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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
2,881 Phnom Penh Cambodia - PNH 23 - 9,837 feet, 226 degrees 80.18 +/- 13.8 1,471 +/- 767 ft -249 +/- 150 ft/min 86
2,882 Yellowknife NT Canada - YZF 34 - 7,458 feet, 356 degrees 80.19 +/- 13.9 1,823 +/- 889 ft -236 +/- 140 ft/min 116
2,883 Cardiff United Kingdom - CWL 12 - 7,696 feet, 117 degrees 80.19 +/- 12.4 1,289 +/- 700 ft -196 +/- 133 ft/min 32
2,884 West Palm Beach FL - PBI 32 - 6,929 feet, 315 degrees 80.19 +/- 16.4 1,515 +/- 919 ft -249 +/- 156 ft/min 27
2,885 Port Vila Vanatu - VLI 11 - 8,530 feet, 118 degrees 80.19 +/- 14.8 1,744 +/- 965 ft -274 +/- 122 ft/min 39
2,886 Kazan Russia - KZN 29 - 12,259 feet, 305 degrees 80.19 +/- 12.5 1,889 +/- 703 ft -309 +/- 116 ft/min 35
2,887 Maye Island Seychelles - SEZ 31 - 9,815 feet, 305 degrees 80.20 +/- 13.0 1,064 +/- 776 ft -288 +/- 143 ft/min 90
2,888 Santa Barbara CA - SBA 25 - 6,053 feet, 269 degrees 80.20 +/- 12.3 1,252 +/- 742 ft -234 +/- 149 ft/min 153
2,889 Appleton WI - ATW 30 - 6,500 feet, 296 degrees 80.21 +/- 13.3 1,513 +/- 673 ft -245 +/- 185 ft/min 71
2,890 Punta Cana Dominican Republic - PUJ 9 - 10,153 feet, 84 degrees 80.21 +/- 14.0 1,702 +/- 640 ft -266 +/- 145 ft/min 15
2,891 Townsville Australia - TSV 19 - 7,980 feet, 204 degrees 80.21 +/- 14.1 1,843 +/- 815 ft -191 +/- 91 ft/min 44
2,892 Nampula Mozambique - APL 23 - 6,552 feet, 226 degrees 80.22 +/- 14.3 1,310 +/- 685 ft -290 +/- 210 ft/min 43
2,893 Asheville NC - AVL 17 - 7,008 feet, 160 degrees 80.22 +/- 13.3 1,085 +/- 742 ft -272 +/- 149 ft/min 53
2,894 Casper WY - CPR 26 - 8,668 feet, 269 degrees 80.22 +/- 17.0 1,659 +/- 929 ft -250 +/- 159 ft/min 46
2,895 Fresno CA - FAT 29R - 9,536 feet, 305 degrees 80.22 +/- 14.3 1,473 +/- 907 ft -238 +/- 164 ft/min 508
2,896 Redmond OR - RDM 23 - 7,025 feet, 240 degrees 80.22 +/- 14.5 1,460 +/- 624 ft -245 +/- 185 ft/min 77
2,897 San Salvador El Salvador - SAL 25 - 10,495 feet, 250 degrees 80.22 +/- 13.9 1,772 +/- 1,018 ft -257 +/- 137 ft/min 70
2,898 McGrath AK - MCG 23 - 2,000 feet, 248 degrees [was 16] 80.22 +/- 15.8 1,114 +/- 658 ft -268 +/- 184 ft/min 255
2,899 Amsterdam Netherlands - AMS 22 - 6,631 feet, 221 degrees 80.23 +/- 14.4 1,597 +/- 1,020 ft -232 +/- 148 ft/min 615
2,900 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton PA - AVP 22 - 7,494 feet, 213 degrees 80.23 +/- 14.1 1,598 +/- 915 ft -232 +/- 145 ft/min 167
2,901 Evansville IN - EVV 36 - 6,275 feet, 1 degrees 80.23 +/- 16.6 980 +/- 658 ft -307 +/- 252 ft/min 30
2,902 Lagos Nigeria - LOS 36L - 12,798 feet, 359 degrees [was 01L] 80.24 +/- 12.7 2,398 +/- 2,602 ft -182 +/- 114 ft/min 15
2,903 Belfast-Aldergrove United Kingdom - BFS 17 - 6,177 feet, 162 degrees 80.24 +/- 10.4 876 +/- 691 ft -266 +/- 115 ft/min 11
2,904 Monastir Tunisia - MIR 25 - 9,713 feet, 254 degrees 80.25 +/- 13.1 1,819 +/- 956 ft -235 +/- 106 ft/min 41
2,905 Cape Town South Africa - CPT 01 - 10,506 feet, 345 degrees 80.25 +/- 15.5 1,697 +/- 890 ft -264 +/- 155 ft/min 425
2,906 Gulfport/Biloxi MS - GPT 14 - 8,996 feet, 135 degrees 80.25 +/- 14.5 1,609 +/- 883 ft -226 +/- 168 ft/min 363
2,907 Tapachula Mexico - TAP 23 - 6,543 feet, 235 degrees 80.25 +/- 15.7 1,497 +/- 888 ft -265 +/- 189 ft/min 56
2,908 Barrow AK - BRW 07 - 7,082 feet, 90 degrees [was 06] 80.25 +/- 15.3 1,358 +/- 787 ft -253 +/- 177 ft/min 200
2,909 Leticia Columbia - LET 03 - 6,884 feet, 21 degrees [was 02] 80.25 +/- 13.3 1,029 +/- 712 ft -292 +/- 142 ft/min 29
2,910 Tuy Hòa Vietnam - TBB 21 - 9,479 feet, 210 degrees 80.25 +/- 20.3 1,962 +/- 752 ft -220 +/- 77 ft/min 11
2,911 Fort Wayne IN - FWA 32 - 7,985 feet, 315 degrees 80.26 +/- 13.8 1,461 +/- 737 ft -257 +/- 161 ft/min 97
2,912 Bratislava Slovakia - BTS 13 - 10,474 feet, 134 degrees 80.26 +/- 11.2 1,545 +/- 655 ft -259 +/- 126 ft/min 10
2,913 Bora Bora French Polynesia - BOB 11 - 4,935 feet, 125 degrees 80.26 +/- 12.9 892 +/- 500 ft -372 +/- 129 ft/min 43
2,914 Dresden Germany - DRS 04 - 9,314 feet, 41 degrees 80.28 +/- 10.5 1,549 +/- 691 ft -218 +/- 121 ft/min 17
2,915 Penticton BC - YYF 34 - 6,044 feet, 1 degrees 80.29 +/- 14.1 1,147 +/- 663 ft -290 +/- 166 ft/min 31
2,916 Nantucket MA - ACK 24 - 6,281 feet, 225 degrees 80.29 +/- 15.5 1,407 +/- 799 ft -260 +/- 177 ft/min 322
2,917 Concord NC - JQF 02 - 7,392 feet, 10 degrees 80.29 +/- 15.3 1,214 +/- 599 ft -286 +/- 200 ft/min 61
2,918 Santa Cruz Bolivia - VVI 34 - 11,473 feet, 327 degrees 80.29 +/- 14.4 1,661 +/- 750 ft -257 +/- 151 ft/min 50
2,919 Xiamen China - XMN 05 - 11,150 feet, 52 degrees 80.29 +/- 13.4 1,225 +/- 945 ft -245 +/- 137 ft/min 195
2,920 Hao French Polynesia - HOI 30 - 10,968 feet, 315 degrees 80.30 +/- 12.7 1,789 +/- 758 ft -268 +/- 114 ft/min 43
2,921 Koror Palau - ROR 09 - 7,187 feet, 91 degrees 80.30 +/- 15.9 1,495 +/- 787 ft -273 +/- 159 ft/min 99
2,922 Maracaibo Venezuela - MAR 20R - 10,140 feet, 200 degrees 80.30 +/- 16.9 1,577 +/- 1,158 ft -241 +/- 175 ft/min 26
2,923 Iqualuit NU Canada - YFB 34 - 8,607 feet, 316 degrees 80.31 +/- 13.0 1,858 +/- 469 ft -292 +/- 123 ft/min 20
2,924 Camaguey Cuba - CMW 07 - 9,843 feet, 68 degrees 80.31 +/- 14.5 1,471 +/- 855 ft -233 +/- 152 ft/min 130
2,925 Berlin-Brandenburg Germany - BER 25L - 13,114 feet, 249 degrees 80.32 +/- 15.6 1,980 +/- 1,351 ft -252 +/- 123 ft/min 87
2,926 Oslo Norway - OSL 19R - 11,813 feet, 196 degrees 80.32 +/- 14.8 1,748 +/- 855 ft -265 +/- 147 ft/min 359
2,927 Dubuque IA - DBQ 31 - 6,488 feet, 315 degrees 80.32 +/- 13.0 1,506 +/- 688 ft -217 +/- 152 ft/min 14
2,928 Okinawa Japan - OKA 18 - 9,872 feet, 178 degrees 80.32 +/- 14.9 1,660 +/- 904 ft -227 +/- 163 ft/min 62
2,929 Ushuaia Argentina - USH 25 - 9,558 feet, 266 degrees 80.32 +/- 14.2 1,310 +/- 846 ft -261 +/- 145 ft/min 230
2,930 Sunshine Coast Australia - MCY 36 - 5,895 feet, 14 degrees 80.32 +/- 16.8 1,277 +/- 874 ft -265 +/- 182 ft/min 21
2,931 Sanya China - SYX 26 - 11,167 feet, 262 degrees 80.32 +/- 12.2 1,659 +/- 796 ft -236 +/- 139 ft/min 29
2,932 Malmo Sweden - MMX 17 - 9,143 feet, 173 degrees 80.33 +/- 13.7 1,522 +/- 661 ft -267 +/- 169 ft/min 30
2,933 St Petersburg FL - PIE 36 - 9,708 feet, 351 degrees 80.33 +/- 13.3 1,427 +/- 923 ft -247 +/- 156 ft/min 96
2,934 Karachi Pakistan - KHI 07R - 11,147 feet, 74 degrees 80.33 +/- 14.9 1,760 +/- 757 ft -258 +/- 140 ft/min 41
2,935 Jujuy Argentina - JUJ 33 - 9,719 feet, 330 degrees 80.33 +/- 13.4 1,436 +/- 647 ft -272 +/- 157 ft/min 18
2,936 Ottawa ON Canada - YOW 25 - 7,992 feet, 237 degrees 80.34 +/- 13.8 1,584 +/- 783 ft -227 +/- 151 ft/min 98
2,937 Fort Nelson BC Canada - YYE 04 - 6,331 feet, 57 degrees 80.34 +/- 14.4 1,862 +/- 760 ft -277 +/- 123 ft/min 49
2,938 Wausau WI - CWA 17 - 6,463 feet, 170 degrees 80.34 +/- 15.9 1,356 +/- 683 ft -189 +/- 157 ft/min 20
2,939 Reynosa Mexico - REX 13 - 6,194 feet, 141 degrees 80.34 +/- 13.2 1,364 +/- 757 ft -216 +/- 129 ft/min 43
2,940 Fort McMurray AB Canada - YMM 25 - 7,486 feet, 270 degrees 80.35 +/- 13.8 971 +/- 679 ft -245 +/- 155 ft/min 167
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