Check out a list of the 10 largest runways at airports and airbases around the world. Spoiler: one of them is in Brazil
Airports and air bases are places that arouse the curiosity of many people, certainly due to their technical functioning, which house air traffic control, hangars and, of course, runways, big “stars” next to the planes.
Did you know, for example, that Brazil has one of the 10 largest racetracks in the world? It’s not necessarily at an airport, but it serves as a base for Embraer to carry out its tests in the city of Gavião Peixoto, in the interior of São Paulo.
But it is in Asia, the largest continent in the world, that the largest runways are concentrated, especially in China and Russia, home to countless military bases and very busy airports. OR canaltech it will help you to eliminate the curiosity and listed here the 10 largest runways for landing and takeoff of airplanes in the world.
10. Erbil Airport (Iraq)
With one 4,800m runway, Erbil International Airport, located in Kurdistan, an autonomous region within Iraq, has one of the longest runways in the Middle East and all of Asia. Its movement, which attracts military and civilian flights, is low, with only 2 million passengers a year.
9. Torrejon-Madrid Air Base (Spain)
Famous for hosting US military operations, Torrejon airport is not the main airport in Madrid, the capital of Spain. This title belongs to the Barajas site, an important operating center in Europe and in the world.
In the case of Torrejon, this military vocation has provided him with ea investments 4,818m runway. There are, of course, scheduled commercial flights as well as government and corporate jet operations. But most of them, yes they are in Barajas.
8. Doha Airport (Qatar)
The largest runway in the Middle East is at Doha Airport in Qatar, one of the busiest and most beautiful in the world. Aircrafts such as the A380 can enjoy a runway of 4,877 meters effortless to land and take off.
7. Denver International Airport (USA)
The United States is known for its extremely crowded airports with multiple runways, but none have one as big as the Denver International Airport in the state of Colorado.
The world’s largest airport by built-up area has six runways, but the largest does 4,877 m.
6. Upington Airport (South Africa)
Used as a hub in South Africa, mainly on routes to Europe and South America, Upington Airport has a 4,900m runway.
5. Gavião Peixoto Aerodrome (Brazil)
Owned by Embraer, Gavião Peixoto Aerodrome has the largest runway in the Americas and the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. It’s 4,967 meters capable of receiving any aircraft. The runway is so large that the Boeing 747, for example, would only use half of it to land without difficulty.
4. Peace of Shigatse (Tibet)
Tibet is one of the highest and most inhospitable regions in the world, an ideal place for gigantic slopes. Considered a Chinese airport, even though Tibet enjoys some autonomy, Shigatse Peace Airport has a 5,000m runway extension.
3. Ulyanovsk Vostochny (Russia)
also with 5,000-metre runway, Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport, Russia was one of the construction bases of the giant Antonov, destroyed during the war in Ukraine. A curiosity about this track is its width, about 105m, the widest in the world.
2. Zhukovsky (Russia)
Recently released for commercial flights (low cost only), Zhukovsky Airport is very close to Moscow and boasts a Runway of 5,402 meters.
1.Qambo Bamda (Tibet)
Remember we said that Tibet is a region prone to airports with large runways? Well, Qambo Bamda has the longest runway in the world, with 5,500 m. It is so large that a Boeing 777 can land using only half the extension, with only the brakes (without the use of reverse).
At 18,045 feet long, the asphalt runway at Qamdo Bamda Airport in Tibet is the longest in the world.
The airport is so high (14k ft) that the engines and wings have difficulty generating enough lift for takeoff. pic.twitter.com/fSC7xyjVdh
— AeroDork (@AeroDork) September 23, 2019
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