Which are the longest runways in Fs?

[omarza]

Longish runways in Africa:
Harare - 15499ft
Kinshasa - 15278ft
Windhoek - 15009ft

Believe it or not... a couple of years ago someone actually overshot the runway in Harare.



Post Edited ( 01-15-06 16:00 )

[Airliner]

Well, if we're talking sea planes here, I'd say your longest strip would be - the Pacific Ocean. Got a pretty good stretch there from the
Aleutians to Aussie - just watch those annoying islands scattered about and you'll be fine.

[Airliner]

"Or you could make an airport with afcad2 with runways that are 99,999ft x 999ft."

That got me thinking - could you make a runway in AFCAD stretch from JFK to LHR, drag out the Concorde or TU144, bury the throttles,
shove the stick forward and drive across the Atlantic?

Sorry, lack of sleep does weird things!

[WBHoenig]

[samiranks]

I think JFK have a real long runway also. I dont remember which one though

[WBHoenig]

14K. I think KLAS also has a 14K one, too.

[Cydon Prax]

yeah, KLAS was pretty long..

Today I did a flight with my PMDG 737-600. Gear did'nt go down all the way, and I had to ''bounce'' them up. Was able to hit the runway 4
times before reaching the end (Going 150KIAS to stop stalls on the go-around). that's pretty long compaired to most.

[poden]

Anyone know how long Northrup Strip at White Sands is? The shuttle landed there in 1984. Could be as long as Edwards.

[Airliner]

This took about 7 seconds to find: http://www.wstf.nasa.gov/WSSH/Runways.htm



Gotta love google!

Here's the first paragraph:

In 1976, NASA selected Northrup Strip as the site for shuttle pilot training. A second runway was added crossing the original north-south
landing strip, and in 1979 both lakebed runways were lengthened to 35,000 ft (10,668 m), which includes 15,000 ft (4,572 m) usable
runway with 10,000 ft (3048 m) extensions on either end, to allow the White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH) to serve as shuttle backup
landing facility.

KJFK: 14,572 feet
KLAS: 14,510 feet

New York wins by a nose!

http://www.airnav.com - great site.

[Full_Throttle0]

i made an airport in the pacifoc ocean 99,999 x 9,999 feet got about 10 miles down the taxiway and fs froze.

[savage]

Longest in South Africa is Upington (FAUP - I believe), mainly used for Cargo operations. The runway is 4,900m or 16,000ft long

[Jason]

Full_Throttle0 wrote:
i made an airport in the pacifoc ocean 99,999 x 9,999 feet got about 10 miles down the taxiway and fs froze.

LOL