russia - DME 32L - 11,459 feet, 326 degrees 67.16 +/- 17.2 2,349 +/- 859 ft -287 +/- 174 ft/min 12
116 San Antonio TX - SAT 22 - 8,506 feet, 221 degrees 67.18 +/- 15.2 2,457 +/- 1,382 ft -343 +/- 195 ft/min 43
117 Riga Latvia - RIX 36 - 9,511 feet, 5 degrees 67.21 +/- 16.9 2,872 +/- 1,546 ft -223 +/- 114 ft/min 44
118 Las Vegas NV - LAS 26R - 14,847 feet, 270 degrees [was 25R] 67.21 +/- 17.1 2,411 +/- 1,408 ft -282 +/- 377 ft/min 3,713
119 Bristol-Tri Cities TN/VA - TRI 27 - 4,436 feet, 269 degrees 67.28 +/- 10.5 2,288 +/- 2,040 ft -244 +/- 152 ft/min 13
120 Coolangatta/Gold Coast Australia - OOL 32 - 8,173 feet, 331 degrees 67.30 +/- 15.6 262 +/- 1,018 ft -244 +/- 154 ft/min 97
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