Post you’re comments, pictures, and ideas on runways of all airports in the world.

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/photos/middle/7/8/9/0748987.jpg
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/photos/photos/3/0/1/0925103.jpg

Scarry. Cross the street at your own risk. LOL

http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/plane-crossing-road-gibraltar.jpg

^^ OMG! :uh: :eek: :nuts: Which airport was that picture taken? :?

^^ Gibraltar

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/alfinsky/SEAIRD328.jpg

Is this the runway>>>>> Control tower MD MD..... LOL

wow! those first pictures are crazy! haha the pilot better be good

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/1/4/3/1006341.jpg

Gosh that photo's old .. B777-300 in old livery .. haha.

Nice photo btw, stunning. Though the A380 would have look gigahumonHUGE on the bridge =p

The runways at Narita are interesting...

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/narita.jpg

Protesters held onto land and the airport had to adapt - in yellow is where the runways were meant to continue.

davao international airport

runway 23 (note the sloping runway towards runway 05)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/3365158710_d986d36521.jpg

pilots view of runway 23
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/1_307251674l.jpg

taken from Sam Ratulangi Airport, Manado, Indonesia Thread

Air side SRIA (MDC) compiled from samratulangi-airport.com and woc2009.org

Renovation finished in 2001

runway length= 2650 m (the 3rd longest in eastern part of Indonesia to date after Frans Kaisiepo in Biak and Ngurah Rai in Denpasar)

runway width= 45 m

taxy way= 2650 m x 30 m (full taxy way along the runway)


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http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7825/dsc02142b.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2431/dsc02155d.jpg

davao international airport

runway 23 (note the sloping runway towards runway 05)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/3365158710_d986d36521.jpg

pilots view of runway 23
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/xzibit31/1_307251674l.jpg

What is the reason behind the slope runway?

^^

that is the terrain of the land.:)

Matecaña International Airport Runway 2020 Mts Pereira, Colombia

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1660/pereira13.jpg

Antonio Nariño Airport Runway 2300 Mts Pasto, Colombia

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5374/pasto3.jpg

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/33/0475545.jpg

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2662/0664244.jpg

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/9876/0824243.jpg

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/4612/1033399.jpg

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3424/1137958.jpg

Antonio Nariño Airport Pasto, Colombia

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5374/pasto3.jpg[/QUOTE]



this is really cool...

^^^^^^
That so extreme man….. You better calculate your landing or else you will hang on the clip. Then when have successful landing you better to push hard your brake or else you will be experience sudden death drop. LoL

I wish to land my plane in that runway…..

More crazy runways.
http://www.pilotoutlook.com/images/crazy_runways_1.jpg

Princess Julian Airport, St. Maarten
http://www.pilotoutlook.com/images/crazy_runways_2.jpg

Floro, Norway
http://www.pilotoutlook.com/images/crazy_runways_3.jpg
http://www.pilotoutlook.com/images/crazy_runways_4.jpg

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
http://www.pilotoutlook.com/images/crazy_runways_6.jpg

Azores, Portugal
http://www.pilotoutlook.com/images/crazy_runways_7.jpg
http://www.pilotoutlook.com/images/crazy_runways_8.jpg

Courchevel International Airport, France
http://www.pilotoutlook.com/images/crazy_runways_19.jpg

http://www.pilotoutlook.com/images/crazy_runways_7.jpg


This is actually Macau SAR, China.

taken from Sam Ratulangi Airport, Manado, Indonesia Thread

"Batavia Air"? Isn't that a little... politically incorrect?

"Batavia Air"? Isn't that a little... politically incorrect?

what do you mean with politically incorrect?

Batavia Air is one of Indonesian LCC

I ask because Batavia was the Dutch colonial name of Jakarta. Since most nations try not to think about colonialism too much, it seems strange an airliner would call itself that.

More "think-twice-before-u-land" runways... Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport - Saba Island, Netherlands Antilles...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Saba_airport.jpg/800px-Saba_airport.jpg
^^ Just look at the road leading to the airport... Its just so crazy... and cool... and the the airport... sooo cool....

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/Saba_0432868.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Saba_Flughafen.jpg

Barra Airport, Scotland

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Barra-Airport-Canthusus.JPG/800px-Barra-Airport-Canthusus.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Plane_arrival_at_Barra_Airport.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Barra_Airport%2C_from_road.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Runway-underwater.JPG/800px-Runway-underwater.JPG
^^ Airport closed... Runway underwater...:lol:

Gen. Abelardo L. Rdgz. Intl. Airpt. - Tijuana, Mexico

http://www.aeropuertosgap.com.mx/assets/galleries/1470/dsc_0073.jpg

http://www.aeropuertosgap.com.mx/assets/galleries/1470/tijuana2.jpg

http://www.aeropuertosgap.com.mx/assets/galleries/1470/dsc_0070.jpg

Silvio Pettirossi Intl. Airpt. - Asuncion, Paraguay

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss329/_chris_91_/airport.jpg

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss329/_chris_91_/pista20.jpg

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss329/_chris_91_/airport2.jpg

Guarani Intl. Airpt. - Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss329/_chris_91_/cde3.jpg

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss329/_chris_91_/cde2.jpg

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss329/_chris_91_/cde1.jpg

Dr. Luis Maria Argaña Intl. Airpt. - Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss329/_chris_91_/pistamascalestigarribia.jpg

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss329/_chris_91_/mariscalestigarribia.jpg

I want to be in that place!!!

Sint Maarten.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5167/klm10.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=klm10.jpg)

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7991/klm24.jpg (http://img6.imageshack.us/my.php?image=klm24.jpg)

Is just like a close encounter with a monster man….

I will never attempt to be their. That could be a massive hell of turbulence and massive of decibel on my ear.

[QUOTE=PlayasCity;35362048]More "think-twice-before-u-land" runways... Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport - Saba Island, Netherlands Antilles...

It’s actually cool runway to land. The only problem of this runway is the wind direction.

I ask because Batavia was the Dutch colonial name of Jakarta. Since most nations try not to think about colonialism too much, it seems strange an airliner would call itself that.

i guess the reason someone chose that name for an airline was just as simple as a good name for a brand

Landing at Glasgow International Airport (GLA) in a Boeing 777-300ER.

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Landing on St. Maarten (Netherlands Antilles)
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Toncontín International Airport,Tegucigalpa Honduras
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4382/enefebsjo09012av2.jpg

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/3700/p7140006cz1.jpg

Does anyone have any pictures of the airport of Genua, Italy? At Google Maps it looks pretty spectacular!

Landing AA 757 at TGU-Toncontin

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WOAH, OMG, these airports are crazy!!!

my favorites have to be the two from the Netherland Antilles and Toncontin for sure.. keep em coming! i had no idea these existed!

TGU :eek2:

hang nadim runway di lihat dari udara

http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/qq38/BATAMANIA/0594385.jpg

pict by radzi desa

Hang Nadim airport (BTH), Batam Island, Indonesia. It is located 20 km (12.5 miles) off Singapore's south coast. the airport is an alternative divert destination airport to Singapore's Changi airport.

It is currently the longest runway in Indonesia, with 4000m long.

Hang Nadim airport (BTH), Batam Island, Indonesia. It is located 20 km (12.5 miles) off Singapore's south coast. the airport is an alternative divert destination airport to Singapore's Changi airport.

It is currently the longest runway in Indonesia, with 4000m long.

Woow pretty long runway. No need to push break so hard.

Tancontin is bit scarry. i think i can't used auto pilot in that runway

Sao Paulo, Brazil (Congonhas - CGH / SBSP) / Domestic flights only, more than 12 million pax/year.

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/0/0/4/1056400.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/8/9/1035983.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/1/8/8/0634881.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/2/1/8/0503812.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/6/7/0/0983076.jpg

TGU :eek2:

look like kai-tak without skyscrapers :lol:

^^^^Yes,indeed it is a very difficult airport to land,and the actual authorities are making some efforts to ease the approach of the airplanes,a few years ago the planes landed on a very steep angle:
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/4/9/9/0141994.jpg

I do remember that one TAM airline crash in this runway last year. Airplane went off the runway and smash on the building.

See next post

DMIA (Philippines)
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c3/abercromb24/AirbusA380Clark10122007/airbusa280clarkairport10122007la-5.jpg

Thanks to abercromb24

look at this video, this airport is amazing, or not?????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0H8D3XLG6I

PSO AIRPORT, NARINO COLOMBIA

look like kai-tak without skyscrapers :lol:

:wave:

PS Sao Paulo ones are awesome!

Another one from Brazil, from Santus Dumont Domestic Airport in Rio de Janeiro (SDU/SBRJ):


http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/1/5/7/7/29961_1229177775.jpg (http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6438301&nseq=2)
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6438301&nseq=2


http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/2/0/0/6/62791_1215398600.jpg (http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6296757&nseq=13)
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6296757&nseq=13


http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/1/7/1/8/94049_1043205817.jpg (http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=25477&nseq=24)
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=25477&nseq=24


http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/2/0/9/2/52252_1084230290.jpg (http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=281352&nseq=207)
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=281352&nseq=207


http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/2/0/2/0379202.jpg (http://www.airliners.net/photo/-/-/0379202/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839)
http://www.airliners.net/photo/-/-/0379202/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839


http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/0/2/8/0396820.jpg (http://www.airliners.net/photo/Gol-Transportes-Aereos/Boeing-737-7.../0396820/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839)
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Gol-Transportes-Aereos/Boeing-737-7.../0396820/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839


http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/1/6/2/1080261.jpg (http://www.airliners.net/photo/Gol-Transportes-Aereos/Boeing-737-76N/1080261/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839)
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Gol-Transportes-Aereos/Boeing-737-76N/1080261/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839


http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/5/2/8/0273825.jpg (http://www.airliners.net/photo/-/-/0273825/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839)
http://www.airliners.net/photo/-/-/0273825/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839


http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/0/5/3/0612350.jpg (http://www.airliners.net/photo/TAM/Airbus-A319-132/0612350/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839)
http://www.airliners.net/photo/TAM/Airbus-A319-132/0612350/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839

Awesome shots from Rio!!!

:runaway:

http://i.pbase.com/g6/86/740786/2/83929677.RaRLXyuz.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/0/5/3/0612350.jpg (http://www.airliners.net/photo/TAM/Airbus-A319-132/0612350/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839)
http://www.airliners.net/photo/TAM/Airbus-A319-132/0612350/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839[/QUOTE]

fantastic background....

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/0/2/8/0396820.jpg (http://www.airliners.net/photo/Gol-Transportes-Aereos/Boeing-737-7.../0396820/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839)
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Gol-Transportes-Aereos/Boeing-737-7.../0396820/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839

:eek2: It is a great photography :applause:

^^ really amazing shots from approach... what a nice view pax must have...

imagine the pictures one can get from up there, inches away from the Pao de Açucar (?)...

About Santus Dumont Airport in Rio (SBRJ/SDU), check this thread to see other shots and videos: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=842888

Or watch these:

Landing at rwy 20L:
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Landing at rwy 02R:
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Taking off from rwy 20L:
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Taking off from rwy 02R:
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http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/latinohunk/IMG_3528.jpg
Photo by "GersonLDN" - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=37355434&postcount=133

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/0/2/8/0396820.jpg (http://www.airliners.net/photo/Gol-Transportes-Aereos/Boeing-737-7.../0396820/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839)
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Gol-Transportes-Aereos/Boeing-737-7.../0396820/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839

:eek2: It is a great photography :applause:

NICE PIC

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/0/5/3/0612350.jpg (http://www.airliners.net/photo/TAM/Airbus-A319-132/0612350/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839)
http://www.airliners.net/photo/TAM/Airbus-A319-132/0612350/&sid=3e20e5b9e99a81ceb27f14fe63418839

fantastic background....[/QUOTE]

i wonder why they gave permit for the cable car near the airport?? it would have been more difficult to approach or to take off during foggy day or night.

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Baltra, Galapagos islands
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a St. Marteen stunning take-off

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8225/myaviationnetphotoid016.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/i/myaviationnetphotoid016.jpg/)

http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=01617659&size=large

:uh:

OMG, i've never seen an aircraft taking off that way there :omg::master::drool:

I've always wondered... what makes normal airport runways so much expensive? they don't look like they're that special

Beirut Airport - Lebanon

http://www.habeeb.com/images/lebanon.beirut.010.jpg

http://image16.webshots.com/16/4/46/71/182744671CIlICu_fs.jpg

http://www.discoverlebanon.com/en/photos/data/media/6/06airport.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g240/Jamie_Y/1343265.jpg?t=1245599810

:)Hello,this is my first message on this huge forum.I love it ,you are so great you shared wonderful pics.
I'm very emotive, i must fly from Bucarest(OTP) to Madrid(Barajas),i'm litle scared .I'

Rafael Hernández Airport - Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

It is currently the longest runway of the Caribbean.

Runway 08/26: 11,702 x 200 ft (3,567 x 61 m)

* With Blast Pads and Shoulders: 13,440 X 300 ft (4,097 X 91 m)

http://www.prpa.gobierno.pr/uploads/images/Aguadilla-Aeropuerto134%20-28-May-04%20100.jpg

http://flytoaguadillapr.com/facilities.html

Katowice Airport(KTW), POLAND
Runway 09/27: 2 800 x 60 m(Concrete)

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/2/9/7/1531792.jpg


John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice(KRK), POLAND
Runway 07/25: 2 550 × 60 m(Concrete)

http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/1/8/7/2/49386_1205578278.jpg

Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport(WAW), POLAND
Runway 15/33: 3 690 × 60 m(Asphalt)
Runway 11/29: 2 800 × 50 m(Asphalt)

http://i40.tinypic.com/kcb7lz.jpg

:)Hello,this is my first message on this huge forum.I love it ,you are so great you shared wonderful pics.
I'm very emotive, i must fly from Bucarest(OTP) to Madrid(Barajas),i'm litle scared .I'

Thank you LucianT. Share some pic of airport runways in your country.

Don't be scared trust your pilot.

Cheers

To all forumers at this forum:

What is the significant of having a cross runway than the two horizontal runways?

^^ I have no idea... I personally prefer airports with parallel ones...

But for quick example, Chicago Midway has multiple crossing runways...

Keeping with the runways... Here's this little known airbase... Imperial Beach, CA...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3536/3741272142_5055db5580_b.jpg

To all forumers at this forum:

What is the significant of having a cross runway than the two horizontal runways?
It's totally a guess, but maybe if there's a strong crosswind, it might be easier to land "into" the wind rather than "across" the wind.

runway so close to sea:nuts:

Runway orientation is all about wind coverage. In places near the coast, wind direction is rather consistent and predictable, so the runways are all oriented in the same direction so they are parallel, such as LAX. Places where winds are less predictable or consistently go in any of several directions, then multiple runways are placed in various directions so the airport can operate under any condition, such as Denver. Crosswinds are very bad for runway operation so what I mean for wind coverage is how much of the the time the wind is going in the direction of the runway so the planes can fly into the wind, which is preferred for takeoff and landing.

^^ An example of why heavy crosswind landings are so dangerous, at Hamburg's airport last year: :runaway:
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Schiphol Amsterdam: ultimate flatness.
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/2/1/1/0691112.jpg

^^ An example of why heavy crosswind landings are so dangerous, at Hamburg's airport last year: :runaway:
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That looks awesome. Fun flight experience. :)

San Francisco international

Runways 28L and 28R thresholds
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/175975603_5745515631_b.jpg

A340 pilots may watch Triple 7 take off while crosswind landing.
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/5/4/8/0788845.jpg
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Singapore-Airlines/Boeing-777-212-ER/0788845/M/

Several aricrafts getting ready to take off from 1R. It is a huge success to witness an aircraft landing on it.
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/8/9/6/0751698.jpg
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Delta-Air-Lines/Boeing-767-232/0751698/L/

Also i love this angle. Like she's landing directly on rocks.
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/0/5/0538503.jpg
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Aeroflot/Boeing-777-2Q8-ER/0538503/L/

Stockholm Bromma Airport, Sweden...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Bromma_flygplats.jpg/800px-Bromma_flygplats.jpg

Here's this gorgeous picture of SFO...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/SFOApril2005.JPG/800px-SFOApril2005.JPG

^^ An example of why heavy crosswind landings are so dangerous, at Hamburg's airport last year: :runaway:
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:eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2: