Runway

A runway is a strip of land on an airport, on which aircraft can take off and land. Runways may be a prepared surface, (often asphalt or concrete) or an unprepared surface (grass, dirt, gravel).

Longest runways

Some of the longest runways include:

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• Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA ({{coor dm|34|53|N|117|51|W|}}) - 11,905 m (39,060 ft) dirt
• Area 51 (Lincoln County, Nevada) ({{coor dm|37|14|N|115|49|W|}}) - 5506 m (18,067 ft)¹ asphalt/concrete
• Moscow, Russia Zhukovsky Aerodrome ({{coor dm|55|33|N|38|09|E|}}) - 5403 m (17,726 ft) concrete
• Jih Ko Tse, China ({{coor dm|29|21|N|89|19|E|}}) - 5000 m (16,404 ft) concrete
• Embraer Gaviao Peixoto, Brazil ({{ coor dm|21|46|S|48|24|W}}) - 4967 m (16,295 ft) asphalt
• Upington, South Africa ({{coor dm|28|24|S|21|16|E|}}) - 4900 m (16,076 ft) asphalt
• Denver International Airport, Colorado, USA ({{coor dm|39|52|N|104|40|W|}}) - 4877 m (16,000 ft) concrete
• Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA ({{coor dm|34|54|N|117|53|W|}}) - 4576 m (15,013 ft) concrete
• Qamdo Bangda, China (Tibet) ({{coor dm|30|33|N|97|06|E|}}) - 4200 m (13,779 ft) concrete²

1 Marked as "abandoned" on satellite imagery. Total pavement length including overruns is 24,085 ft. The facility's sole active runway has a length of 3651 m (11,980 ft).

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2 Listed here as Chinese sources have contributed to misperceptions that it is the world's longest runway. It is billed as the world's highest airport at 4300 m (14,707 ft).

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