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The Pilots Desk

Airports with the longest runways

The longest runways on Earth — built for heavily-loaded widebodies, high-elevation fields where thin air stretches the takeoff roll, and designated emergency or space-shuttle alternates. Ranked by longest single runway.

  1. 1🇺🇸 Libby Camps Seaplane Base · AshlandME8626,000 ft / 7,925 m
  2. 2🇺🇸 Long Lake Seaplane Base · Sinclair92B25,000 ft / 7,620 m
  3. 3🇺🇸 Brookville Reservoir Seaplane Base · Brookville12I25,000 ft / 7,620 m
  4. 4🇺🇸 Conchas Lake Seaplane Base · Conchas DamE6121,120 ft / 6,437 m
  5. 5🇬🇱 Gisp Ice Landing Strip · Summit CampGL-000217,388 ft / 5,300 m
  6. 6🇺🇸 Cherry Pockets Fish Camp Seaplane Base · Lake WalesUS-499117,302 ft / 5,274 m
  7. 7🇺🇸 Goddard Seadrome Seaplane Base · FrostproofFD4617,000 ft / 5,182 m
  8. 8🇺🇸 Edwards Air Force Base · EdwardsEDW16,798 ft / 5,120 m
  9. 9🇨🇳 Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air Base · Xigazê (Samzhubzê)RKZ16,404 ft / 5,000 m
  10. 10🇷🇺 Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport · CherdaklyULY16,404 ft / 5,000 m
  11. 11🇿🇦 Upington Airport · UpingtonUTN16,076 ft / 4,900 m
  12. 12🇺🇸 Denver International Airport · DenverDEN16,000 ft / 4,877 m
  13. 13🇺🇸 Patoka Reservoir Landing Area Seaplane Base · French Lick06I16,000 ft / 4,877 m
  14. 14🇶🇦 Hamad International Airport · DohaDOH15,912 ft / 4,850 m
  15. 15🇺🇸 San Luis Reservoir Seaplane Base · Los Banos0O015,840 ft / 4,828 m
  16. 16🇪🇸 Madrid–Torrejón Airport / Torrejón Air Base · MadridTOJ15,807 ft / 4,818 m
  17. 17🇮🇶 Erbil International Airport · ArbilEBL15,748 ft / 4,800 m
  18. 18🇨🇳 Golmud Airport · GolmudGOQ15,748 ft / 4,800 m
  19. 19🇿🇼 Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport · HarareHRE15,502 ft / 4,725 m
  20. 20🇿🇦 Mmabatho International Airport · MafekingMBD15,157 ft / 4,620 m
  21. 21🇷🇺 Zhukovsky International Airport · MoscowZIA15,092 ft / 4,600 m
  22. 22🇿🇼 Hwange National Park Airport · Gwayi River FarmsHWN15,091 ft / 4,600 m
  23. 23🇰🇼 Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait CityKWI15,026 ft / 4,580 m
  24. 24🇳🇦 Hosea Kutako International Airport · WindhoekWDH15,010 ft / 4,575 m
  25. 25🇺🇸 Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility · TitusvilleKTTS15,001 ft / 4,572 m
  26. 26🇺🇸 Bottle Bay Seaplane Base · SandpointID5415,000 ft / 4,572 m
  27. 27🇺🇸 Essex Boatworks Seaplane Base · EssexNY8315,000 ft / 4,572 m
  28. 28🇺🇸 Vandenberg Space Force Base · LompocVBG15,000 ft / 4,572 m
  29. 29🇺🇸 Nunam Iqua Airport · Nunam IquaSXP15,000 ft / 4,572 m
  30. 30🇺🇸 Long Lake /Helms Seaplane Base · Long LakeNY915,000 ft / 4,572 m
  31. 31🇺🇸 Long Lake Sagamore Seaplane Base & Marina · Long LakeK0315,000 ft / 4,572 m
  32. 32🇺🇸 Quams Marina Seaplane Base · Stoughton99C15,000 ft / 4,572 m
  33. 33🇺🇸 Ferndale Resort Seaplane Base · KelseyvilleCN2015,000 ft / 4,572 m
  34. 34🇺🇸 Long Lake Seaplane Base · Naples76B15,000 ft / 4,572 m
  35. 35🇺🇸 Mabel's Balloonport · FrenchtownJY4215,000 ft / 4,572 m
  36. 36🇺🇸 Chesuncook Lake House Seaplane Base · Chesuncook1ME15,000 ft / 4,572 m
  37. 37🇶🇦 Doha International Airport · DohaDIA15,000 ft / 4,572 m
  38. 38🇺🇸 Harry S Truman Dam & Reservoir Seaplane Base · Warsaw75U15,000 ft / 4,572 m
  39. 39🇺🇸 Maus Marineland Seaplane Base · New HopeNK015,000 ft / 4,572 m
  40. 40🇬🇱 Summit Ice Landing Strip · Summit CampGL-000615,000 ft / 4,572 m
  41. 41🇺🇸 East Dakota Flying Club Seaplane Base · Madison5G315,000 ft / 4,572 m
  42. 42🇺🇸 Stockton Lake Seaplane Base · Stockton2M515,000 ft / 4,572 m
  43. 43🇺🇸 Port Sulphur Seaplane Base · Port Sulphur4LA015,000 ft / 4,572 m
  44. 44🇺🇸 Lake Monroe Seaplane Base · Bloomington07I15,000 ft / 4,572 m
  45. 45🇺🇸 Grand Marais/Cook County Seaplane Base · Grand Marais0G515,000 ft / 4,572 m
  46. 46🇺🇸 Hummel Seaplane Base · Island Heights16NJ15,000 ft / 4,572 m
  47. 47🇺🇸 Bradford Camps Seaplane Base · AshlandME315,000 ft / 4,572 m
  48. 48🇺🇸 Brooks Seaplane Base · Coeur D'AleneS7615,000 ft / 4,572 m
  49. 49🇺🇸 Nugent Chamberlain Lake Seaplane Base · Chesuncook39B15,000 ft / 4,572 m
  50. 50🇺🇸 Lucky Landing Marina and Seaplane Base · Glenburn06B15,000 ft / 4,572 m
  51. 51🇺🇸 Pebbly Beach Seaplane Base · AvalonL1115,000 ft / 4,572 m
  52. 52🇺🇸 Harry Reid International Airport · Las VegasLAS14,835 ft / 4,522 m
  53. 53🇰🇿 Yubileyniy Airfield · TöretamUAON14,765 ft / 4,500 m
  54. 54🇰🇿 Almaty International Airport · AlmatyALA14,764 ft / 4,500 m
  55. 55🇨🇳 Shigatse Tingri Airport · Xigazê (Dingri)DDR14,764 ft / 4,500 m
  56. 56🇨🇳 Qamdo Bangda Airport · BangdaBPX14,764 ft / 4,500 m
  57. 57🇲🇽 Felipe Ángeles International Airport · Mexico CityNLU14,764 ft / 4,500 m
  58. 58🇨🇳 Kunming Changshui International Airport · KunmingKMG14,764 ft / 4,500 m
  59. 59🇦🇪 Al Maktoum International Airport · Dubai(Jebel Ali)DWC14,764 ft / 4,500 m
  60. 60🇨🇳 Ngari Gunsa Airport · ShiquanheNGQ14,764 ft / 4,500 m
  61. 61🇮🇷 Bushehr Airport · BushehrBUZ14,664 ft / 4,470 m
  62. 62🇦🇪 Dubai International Airport · DubaiDXB14,590 ft / 4,447 m
  63. 63🇮🇳 Indira Gandhi International Airport · New DelhiDEL14,534 ft / 4,430 m
  64. 64🇺🇸 Eielson Air Force Base · FairbanksEIL14,530 ft / 4,429 m
  65. 65🇺🇸 John F. Kennedy International Airport · New YorkJFK14,511 ft / 4,423 m
  66. 66🇺🇸 Mississinewa Reservoir Landing Area Seaplane Base · Peru43I14,500 ft / 4,420 m
  67. 67🇿🇦 O.R. Tambo International Airport · JohannesburgJNB14,495 ft / 4,418 m
  68. 68🇮🇷 Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport · IsfahanIFN14,425 ft / 4,397 m
  69. 69🇮🇷 Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport · ShirazSYZ14,345 ft / 4,372 m
  70. 70🇮🇷 Nojeh Air Base · AmirabadNUJ14,300 ft / 4,359 m
  71. 71🇪🇸 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · MadridMAD14,271 ft / 4,350 m
  72. 72🇸🇦 Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · MedinaMED14,222 ft / 4,335 m
  73. 73🇮🇷 Zahedan International Airport · ZahedanZAH14,042 ft / 4,280 m
  74. 74🇲🇲 Mandalay International Airport · MandalayMDL14,003 ft / 4,268 m
  75. 75🇺🇸 Fallon Naval Air Station · FallonNFL14,001 ft / 4,268 m
  76. 76🇺🇸 Lindey's Landing West Seaplane Base · Seeley LakeM3514,000 ft / 4,267 m
  77. 77🇨🇦 Calgary International Airport · CalgaryYYC14,000 ft / 4,267 m
  78. 78🇺🇸 Miami Seaplane Base · MiamiMPB14,000 ft / 4,267 m
  79. 79🇺🇸 Namakan Seaplane Base · Ray57MN14,000 ft / 4,267 m
  80. 80🇮🇳 Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · HyderabadHYD13,976 ft / 4,260 m
  81. 81🇺🇸 Fairchild Air Force Base · SpokaneSKA13,899 ft / 4,236 m
  82. 82🇮🇷 Qeshm International Airport · Qeshm(Dayrestan)GSM13,864 ft / 4,226 m
  83. 83🇫🇷 Charles de Gaulle International Airport · Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)CDG13,829 ft / 4,215 m
  84. 84🇸🇦 King Khalid International Airport · RiyadhRUH13,796 ft / 4,205 m
  85. 85🇺🇸 Albuquerque International Sunport · AlbuquerqueABQ13,793 ft / 4,204 m
  86. 86🇵🇪 Inca Manco Capac International Airport · JuliacaJUL13,780 ft / 4,200 m
  87. 87🇰🇬 Manas International Airport · BishkekBSZ13,780 ft / 4,200 m
  88. 88🇨🇳 Daocheng Yading Airport · Garzê (Daocheng)DCY13,780 ft / 4,200 m
  89. 89🇲🇽 Adolfo López Mateos International Airport · TolucaTLC13,780 ft / 4,200 m
  90. 90🇮🇷 Imam Khomeini International Airport · TehranIKA13,772 ft / 4,198 m
  91. 91🇱🇾 Al Jufra AirportHL6913,729 ft / 4,185 m
  92. 92🇺🇸 Davis Monthan Air Force Base · TucsonDMA13,643 ft / 4,158 m
  93. 93🇸🇴 Berbera Airport · BerberaBBO13,582 ft / 4,140 m
  94. 94🇺🇸 Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss) · Fort Bliss/El PasoBIF13,554 ft / 4,131 m
  95. 95🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur International Airport · SepangKUL13,530 ft / 4,124 m
  96. 96🇨🇳 Zhuhai Jinwan Airport · Zhuhai (Jinwan)ZUH13,517 ft / 4,120 m
  97. 97🇺🇸 Mountain Home Air Force Base · Mountain HomeMUO13,510 ft / 4,118 m
  98. 98🇰🇪 Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · NairobiNBO13,507 ft / 4,117 m
  99. 99🇺🇸 Grant County International Airport · Moses LakeMWH13,503 ft / 4,116 m
  100. 100🇺🇸 Clinton Sherman Airport · ClintonCSM13,503 ft / 4,116 m

Runway lengths from the OurAirports dataset. Reference only.