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WORLD'S Longest Runway  
User currently offlineMtrpls From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 9 posts, RR: 0
Posted (12 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 3446 times:

Does anyone know where the world's current longest runway is? I heard a while back that it was a 15,000 footer at Edwards Air Force Base, but I'm not sure.

Denver (KDEN) is in the process of building a 16,000 foot long runway, so will this become the world's longest?

Can anyone help me verify this?

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User currently offlineWEAPON From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (12 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 3345 times:

I never heard anything else about it, but supposedly, the U.S. goverment has base some where with a 36,000ft runway. I remember hearing that 2 Space Shuttles could land on opposite ends and come to a complete stop w/o coming close to each other. Like I said, I heard this...

User currently offlineIFlyADesk From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 309 posts, RR: 1
Reply 2, posted (12 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 3343 times:

Runway 04/22 at KEDW is in fact 14,994 feet in length. This is a concrete runway. The (much) longer runway you mention is actually ON Rogers Dry Lake.

The primary Shuttle landing runway is 15/33 designated as X68 - NASA SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITY AIRPORT in Titusville FL, at 15,000 feet in length.

User currently onlineSTT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16250 posts, RR: 52
Reply 3, posted (12 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 3329 times:

Groom lake test facility in Nevada supposedly has the longest runway in the world.


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User currently offlineTimz From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 6465 posts, RR: 8
Reply 4, posted (12 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 3304 times:

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/302045/
http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/322769/
http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/357957/

and probably lots more where those came from.

I haven't sifted through all of these, but I'm guessing Upington, assuming we're talking about paved runways and not lakebeds.

User currently offlineIFlyADesk From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 309 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (12 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 3261 times:

"Groom Lake" and "supposedly". Lotsa facts there!

User currently offlineGmonney From Canada, joined Jan 2001, 2158 posts, RR: 23
Reply 6, posted (12 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 3241 times:

What about Canada??? I know that North Bay has a very long rwy. I think that Boeing does some cold weather testing up there.

Grant


Drive it like you stole it!
User currently offlineWestjet_737 From Japan, joined Nov 1999, 859 posts, RR: 6
Reply 7, posted (12 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 3239 times:

I know that YYC (calgary) has the longest CIVIL aviation runway in Canada
at about 13,000 Feet

User currently offlineCritter_592 From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 279 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (12 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 3229 times:

Didn't anyone forget Kennedy's 14,572 footer did they? 31L/13R

User currently offlineAus_spotter From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 286 posts, RR: 4
Reply 9, posted (12 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 3234 times:

Austin - Bergstrom (AUS)
17-R/35L 12251 x 150 ft. / 3734 x 46 m
This was the original air force runway.

Jason Knutson - Austin, TX

User currently offlineIFlyADesk From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 309 posts, RR: 1
Reply 10, posted (12 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 3219 times:

As far as commercial airports in the US, my best guess would be JFK's 13R/31L at 14,572.

User currently offlineILOVEA340 From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 2100 posts, RR: 5
Reply 11, posted (12 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 3183 times:

Edwards is about 15 paved and thenm another like 10-15 unpaved but groomed I think. so you could call it like 20-25K ft.

User currently offlineSamurai 777 From Canada, joined Jan 2000, 2451 posts, RR: 5
Reply 12, posted (12 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 3177 times:

I think CFB Namao, just on the north end of Edmonton has at least one runway over 14,000 ft in length - and has been desingnated as a potential emergency landing site for the US Space Shuttle. If that is true, then it may be the longest runway in Canada.

User currently offlineJames768 From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2000, 112 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (12 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 3140 times:

Runway 17\35 at Edwards - the main lakebed runway - is 39,600 Feet long. Thats gotta be some plane that needs that length to take off.

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