The airports that have the longest runways in the world, because they are at altitude or the planes need more speed to be able to fly. And long runways to accommodate the largest planes or non-standard aircraft like the American space shuttle in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
Altitude : 18 m = 59ft
Juancho E. Yrausquin airport is located close to Saba, Upper Hells Gate at 0.7 km↑, Saba at 1.9 km↑, Windward Side at 2.2 km↑, The Bottom at 3.8 km↑, Oranjestad at 31 km↑, Sint Eustatius at 31 km↑,
Airport flanked, on one side by high hills and by cliffs that fall into the sea. The landing is complex because the runway is only 396 meters.
The longest runway measure : 396 m = 1299ft
- runway 12/30 : 396m = 1299ft
Data sources
- AVWX (avwx.rest)
- Aerial maps : Google Maps (www.google.com), Microsoft Bing (www.microsoft.com) ou OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org)
