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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
121 Manchester United Kingdom - MAN 06L - 9,988 feet, 51 degrees 67.30 +/- 12.1 2,522 +/- 1,024 ft -235 +/- 151 ft/min 68
122 Coolangatta/Gold Coast Australia - OOL 32 - 8,173 feet, 331 degrees 67.30 +/- 15.6 262 +/- 1,018 ft -244 +/- 154 ft/min 97
123 Madrid Spain - MAD 32R - 11,682 feet, 322 degrees [was 33R] 67.33 +/- 15.9 2,974 +/- 2,174 ft -233 +/- 138 ft/min 173
124 Mexico City Mexico - MEX 23R - 12,860 feet, 239 degrees 67.36 +/- 17.6 2,075 +/- 1,950 ft -267 +/- 228 ft/min 354
125 Medina Saudi Arabia - MED 18 - 9,984 feet, 184 degrees 67.37 +/- 15.5 1,610 +/- 1,926 ft -193 +/- 111 ft/min 22
126 Milan-Malpensa Italy - MXP 17L - 12,849 feet, 169 degrees 67.41 +/- 18.7 1,595 +/- 2,253 ft -307 +/- 196 ft/min 126
127 Tegucigalpa Honduras - TGU 02 - 6,638 feet, 19 degrees [was 01] 67.43 +/- 14.8 2,413 +/- 848 ft -261 +/- 164 ft/min 532
128 Auckland New Zealand - AKL 23R - 10,195 feet, 251 degrees 67.44 +/- 16.3 2,543 +/- 1,213 ft -221 +/- 138 ft/min 16
129 Anchorage AK - ANC 07R - 12,405 feet, 90 degrees 67.48 +/- 16.6 2,672 +/- 1,317 ft -235 +/- 153 ft/min 2,166
130 Addis Ababa Ethiopia - ADD 25R - 12,125 feet, 254 degrees 67.52 +/- 19.2 1,551 +/- 1,472 ft -281 +/- 215 ft/min 49
131 Skopje Macedonia - SKP 34 - 9,713 feet, 345 degrees 67.62 +/- 17.7 476 +/- 1,305 ft -240 +/- 151 ft/min 209
132 Port Louis Mauritius - MRU 32 - 11,056 feet, 297 degrees 67.63 +/- 17.3 2,396 +/- 1,576 ft -257 +/- 199 ft/min 19
133 Merida Mexico - MID 28 - 10,489 feet, 285 degrees 67.63 +/- 22.1 2,010 +/- 1,461 ft -334 +/- 338 ft/min 26
134 Valdosta GA - VLD 35 - 7,993 feet, 351 degrees 67.69 +/- 19.0 2,418 +/- 1,243 ft -262 +/- 197 ft/min 123
135 Tokyo-Narita Japan - NRT 34L - 13,144 feet, 329 degrees 67.74 +/- 16.7 2,766 +/- 1,506 ft -238 +/- 152 ft/min 3,022
136 Honolulu HI - HNL 26L - 12,007 feet, 270 degrees 67.77 +/- 17.7 2,471 +/- 1,539 ft -297 +/- 222 ft/min 540
137 Princess Juliana Intl Sint Maarten - SXM 28 - 7,537 feet, 262 degrees [was 27] 67.78 +/- 17.4 2,187 +/- 1,286 ft -332 +/- 212 ft/min 13
138 Pusan South Korea - PUS 18R - 10,492 feet, 174 degrees 67.80 +/- 18.3 984 +/- 1,625 ft -270 +/- 176 ft/min 24
139 Milan-Malpensa Italy - MXP 17R - 12,609 feet, 169 degrees 67.94 +/- 14.6 2,001 +/- 1,860 ft -293 +/- 186 ft/min 32
140 Almaty Kazakhstan - ALA 05R - 14,382 feet, 56 degrees 67.94 +/- 17.1 2,082 +/- 1,031 ft -242 +/- 167 ft/min 27
141 Lagos Nigeria - LOS 18R - 12,798 feet, 179 degrees 67.97 +/- 17.1 2,735 +/- 1,486 ft -274 +/- 186 ft/min 245
142 Phuket Thailand - HKT 09 - 9,836 feet, 85 degrees 68.02 +/- 16.7 1,408 +/- 1,035 ft -341 +/- 236 ft/min 42
143 Montrose/Telluride CO - MTJ 13 - 7,492 feet, 140 degrees 68.07 +/- 24.4 960 +/- 658 ft -398 +/- 293 ft/min 13
144 Princess Juliana Intl Sint Maarten - SXM 28 - 7,537 feet, 262 degrees 68.08 +/- 18.4 1,864 +/- 1,198 ft -327 +/- 229 ft/min 57
145 Bemidji MN - BJI 13 - 6,997 feet, 134 degrees 68.11 +/- 15.9 2,226 +/- 1,291 ft -242 +/- 174 ft/min 31
146 Detroit-Wayne County MI - DTW 03L - 8,503 feet, 29 degrees 68.13 +/- 19.2 2,240 +/- 1,495 ft -315 +/- 227 ft/min 245
147 Quito Ecuador - UIO 36 - 13,417 feet, 358 degrees 68.14 +/- 17.3 2,473 +/- 1,590 ft -316 +/- 181 ft/min 245
148 Ft Walton Beach FL - VPS 12 - 11,995 feet, 120 degrees 68.24 +/- 17.6 2,551 +/- 1,188 ft -247 +/- 170 ft/min 61
149 Philadelphia PA - PHL 27L - 10,497 feet, 255 degrees 68.27 +/- 16.8 918 +/- 1,494 ft -252 +/- 173 ft/min 935
150 Talara Peru - TYL 35 - 8,039 feet, 350 degrees 68.32 +/- 21.1 3,179 +/- 4,272 ft -303 +/- 219 ft/min 26
151 Beirut Lebanon - BEY 03 - 12,500 feet, 33 degrees 68.38 +/- 16.0 2,044 +/- 1,675 ft -268 +/- 125 ft/min 162
152 Accra Ghana - ACC 03 - 11,714 feet, 22 degrees 68.48 +/- 18.9 987 +/- 1,561 ft -290 +/- 209 ft/min 46
153 Chicago-Midway IL - MDW 04L - 5,512 feet, 43 degrees 68.50 +/- 18.4 623 +/- 1,482 ft -324 +/- 250 ft/min 41
154 Hewanorra Saint Lucia - UVF 28 - 8,978 feet, 270 degrees 68.51 +/- 19.4 2,216 +/- 2,643 ft -291 +/- 192 ft/min 44
155 Cancun Mexico - CUN 30R - 9,171 feet, 304 degrees [was 30] 68.55 +/- 17.8 2,380 +/- 1,489 ft -288 +/- 235 ft/min 100
156 Chicago-O'Hare IL - ORD 33 - 9,682 feet, 320 degrees [was 32L] 68.60 +/- 18.6 2,218 +/- 1,642 ft -310 +/- 263 ft/min 680
157 Chania Greece - CHQ 29 - 10,985 feet, 292 degrees 68.64 +/- 19.0 2,165 +/- 1,183 ft -229 +/- 184 ft/min 25
158 Shanghai-Pudong China - PVG 17L - 13,122 feet, 162 degrees 68.64 +/- 15.0 2,620 +/- 1,271 ft -238 +/- 137 ft/min 295
159 Kisumu Kenya - KIS 24 - 6,357 feet, 242 degrees [was 25] 68.66 +/- 15.9 828 +/- 856 ft -317 +/- 201 ft/min 12
160 Canberra Australia - CBR 35 - 10,766 feet, 360 degrees 68.66 +/- 15.2 293 +/- 1,317 ft -222 +/- 130 ft/min 197
161 Solo City Indonesia - SOC 26 - 8,511 feet, 257 degrees 68.67 +/- 17.0 2,228 +/- 772 ft -277 +/- 324 ft/min 13
162 Goose Bay NF Canada - YYR 16 - 9,589 feet, 133 degrees 68.72 +/- 19.3 2,313 +/- 1,033 ft -301 +/- 178 ft/min 13
163 Dallas-Fort Worth TX - DFW 36R - 13,400 feet, 360 degrees 68.72 +/- 16.8 2,633 +/- 1,504 ft -246 +/- 159 ft/min 384
164 Antananarivo Madagascar - TNR 11 - 10,169 feet, 99 degrees 68.76 +/- 19.6 2,273 +/- 1,427 ft -341 +/- 325 ft/min 169
165 Marrakech Morocco - RAK 10 - 10,169 feet, 96 degrees 68.77 +/- 16.1 2,443 +/- 1,292 ft -246 +/- 165 ft/min 103
166 Islamabad Pakistan - IS2 30 - 10,622 feet, 298 degrees 68.77 +/- 16.6 2,307 +/- 1,130 ft -301 +/- 158 ft/min 16
167 Barcelona Spain - BCN 25 - 10,243 feet, 246 degrees 68.79 +/- 25.5 2,118 +/- 1,667 ft -405 +/- 448 ft/min 16
168 Conakry Guinea - CKY 24 - 10,797 feet, 229 degrees 68.81 +/- 18.2 2,989 +/- 2,070 ft -208 +/- 145 ft/min 48
169 Cancun Mexico - CUN 30L - 11,480 feet, 304 degrees 68.81 +/- 16.5 2,538 +/- 1,630 ft -261 +/- 168 ft/min 178
170 Paris-Orly France - ORY 20 - 7,870 feet, 198 degrees 68.85 +/- 19.2 1,930 +/- 1,215 ft -319 +/- 227 ft/min 30
171 Port Harcourt Nigeria - PHC 03 - 9,833 feet, 28 degrees 68.88 +/- 22.8 2,139 +/- 802 ft -222 +/- 208 ft/min 10
172 Redding CA - RDD 30 - 5,065 feet, 320 degrees 68.95 +/- 19.7 2,425 +/- 1,205 ft -183 +/- 92 ft/min 10
173 Tianjin China - TSN 16R - 11,804 feet, 155 degrees 68.96 +/- 14.0 214 +/- 731 ft -237 +/- 107 ft/min 18
174 San Diego CA - SAN 09 - 9,397 feet, 106 degrees 69.00 +/- 17.7 1,528 +/- 1,708 ft -287 +/- 227 ft/min 1,676
175 Bogota Colombia - BOG 31R - 12,442 feet, 307 degrees 69.00 +/- 17.1 2,212 +/- 1,494 ft -357 +/- 194 ft/min 66
176 Amsterdam Netherlands - AMS 36R - 11,158 feet, 3 degrees [was 01R] 69.05 +/- 15.9 -231 +/- 964 ft -186 +/- 96 ft/min 10
177 Oruro Bolivia - ORU 01 - 13,107 feet, 2 degrees [was 36] 69.05 +/- 19.6 2,209 +/- 1,064 ft -327 +/- 240 ft/min 70
178 Oklahoma City OK - OKC 31 - 7,774 feet, 315 degrees 69.07 +/- 20.3 1,861 +/- 1,653 ft -291 +/- 195 ft/min 25
179 Augusta ME - AUG 08 - 2,668 feet, 62 degrees 69.08 +/- 14.1 645 +/- 545 ft -320 +/- 233 ft/min 11
180 Palm Springs CA - PSP 13R - 10,012 feet, 144 degrees 69.09 +/- 15.7 421 +/- 1,553 ft -252 +/- 152 ft/min 255
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