List of longest runways

Although runway length may be of some academic interest, in terms of usability for airline operations, a runway of at least 6,000 ft (1,829 m) in length is usually adequate for aircraft weights below approximately 200,000 lb (90,718 kg). Larger aircraft including widebodies (Boeing 747, 767, 777, and 787); Airbus A310, A330, A340, A350, and A380; McDonnell Douglas DC-10or MD-11; and the Lockheed L1011 will usually require at least 8,000 ft (2,438 m) at sea level and somewhat more at higher elevation airports. International wide body flights may also have landing requirements of 10,000 ft (3,048 m) or more and takeoff requirements of 13,000 ft (3,962 m) or more.

At sea level, 10,000 ft (3,048 m) can be considered an adequate length to accommodate virtually any aircraft. For example, at O'Hare International Airport, when landing simultaneously on 22R and 27L or parallel 27R, it is routine for arrivals from the Far East which would normally be vectored for 22R (7,500 ft (2,286 m)) or 27R (8,000 ft (2,438 m)) to request 27L (10,000 ft or 3,048 m).

List of airports with a paved runway at least 4,000 m (13,123 ft) long

Airport name	Country	Coordinates	Length (m)	Length (ft)
Qamdo Bamda Airport[1]	China	30°33′13″N 097°06′31″E	5,500	18,045
Ramenskoye Airport[2]	Russia	55°33′12″N 038°09′06″E	5,402	17,723
Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport[3]	Russia	54°24′04″N 048°48′10″E	5,000	16,404
Shigatse Peace Airport[4]	China	29°21′06″N 89°18′25″E	5,000	16,404
Embraer Unidade Gavião Peixoto Airport[5]	Brazil	21°46′25″S 048°24′18″W	4,967	16,296
Upington Airport[6]	South Africa	28°24′04″S 021°15′35″E	4,900	16,076
Denver International Airport[7]	United States	39°51′42″N 104°40′23″W	4,877	16,001
Hamad International Airport[8], A	Qatar	25°16′23″N 051°36′29″E	4,850	15,912
Madrid-Torrejón Airport[9]	Spain	40°29′48″N 003°26′45″W	4,818	15,807
Erbil International Airport[10]	Iraq	36°14′15″N 043°57′47″E	4,800	15,748
Bole International Airport[11]	Ethiopia	08°58′40″N 38°47′58″E	4,725	15,502
Harare International Airport[12]	Zimbabwe	17°55′54″S 031°05′34″E	4,725	15,502
N'djili Airport[13]	Democratic Republic of the Congo	04°23′08″S 015°26′40″E	4,700	15,420
Hwange National Park Airport[14]	Zimbabwe	18°37′48″S 027°01′16″E	4,600	15,092
Southern California Logistics Airport[15]	United States	34°35′51″N 117°22′59″W	4,587	15,049
Edwards Air Force Base[16], B	United States	34°54′20″N 117°53′01″W	4,579	15,023
Doha International Airport[17]	Qatar	25°15′40″N 051°33′54″E	4,572	15,000
Shuttle Landing Facility[18]	United States	28°36′54″N 080°41′40″W	4,572	15,000
Vandenberg Air Force Base[19]	United States	34°43′46″N 120°34′36″W	4,572	15,000
Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport[20]	Namibia	22°29′12″S 017°27′45″E	4,532	14,869
Al Maktoum International Airport[21]	United Arab Emirates	24°53′10″N 055°10′20″E	4,500	14,764
Almaty International Airport[22]	Kazakhstan	43°21′07″N 077°02′26″E	4,500	14,764
Mafikeng Airport[23]	South Africa	25°48′27″S 025°32′40″E	4,500	14,764
Kunming Changshui International Airport	China	25°05′39″N 102°56′04″E	4,500	14,764
Ngari Gunsa Airport[24]	China	32°06′31″N 80°03′10″E	4,500	14,764
Bushehr Airport[25]	Iran	28°56′41″N 050°50′04″E	4,470	14,665
Madrid-Barajas Airport[9]	Spain	40°29′03″N 003°34′00″W	4,470	14,665
John F. Kennedy International Airport[26]	United States	40°38′23″N 073°46′44″W	4,442	14,573
Indira Gandhi International Airport[27]	India	28°33′59″N 077°06′11″E	4,430	14,534
Eielson Air Force Base[28]	United States	64°39′56″N 147°06′05″W	4,429	14,531
McCarran International Airport[29]	United States	36°04′48″N 115°09′08″W	4,423	14,511
OR Tambo International Airport[30]	South Africa	26°08′21″S 028°14′46″E	4,418	14,495
Isfahan International Airport[31]	Iran	32°45′03″N 051°51′40″E	4,397	14,426
Shiraz International Airport[32]	Iran	29°32′21″N 052°35′24″E	4,372	14,344
Hamedan Air Base[33]	Iran	35°12′42″N 048°39′12″E	4,359	14,301
Lic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport[34]	Mexico	19°20′27″N 99°34′01″W	4,310	14,140
Ben Gurion Airport[35]	Israel	32°00′34″N 034°52′58″E	4,280	14,042
Naval Air Station Fallon[36]	United States	39°24′59″N 118°42′04″W	4,269	14,006
Mandalay International Airport[37]	Burma	21°42′08″N 095°58′41″E	4,268	14,003
Zahedan Airport[38]	Iran	29°29′32″N 060°54′22″E	4,265	13,993
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport[39]	India	17°15′00″N 078°25′00″E	4,260	13,976
Fairchild Air Force Base[40]	United States	47°36′54″N 117°39′20″W	4,236	13,898
Dayrestan Airport[41]	Iran	36°45′16″N 055°54′08″E	4,226	13,865
Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport[42]	France	49°00′46″N 002°33′00″E	4,215	13,829
King Khalid International Airport[43]	Saudi Arabia	24°57′28″N 046°41′56″E	4,205	13,796
Kirtland Air Force Base/Albuquerque International Sunport[44]	United States	35°02′25″N 106°36′33″W	4,204	13,793
Bengaluru International Airport[45]	India	12°57′04″N 077°40′05″E	4,200	13,780
Inca Manco Cápac International Airport[46]	Peru	15°28′01″S 070°09′29″W	4,200	13,780
Manas International Airport[47]	Kyrgyzstan	43°03′41″N 074°28′39″E	4,200	13,780
Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport[48]	Iran	35°24′58″N 051°09′08″E	4,198	13,773
Al Jufra Air Base[49]	Libya	29°11′53″N 016°00′04″E	4,185	13,730
Ben Guerir Air Base[50]	Morocco	32°07′50″N 007°54′39″W	4,182	13,720
Davis–Monthan Air Force Base[51]	United States	32°09′59″N 110°52′59″W	4,158	13,642
Berbera Airport[52]	Somalia	10°23′21″N 044°56′27″E	4,140	13,583
Biggs Army Airfield[53]	United States	31°50′58″N 106°22′48″W	4,131	13,553
Kuala Lumpur International Airport[54]	Malaysia	02°44′44″N 101°42′35″E	4,124	13,530
Hill Air Force Base[55]	United States	41°07′26″N 111°58′22″W	4,117	13,507
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport[56]	Kenya	01°19′09″S 036°55′40″E	4,117	13,507
Mountain Home Air Force Base[57]	United States	43°02′58″N 115°51′59″W	4,117	13,507
Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark[58]	United States	35°20′23″N 099°12′02″W	4,116	13,504
Grant County International Airport[59]	United States	47°12′28″N 119°19′13″W	4,116	13,504
Dyess Air Force Base[60]	United States	32°25′15″N 099°51′17″W	4,115	13,501
Naval Air Station Lemoore[61]	United States	36°19′59″N 119°57′07″W	4,115	13,501
Omidiyeh Air Base[62]	Iran	30°50′07″N 049°32′06″E	4,115	13,501
Peterson Air Force Base/Colorado Springs Airport[63]	United States	38°48′21″N 104°42′03″W	4,115	13,501
Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport[64]	United States	35°13′10″N 101°42′21″W	4,115	13,501
Ellsworth Air Force Base[65]	United States	44°08′42″N 103°06′13″W	4,114	13,497
Arakkonam Naval Air Station[66]	India	13°04′16″N 079°41′28″E	4,103	13,461
Abu Dhabi International Airport[67]	United Arab Emirates	24°25′00″N 054°27′00″E	4,100	13,451
Mariscal Sucre International Airport[68]	Ecuador	00°07′45″S 078°21′27″W	4,098	13,445
Shahid Sadooghi Airport[69]	Iran	31°54′18″N 054°16′35″E	4,098	13,445
Altus Air Force Base[70]	United States	34°40′01″N 099°16′00″W	4,097	13,442
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport[71]	United States	32°53′49″N 097°02′17″W	4,085	13,402
Sharjah International Airport[72]	United Arab Emirates	25°19′43″N 055°31′02″E	4,060	13,320
March Joint Air Reserve Base[73]	United States	33°52′50″N 117°15′34″W	4,054	13,301
Yuma International Airport[74]	United States	32°39′24″N 114°36′22″W	4,054	13,301
Riyadh Air Base[75]	Saudi Arabia	24°42′35″N 046°43′31″E	4,050	13,287
Hang Nadim Airport[76]	Indonesia	01°07′15″N 104°07′07″E	4,040	13,255
Mehrabad Airport[77]	Iran	35°41′21″N 051°18′49″E	4,038	13,248
Minot Air Force Base[78]	United States	48°24′56″N 101°21′28″W	4,022	13,196
AFB Makhado[79]	South Africa	23°09′36″S 029°41′48″E	4,020	13,189
Al Taqaddum[80]	Iraq	33°20′17″N 043°35′49″E	4,019	13,186
Thumamah Airport[81]	Saudi Arabia	25°12′46″N 046°38′27″E	4,014	13,169
Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport[82]	Saudi Arabia	24°33′12″N 039°42′18″E	4,008	13,150
Prince Sultan Air Base[83]	Saudi Arabia	24°03′46″N 047°34′50″E	4,006	13,143
Al Ain International Airport[84]	United Arab Emirates	24°15′42″N 055°36′33″E	4,000	13,123
Al Asad Airbase[85]	Iraq	33°47′08″N 042°26′28″E	4,000	13,123
Antonio Maceo Airport[86]	Cuba	19°58′11″N 075°50′07″W	4,000	13,123
Athens International Airport[87]	Greece	37°56′11″N 023°56′40″E	4,000	13,123
Basra International Airport[88]	Iraq	30°32′56″N 047°39′43″E	4,000	13,123
Boryspil International Airport[9]	Ukraine	50°20′41″N 030°53′36″E	4,000	13,123
Ciudad Real Central Airport[9]	Spain	38°51′23″N 003°58′12″W	4,000	13,123
Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport[89]	Mexico	20°31′18″N 103°18′40″W	4,000	13,123
Donetsk International Airport[9]	Ukraine	48°04′30″N 37°44′32″E	4,000	13,123
Dubai International Airport[90]	United Arab Emirates	25°15′10″N 055°21′52″E	4,000	13,123
El Alto International Airport[91]	Bolivia	16°30′48″S 068°11′32″W	4,000	13,123
Frankfurt Airport[9]	Germany	50°01′35″N 008°32′35″E	4,000	13,123
Cairo International Airport[92]	Egypt	30°07′19″N 031°24′20″E	4,000	13,123
Hurghada International Airport[93]	Egypt	27°10′42″N 033°47′58″E	4,000	13,123
Incheon International Airport[94]	Republic of Korea	37°27′48″N 126°26′24″E	4,000	13,123
José Martí International Airport[95]	Cuba	22°59′20″N 082°24′32″W	4,000	13,123
Kansai International Airport[96]	Japan	34°25′44″N 135°14′26″E	4,000	13,123
Khabarovsk Novy Airport[97]	Russia	48°31′41″N 135°11′18″E	4,000	13,123
King Fahd International Airport[98]	Saudi Arabia	26°28′16″N 049°47′52″E	4,000	13,123
Luxembourg - Findel Airport[9]	Luxembourg	49°37′35″N 006°12′41″E	4,000	13,123
Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport[9]	France	45°43′35″N 005°05′27″E	4,000	13,123
Munich Airport[9]	Germany	48°21′14″N 011°47′10″E	4,000	13,123
Narita International Airport[96]	Japan	35°45′53″N 140°23′11″E	4,000	13,123
Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport[99]	Brazil	22°48′32″S 043°14′37″W	4,000	13,123
Shanghai Pudong International Airport[100]	China	31°08′36″N 121°48′19″E	4,000	13,123
Sir Seretse Khama International Airport[101]	Republic of Botswana	24°32′21″S 25°55′08″E	4,000	13,123
Singapore Changi Airport[102]	Singapore	01°21′01″N 103°59′40″E	4,000	13,123
Suvarnabhumi Airport[103]	Thailand	13°40′52″N 100°44′50″E	4,000	13,123
Tashkent International Airport[104]	Uzbekistan	41°15′28″N 069°16′52″E	4,000	13,123
Zhuhai Jinwan Airport[105]	China	22°00′25″N 113°22′34″E	4,000	13,123

Notes

• ^A New Doha International Airport is due to open in 2012^[8]
• ^B The runway also has a 9,000 ft (2,700 m) unpaved overrun on Rogers Dry Lake giving a total length of 24,024 ft (7,323 m)^[106]

Other notable runways

Airport name	Country	Coordinates	Length (m)	Length (ft)
Edwards Air Force Base[106], C	United States	34°55′50″N 117°50′16″W	12,070	39,600
White Sands Space Harbor[107], D	United States	32°56′36″N 106°25′10″W	10,668	35,000
Edwards Air Force BaseC	United States	34°56′35″N 117°51′43″W	8,988	29,487
Nellis Air Force BaseE	United States	36°14′10″N 115°02′03″W	7,341	24,085
Area 51/Groom LakeF	United States	37°14′06″N 115°48′40″W	7,093	23,270
Edwards Air Force BaseC	United States	34°50′40″N 117°51′11″W	7,041	23,100
Edwards Air Force BaseC	United States	34°56′43″N 117°52′03″W	7,037	23,086
Edwards Air Force BaseC	United States	34°57′26″N 117°50′34″W	6,759	22,175
Edwards Air Force BaseG	United States	34°49′56″N 118°03′56″W	6,437	21,120
Edwards Air Force BaseG	United States	34°49′56″N 118°03′56″W	6,437	21,120
Shigatse Air BaseH	People's Republic of China	29°21′07″N 089°18′41″E	4,900	16,076
Edwards Air Force BaseC	United States	34°57′22″N 117°50′35″W	4,572	14,999

Notes

• ^C Unpaved runway located on Rogers Dry Lake and not marked on the Federal Aviation Administration airport diagram.^[16]
• ^D Unpaved runway part of the White Sands Test Facility/White Sands Missile Range
• ^E Abandoned, the longest runway in operation is 10,123 ft (3,085 m)^[108]
• ^F 14R/32L closed, length approximate
• ^G Unpaved runway located on Rosamond Lake and not marked on the Federal Aviation Administration airport diagram.^[16]
• ^H Approximate length taken from Google Earth due to a lack of provisional information on the part of the People's Republic of China.