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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
601 Dubai United Arab Emirates - DXB 12L - 14,272 feet, 122 degrees 74.50 +/- 15.9 1,877 +/- 1,499 ft -214 +/- 133 ft/min 158
602 Bangalore-Kempegowda India - BLR 27 - 13,119 feet, 271 degrees 74.50 +/- 12.5 2,284 +/- 1,231 ft -168 +/- 95 ft/min 13
603 Shanghai-Hongqiao China - SHA 36 - 11,178 feet, 356 degrees 74.50 +/- 13.4 1,809 +/- 706 ft -221 +/- 155 ft/min 21
604 Norfolk VA - ORF 05 - 9,001 feet, 38 degrees 74.51 +/- 14.6 1,967 +/- 1,020 ft -219 +/- 129 ft/min 35
605 Palma de Mallorca Spain - PMI 24L - 9,826 feet, 238 degrees 74.51 +/- 15.3 2,041 +/- 914 ft -198 +/- 116 ft/min 72
606 Tokyo-Haneda Japan - HND 34R - 10,994 feet, 330 degrees 74.51 +/- 15.2 1,097 +/- 1,288 ft -207 +/- 123 ft/min 105
607 Ajaccio France - AJA 02 - 7,389 feet, 25 degrees 74.52 +/- 18.0 1,284 +/- 935 ft -319 +/- 216 ft/min 178
608 Kelowna BC Canada - YLW 16 - 8,804 feet, 175 degrees 74.53 +/- 16.1 1,842 +/- 968 ft -196 +/- 144 ft/min 26
609 Xiamen China - XMN 23 - 11,150 feet, 232 degrees 74.53 +/- 16.6 1,949 +/- 1,618 ft -183 +/- 122 ft/min 39
610 Casablanca Morocco - CMN 35R - 12,161 feet, 344 degrees 74.55 +/- 16.1 2,052 +/- 1,138 ft -236 +/- 166 ft/min 162
611 Lewisburg WV - LWB 22 - 6,944 feet, 215 degrees 74.56 +/- 13.0 2,124 +/- 1,068 ft -214 +/- 118 ft/min 14
612 Amsterdam Netherlands - AMS 18C - 10,820 feet, 183 degrees 74.58 +/- 15.1 1,824 +/- 1,168 ft -214 +/- 142 ft/min 1,005
613 Lansing MI - LAN 28L - 8,506 feet, 271 degrees 74.58 +/- 17.1 2,191 +/- 1,222 ft -204 +/- 169 ft/min 19
614 Sigiriya Sri Lanka - GIU 04 - 6,000 feet, 39 degrees 74.58 +/- 10.2 469 +/- 802 ft -154 +/- 64 ft/min 11
615 Lubumbashi Democratic Rep Congo - FBM 07 - 10,497 feet, 66 degrees 74.60 +/- 12.8 1,851 +/- 698 ft -201 +/- 157 ft/min 14
616 Addis Ababa Ethiopia - ADD 25L - 12,460 feet, 254 degrees 74.60 +/- 14.7 1,763 +/- 3,252 ft -223 +/- 142 ft/min 27
617 Anchorage AK - ANC 15 - 11,368 feet, 165 degrees [was 14] 74.60 +/- 14.9 1,896 +/- 1,213 ft -210 +/- 122 ft/min 73
618 Asmara Eritrea - ASM 07 - 9,841 feet, 74 degrees 74.61 +/- 13.4 1,702 +/- 1,135 ft -198 +/- 119 ft/min 28
619 Malabo Equatorial Guinea - SSG 22 - 9,643 feet, 222 degrees 74.62 +/- 14.0 1,973 +/- 1,095 ft -215 +/- 155 ft/min 23
620 Porto Portugal - OPO 35 - 11,424 feet, 349 degrees 74.62 +/- 19.5 1,670 +/- 1,470 ft -334 +/- 455 ft/min 44
621 Shanghai-Pudong China - PVG 17 - 13,150 feet, 162 degrees 74.63 +/- 15.8 2,023 +/- 1,192 ft -205 +/- 125 ft/min 123
622 Dusseldorf Germany - DUS 05R - 9,825 feet, 53 degrees 74.64 +/- 14.8 1,076 +/- 1,092 ft -236 +/- 153 ft/min 61
623 Dallas-Fort Worth TX - DFW 17C - 13,397 feet, 180 degrees 74.64 +/- 12.9 1,566 +/- 1,485 ft -234 +/- 123 ft/min 65
624 Los Angeles CA - LAX 25R - 12,922 feet, 263 degrees 74.64 +/- 15.7 1,719 +/- 1,276 ft -227 +/- 162 ft/min 199
625 Komatsu Japan - KMQ 06 - 8,808 feet, 55 degrees 74.64 +/- 12.8 1,717 +/- 866 ft -199 +/- 118 ft/min 28
626 Monrovia Liberia - ROB 04 - 11,012 feet, 31 degrees 74.65 +/- 14.4 1,196 +/- 1,063 ft -230 +/- 155 ft/min 53
627 Touggourt Algeria - TGR 19 - 9,837 feet, 188 degrees 74.66 +/- 15.0 2,112 +/- 1,432 ft -104 +/- 48 ft/min 11
628 Shenzhen China - SZX 33 - 11,118 feet, 333 degrees 74.67 +/- 13.2 1,467 +/- 933 ft -206 +/- 141 ft/min 12
629 Ibiza Spain - IBZ 24 - 9,180 feet, 242 degrees 74.68 +/- 18.9 1,877 +/- 963 ft -239 +/- 216 ft/min 58
630 Taipei Taiwan - TPE 05L - 11,980 feet, 49 degrees 74.68 +/- 15.3 2,269 +/- 1,153 ft -203 +/- 109 ft/min 60
631 Niamey Niger - NIM 09R - 9,808 feet, 87 degrees 74.69 +/- 16.1 1,704 +/- 1,082 ft -238 +/- 183 ft/min 68
632 Morombe Madagascar - MXM 22 - 4,273 feet, 208 degrees 74.69 +/- 12.9 1,204 +/- 929 ft -110 +/- 125 ft/min 16
633 Mexico City Mexico - MEX 23L - 13,334 feet, 239 degrees 74.69 +/- 15.5 1,919 +/- 1,331 ft -233 +/- 140 ft/min 216
634 Seoul Gimpo South Korea - GMP 32R - 11,797 feet, 315 degrees 74.69 +/- 14.4 2,451 +/- 3,345 ft -174 +/- 135 ft/min 24
635 Oklahoma City OK - OKC 35R - 9,788 feet, 360 degrees 74.70 +/- 18.1 1,852 +/- 749 ft -200 +/- 164 ft/min 20
636 Deauville France - DOL 30 - 8,379 feet, 297 degrees 74.70 +/- 14.8 1,404 +/- 1,042 ft -165 +/- 96 ft/min 21
637 Saba Caribbean Netherlands - SAB 12 - 993 feet, 112 degrees 74.70 +/- 4.7 345 +/- 107 ft -264 +/- 115 ft/min 20
638 Wake Island Airfield USMOI - AWK 28 - 9,848 feet, 282 degrees 74.71 +/- 19.6 2,314 +/- 1,687 ft -256 +/- 123 ft/min 10
639 Ningbo China - NGB 13 - 10,490 feet, 123 degrees 74.71 +/- 14.7 1,956 +/- 887 ft -241 +/- 108 ft/min 12
640 Aspen CO - ASE 15 - 8,007 feet, 160 degrees 74.72 +/- 15.8 1,180 +/- 840 ft -324 +/- 193 ft/min 32
641 Toulouse France - TLS 32L - 11,488 feet, 323 degrees 74.72 +/- 16.3 1,904 +/- 1,129 ft -295 +/- 211 ft/min 145
642 Wake Island Airfield USMOI - AWK 10 - 9,848 feet, 102 degrees 74.72 +/- 14.8 2,041 +/- 1,098 ft -187 +/- 120 ft/min 19
643 Oruro Bolivia - ORU 01 - 13,107 feet, 2 degrees [was 36] 74.73 +/- 18.3 1,743 +/- 787 ft -263 +/- 192 ft/min 13
644 Houston-Bush Intercontinental TX - IAH 27 - 9,988 feet, 270 degrees 74.75 +/- 15.8 2,040 +/- 1,370 ft -214 +/- 153 ft/min 50
645 Atlanta GA - ATL 09L - 12,389 feet, 90 degrees 74.76 +/- 15.7 2,078 +/- 1,435 ft -214 +/- 136 ft/min 263
646 Charleston SC - CHS 15 - 8,998 feet, 148 degrees 74.76 +/- 16.2 1,987 +/- 1,101 ft -214 +/- 149 ft/min 27
647 Sacramento CA - SMF 16R - 8,607 feet, 181 degrees 74.78 +/- 17.3 1,795 +/- 1,121 ft -246 +/- 184 ft/min 25
648 Merida Mexico - MID 10 - 10,489 feet, 105 degrees 74.79 +/- 16.0 1,735 +/- 1,048 ft -182 +/- 124 ft/min 21
649 San Jose del Cabo Mexico - SJD 16 - 9,835 feet, 174 degrees 74.79 +/- 13.6 1,705 +/- 963 ft -248 +/- 138 ft/min 10
650 Urumqi China - URC 25 - 11,800 feet, 254 degrees 74.79 +/- 15.7 2,237 +/- 1,194 ft -205 +/- 121 ft/min 82
651 Chitose Japan - CTS 01L - 9,804 feet, 353 degrees 74.82 +/- 15.0 2,145 +/- 1,652 ft -212 +/- 147 ft/min 27
652 Glasgow-Prestwick United Kingdom - PIK 12 - 9,794 feet, 121 degrees [was 13] 74.83 +/- 16.6 1,883 +/- 771 ft -167 +/- 101 ft/min 17
653 Miami FL - MIA 26L - 10,495 feet, 267 degrees 74.83 +/- 15.9 2,071 +/- 1,062 ft -221 +/- 143 ft/min 56
654 Berbérati Central African Republic - BBT 35 - 4,953 feet, 348 degrees 74.84 +/- 13.1 1,573 +/- 951 ft -107 +/- 125 ft/min 10
655 Andapa Madagascar - ZWA 02 - 4,022 feet, 5 degrees 74.84 +/- 18.3 1,317 +/- 765 ft -163 +/- 204 ft/min 20
656 Madison WI - MSN 18 - 8,982 feet, 182 degrees 74.85 +/- 15.1 1,277 +/- 1,130 ft -289 +/- 129 ft/min 10
657 Raiatea French Polynesia - RFP 25 - 4,589 feet, 264 degrees 74.85 +/- 10.8 892 +/- 765 ft -120 +/- 108 ft/min 31
658 Oakland CA - OAK 12 - 9,999 feet, 130 degrees 74.86 +/- 16.4 2,083 +/- 872 ft -321 +/- 131 ft/min 10
659 Alicante Spain - ALC 10 - 9,839 feet, 100 degrees 74.86 +/- 16.3 2,045 +/- 828 ft -234 +/- 183 ft/min 36
660 Lille France - LIL 26 - 9,356 feet, 257 degrees 74.86 +/- 13.1 1,341 +/- 1,069 ft -255 +/- 165 ft/min 79
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