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Air France / KLM 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 Air France / KLM 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
1 Mandabe Madagascar - WMD 28 - 3,510 feet, 265 degrees 54.67 +/- 16.7 5,117 +/- 2,155 ft -106 +/- 136 ft/min 11
2 Dubai-Al Maktoum United ArabEmirates - DWC 30 - 14,751 feet, 301 degrees 55.36 +/- 5.2 5,246 +/- 2,326 ft -249 +/- 118 ft/min 10
3 Madrid Spain - MAD 33 - 13,484 feet, 322 degrees 55.77 +/- 8.5 4,791 +/- 1,751 ft -223 +/- 126 ft/min 35
4 Mandritsara Madagascar - WMA 10 - 3,740 feet, 83 degrees 56.76 +/- 11.7 2,711 +/- 1,867 ft -206 +/- 182 ft/min 14
5 Maintirano Madagascar - MXT 10 - 4,057 feet, 89 degrees 57.03 +/- 11.0 2,751 +/- 2,432 ft -51 +/- 62 ft/min 12
6 Mahanoro Madagascar - VVB 03 - 4,487 feet, 13 degrees 57.28 +/- 12.2 3,008 +/- 899 ft -136 +/- 121 ft/min 10
7 Marseille France - MRS 31R - 11,494 feet, 314 degrees [was 32R] 57.66 +/- 14.8 3,233 +/- 1,085 ft -263 +/- 190 ft/min 196
8 Kunming-Changshui China - KMG 04 - 14,794 feet, 38 degrees 57.81 +/- 17.5 4,558 +/- 2,785 ft -342 +/- 159 ft/min 11
9 Delhi-Indira Gandhi India - DEL 11 - 14,537 feet, 104 degrees 58.16 +/- 20.2 1,339 +/- 1,801 ft -316 +/- 264 ft/min 14
10 Delhi-Indira Gandhi India - DEL 29 - 14,537 feet, 284 degrees 58.17 +/- 12.9 -180 +/- 3,570 ft -233 +/- 167 ft/min 25
11 Langkawi Malaysia - LGK 03 - 12,475 feet, 34 degrees 58.40 +/- 11.7 2,893 +/- 792 ft -163 +/- 124 ft/min 17
12 Beirut Lebanon - BEY 18 - 10,716 feet, 177 degrees 58.51 +/- 10.8 -630 +/- 1,976 ft -182 +/- 81 ft/min 13
13 Belo Horizonte Brazil - CNF 34 - 9,835 feet, 319 degrees 59.32 +/- 22.4 1,589 +/- 1,212 ft -332 +/- 317 ft/min 10
14 Wenzhou China - WNZ 03 - 7,871 feet, 28 degrees 59.50 +/- 13.8 3,387 +/- 1,452 ft -247 +/- 199 ft/min 13
15 Courchevel France - CVF 22 - 1,788 feet, 224 degrees 59.94 +/- 17.3 1,879 +/- 3,737 ft -446 +/- 278 ft/min 16
16 Maradi Niger - MFQ 09 - 6,070 feet, 84 degrees 60.21 +/- 17.2 2,494 +/- 1,422 ft -81 +/- 95 ft/min 10
17 Paris-Le Bourget France - LBG 25 - 9,805 feet, 248 degrees 60.32 +/- 21.0 1,442 +/- 2,045 ft -366 +/- 209 ft/min 11
18 Dubai United Arab Emirates - DXB 12R - 14,147 feet, 121 degrees 60.46 +/- 16.2 3,297 +/- 3,045 ft -239 +/- 155 ft/min 53
19 Whitehorse Yukon Canada - YXY 32L - 9,587 feet, 339 degrees [was 31L] 60.68 +/- 11.0 2,796 +/- 592 ft -172 +/- 96 ft/min 18
20 Antsalova Madagascar - WAQ 04 - 3,018 feet, 30 degrees 61.07 +/- 14.0 2,843 +/- 1,363 ft -156 +/- 119 ft/min 10
21 Beroroha Madagascar - WBO 02 - 3,807 feet, 358 degrees 61.15 +/- 13.9 3,968 +/- 1,945 ft -156 +/- 114 ft/min 14
22 Denver CO - DEN 17R - 12,020 feet, 181 degrees 61.28 +/- 18.9 2,561 +/- 938 ft -254 +/- 215 ft/min 22
23 Hato International Curacao - CUR 11 - 11,187 feet, 102 degrees 61.47 +/- 13.4 3,247 +/- 1,565 ft -228 +/- 137 ft/min 230
24 Denver CO - DEN 16R - 16,016 feet, 180 degrees 61.64 +/- 13.7 3,126 +/- 2,342 ft -241 +/- 197 ft/min 18
25 Campinas Brazil - CPQ 34 - 5,407 feet, 317 degrees 61.87 +/- 20.2 452 +/- 900 ft -345 +/- 302 ft/min 12
26 Barcelona Spain - BCN 07 - 10,243 feet, 66 degrees 61.97 +/- 20.3 2,354 +/- 1,115 ft -302 +/- 236 ft/min 13
27 Beirut Lebanon - BEY 03 - 12,500 feet, 33 degrees 62.09 +/- 14.4 2,185 +/- 1,922 ft -245 +/- 149 ft/min 89
28 Madrid Spain - MAD 36R - 11,651 feet, 0 degrees 62.13 +/- 16.9 5,494 +/- 6,278 ft -246 +/- 174 ft/min 23
29 Pointe a Pitre Guadeloupe - PTP 30 - 10,675 feet, 281 degrees [was 29] 62.17 +/- 17.6 2,422 +/- 1,383 ft -259 +/- 213 ft/min 16
30 Kalispell/Columbia Falls MT - FCA 02 - 8,992 feet, 35 degrees 62.19 +/- 9.3 2,783 +/- 710 ft -146 +/- 81 ft/min 16
31 Nanchang China - KHN 21 - 9,169 feet, 203 degrees 62.31 +/- 13.9 3,705 +/- 2,598 ft -129 +/- 53 ft/min 11
32 Shanghai-Pudong China - PVG 17R - 11,155 feet, 162 degrees 62.31 +/- 11.4 2,934 +/- 867 ft -220 +/- 101 ft/min 63
33 Abuja Nigeria - ABV 22 - 11,842 feet, 215 degrees 62.60 +/- 17.6 3,550 +/- 2,209 ft -224 +/- 155 ft/min 35
34 Frankfurt Germany - FRA 26L - 8,202 feet, 250 degrees 62.75 +/- 12.8 2,720 +/- 1,295 ft -198 +/- 104 ft/min 42
35 Las Vegas NV - LAS 26R - 14,847 feet, 270 degrees 62.94 +/- 14.6 2,370 +/- 1,536 ft -204 +/- 201 ft/min 19
36 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates - AUH 13L - 13,443 feet, 128 degrees 63.04 +/- 17.0 2,717 +/- 1,253 ft -266 +/- 211 ft/min 15
37 Amsterdam Netherlands - AMS 36C - 10,820 feet, 3 degrees [was 01L] 63.08 +/- 13.2 2,609 +/- 896 ft -201 +/- 155 ft/min 79
38 Bekily Madagascar - OVA 03 - 3,752 feet, 8 degrees 63.11 +/- 17.6 3,089 +/- 1,864 ft -149 +/- 115 ft/min 17
39 Las Vegas NV - LAS 26R - 14,847 feet, 270 degrees [was 25R] 63.12 +/- 16.2 2,922 +/- 1,525 ft -209 +/- 185 ft/min 102
40 Anchorage AK - ANC 07R - 12,405 feet, 90 degrees 63.25 +/- 15.5 2,981 +/- 1,489 ft -230 +/- 154 ft/min 133
41 Basel Switzerland - BSL 34 - 12,746 feet, 335 degrees 63.45 +/- 15.7 3,920 +/- 2,032 ft -218 +/- 113 ft/min 21
42 Beroroha Madagascar - WBO 20 - 3,807 feet, 178 degrees 63.70 +/- 16.8 3,748 +/- 2,333 ft -148 +/- 144 ft/min 11
43 Cairo Egypt - CAI 23L - 13,113 feet, 229 degrees 63.76 +/- 16.7 3,008 +/- 1,505 ft -237 +/- 165 ft/min 22
44 Tegucigalpa Honduras - TGU 02 - 6,638 feet, 19 degrees [was 01] 63.81 +/- 16.7 2,594 +/- 868 ft -310 +/- 225 ft/min 38
45 Dubai United Arab Emirates - DXB 30L - 14,147 feet, 301 degrees 64.05 +/- 14.5 3,564 +/- 2,240 ft -219 +/- 130 ft/min 206
46 Shanghai-Pudong China - PVG 16R - 12,468 feet, 162 degrees 64.24 +/- 10.9 2,650 +/- 748 ft -229 +/- 134 ft/min 27
47 Ankavandra Madagascar - JVA 34 - 3,123 feet, 329 degrees 64.25 +/- 12.7 2,250 +/- 1,333 ft -199 +/- 157 ft/min 14
48 Chicago-O'Hare IL - ORD 10L - 12,993 feet, 90 degrees 64.44 +/- 14.4 3,637 +/- 2,800 ft -208 +/- 162 ft/min 14
49 Shanghai-Pudong China - PVG 16L - 12,467 feet, 162 degrees 64.55 +/- 13.2 2,776 +/- 996 ft -258 +/- 126 ft/min 10
50 Xinning China - XNN 11 - 12,467 feet, 109 degrees 64.61 +/- 15.5 3,592 +/- 2,022 ft -213 +/- 134 ft/min 14
51 Doha-Hamad Qatar - DOH 34R - 15,908 feet, 338 degrees 64.77 +/- 21.2 2,362 +/- 879 ft -304 +/- 234 ft/min 23
52 Maupiti French Polynesia - MAU 26 - 3,133 feet, 269 degrees 64.79 +/- 15.4 1,834 +/- 1,212 ft -120 +/- 81 ft/min 18
53 Madrid Spain - MAD 18R - 14,216 feet, 180 degrees 64.81 +/- 15.2 1,865 +/- 2,617 ft -234 +/- 192 ft/min 188
54 Marseille France - MRS 13L - 11,494 feet, 134 degrees [was 14L] 65.02 +/- 14.4 1,653 +/- 1,998 ft -267 +/- 189 ft/min 106
55 Kinshasa Democratic Rep Congo - FIH 24 - 11,052 feet, 237 degrees 65.09 +/- 15.1 782 +/- 2,002 ft -204 +/- 125 ft/min 88
56 Bordeaux France - BOD 11 - 8,636 feet, 106 degrees 65.11 +/- 20.5 2,163 +/- 760 ft -251 +/- 256 ft/min 12
57 Las Vegas NV - LAS 08L - 14,847 feet, 90 degrees [was 07L] 65.12 +/- 15.4 2,209 +/- 1,731 ft -166 +/- 73 ft/min 12
58 Muscat Oman - MCT 08L - 13,420 feet, 85 degrees 65.14 +/- 10.8 2,853 +/- 2,006 ft -289 +/- 198 ft/min 10
59 El Paso TX - ELP 22 - 12,006 feet, 230 degrees 65.25 +/- 11.8 2,384 +/- 1,266 ft -276 +/- 218 ft/min 15
60 Abuja Nigeria - ABV 04 - 11,842 feet, 35 degrees 65.34 +/- 20.3 2,534 +/- 1,134 ft -333 +/- 361 ft/min 14
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