PanethosMay 8

Longest international airport runways of North Africa

Provided below is a list of the longest international airport runways in North Africa. For purposes of this post, North Africa is defined as Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.

Cairo International Airport – Source: forum.wordldairports.com

Despite the reference to international airports in the post title, some of the airports listed do not have “international” in their name. Similarly, there are some airports with “international” in their name that do not offer flights outside their home nation. This list tries to identify those that actually offer international flights (regardless of their name), which have runway(s) a minimum of 10,000 feet in length.

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Algiers International Airport – Source: elmarcel.com
  • Runway 04/22: Taba International: Taba, Egypt = 4,118 m/13,513 feet

    • 2-5. Runways 05C/23C and 05R/23L: Cairo International: Greater Cairo, Egypt and Runways 16L/34R and 16R/34L: Hurghada International: Hurghada, Egypt = 4,000 m/13,123 feet

    6-7. Runways 17L/35R and 17R/35L: Mohammed V International: Casablanca, Morocco = 3,720 m/12,205 feet

    8-9. Runways 01L/19R and 01R/19L: Capital International: Greater Cairo, Egypt = 3,640 m/ 11,980 feet

    10. Runway 16R/34L: Sphinx International: Greater Cairo, Egypt = 3,650 m/11,975 feet

    11-13. Runway 07L/25R: Ahmed Ben Bella Airport: Oran, Algeria and Runways 15R/33L and 15L/33R: Benina International: Bengazi, Libya = 3,600 m/ 11,811 feet

    14. Runway 02/20: Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport: Tamanrasset, Algeria = 3,600 m/ 11,800 feet

    15-16. Runway 03/21: Rabat–Salé Airport: Rabat, Morocco and Runway 10/28: Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport: Tangier, Morocco = 3,500 m/11,483 feet

    17-18. Runways 05/23 and 09/27: Houari Boumediene Airport: Algiers, Algeria = 3,500 m/11,482 feet

    19. Runway 13/31: El Alamein International: El Alamein, Egypt = 3,499 m/11,479 feet

    20. Runway 17/35: Aswan International: Aswan, Egypt = 3,402 m/11,161 feet

    21-22. Runways 14L/32R and 14R/32L: Alexandria International: Alexandria, Egypt = 3,400 m/ 11,156 feet

    23. Runway 15/33: Misrata Airport: Misrata, Libya = 3,400 m/11,155 feet

    24. Runway 14/32: Taba Intentional: Taba, Egypt = 3,392 m/11,130 feet

    25. Runway 11/29: Mitaka International: Tripoli, Libya = 3,376 m/11,076 feet

    26-27. Runway 09/27: Enfidha–Hammamet International: Enfidha, Tunisia and Runway 05L/23R: Cairo International: Greater Cairo Egypt = 3,300 m/10,827 feet

    28. Runway 07/25: Sania Ramel Airport: Tétouan, Morocco = 3,285 m/10,778 feet

    29. Runway 09/27: Tozeur–Nefta International: Nefta, Tunisia = 3,167 m/10,581 feet

    30-33. Runway 09/27: Agadir–Al Massira Airport : Temsia, Morocco; Runway 13/31: Moulay Ali Cherif Airport: Errachidia, Morocco; Runway 09/27: Fès–Saïss Airport: Fez, Morocco; and Runway 1/19: Tunis–Carthage International: Tunis, Tunisia = 3,200 m/10,499 feet

    34. Runway 12/30: Ouarzazate Airport: Ouarzazate, Morocco 3,100 m/ 10,236 feet

    35-36. Runway 12/30: Noumérat – Moufdi Zakaria Airport: Ghardaïa, Algeria and Runway 09/27: Djerba–Zarzis International: Djerba, Tunisia = 3,100 m/10,171 feet

    37-38. Runway 10/28: Marrakesh Menara Airport: Marrakesh, Morocco and Runway 08/26: Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport: Tamanrasset, Algeria = 3,100 m/10,170 feet

    39-40. Runways 04L/22R and 04R/22L: Sharm El Sheikh International: Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt = 3,081 m/10,108 feet

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    PanethosMar 7

    Longest commercial airport runways of the Nordic region

    Source: encyclopediabritannica.com

    Listed below are the longest commercial airport runways in the Nordic Region of Europe. A minimum runway length of 8,000 feet (2,438.4 m) was required for inclusion. As can be seen, runways of 8,202 feet in length are very common with nine such runways. As far as distribution by nation, the data is as follows:

    • Finland = 18
    • Norway = 13
    • Sweden = 13
    • Denmark = 9
    • Iceland = 2
    • Greenland = 1
    • Svalbard = 1
    • Faroe Islands = 0
    • Åland Islands = 0
    • Jan Mayen Island = 0

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  • Runway 1L/19R: Oslo Airport/Gardermoen, Norway = 11,811 feet

    • 2. Runway 4L/22R: Copenhagen Airport/Kastrup, Denmark = 11,810 feet

    3. Runway 4R/22L: Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Finland = 11,483 feet

    4. Runway 14/32: Luleå Airport, Sweden = 10,990 feet

    5. Runway 1L/19R: Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden = 10,830 feet

    6. Runway 4R/22L: Copenhagen Airport/Kastrup, Denmark = 10,827 feet

    7. Runway 3/21: Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Sweden = 10,826 feet

    8. Runway 1/19: Örebro Airport, Sweden = 10,728 feet

    9. Runway 9/27: Billund Airport, Denmark = 10,172 feet

    10. Runway 10/28: Keflavík International Airport, Iceland = 10,056 feet

    11. Runway 4L/22R: Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Finland = 10.039 feet

    12. Runway 1/19: Keflavík International Airport, Iceland = 10,020 feet

    13. Runway 3/21: Rovaniemi Airport, Finland = 9,849 feet

    14. Runway 9/27: Trondheim Airport, Norway = 9,839 feet

    15. Runway 17/35: Bergen Airport/Flesland, Norway = 9,810 feet

    16. Runway 18/36: Sandefjord Airport/Torp, Norway = 9,806 feet

    17. Runway 1R/19L: Oslo Airport/Gardermoen, Norway = 9,678 feet

    18. Runway 15/33: Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Finland = 9,518 feet

    19. Runway 8/26: Stockholm Skavsta Airport, Sweden = 9,442 feet

    20. Runway 9/27: Kangerlussuaq Airport: Greenland = 9,219 feet

    21. Runway 17/35: Harstad/Narvik Airport, Norway = 9,213 feet

    22-24. Runway 17/35: Malmö Airport, Sweden; Runway 12/30: Copehagen Airport/Kastrup, Denmark; and Runway 15/33: Kuopio Airport, Finland = 9,186 feet each

    25. Runway 7/25: Bodø Airport, Norway = 9,187 feet

    26. Runway 17/35: Lakselv Airport, Norway = 9,147 feet

    27. Runway 10L/28R: Aarhus Airport, Denmark = 9,110 feet

    28. Runway 15/33: Ørland Airport, Norway = 8,904 feet

    29. Runway 10R/28L: Aarhus Airport, Denmark = 8,864 feet

    30. Runway 6/24: Tampere–Pirkkala Airport, Finland = 8,858 feet

    31. Runway 8L/26R: Aalborg Airport, Denmark = 8,707 feet

    32. Runway 12/30: Jyväskylä Airport, Finland = 8,533 feet

    33. Runway 1/19: Stockholm Västerås Airport, Sweden = 8,468 feet

    34. Runway 18/36: Stavanger Airport, Norway = 8,386 feet

    35. Runway 8R/26L: Aalborg Airport, Denmark = 8,363 feet

    36. Runway 8/26: Esbjerg Airport, Denmark = 8,257 feet

    37. Runway 3/21: Karlstad Airport, Sweden = 8,255 feet

    38. Runway 18/36: Kemi-Tornio Airport, Finland = 8,212 feet

    39. Runway 3/21: Kiruna Airport, Sweden = 8,208 feet

    40. Runway 12/30: Oulu Airport, Finland = 8,203 feet

    41-50. Runways 1R/19L and 8/26: Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden; Runway 15/33: Sälen/Scandinavian Mountains Airport, Sweden; Runway 12/30: Åre Östersund Airport, Sweden; Runway 10/28: Joensuu Airport, Finland; Runway 16/34: Kittilä Airport, Finland; Runway 1/19: Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport, Finland; Runway 6/24: Lappeenranta Airport, Finland; Runway 8/26: Turku Airport, Finland; and Runway 16/34: Vaasa Airport, Finland = 8,202 feet each

    51-52. Runway 4/22: Ivalo Airport, Finland and Runway 7/25: Kajaani Airport, Finland = 8,199 feet each

    53. Runway 10/28: Svalbard Airport, Svalbard = 8,146 feet

    54. Runway 14/32: Andøya Airport, Norway = 8,097 feet

    55. Runway 12/30: Kuusamo Airport, Finland = 8,071 feet

    56. Runway 10/28: Stavanger Airport, Norway = 8,035 feet

    57. Runway 10/28: Bardufoss Airport, Norway = 8,015 feet

    SOURCES:

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    PanethosJan 29

    Longest* commercial airport runways in the UK and Ireland

    Listed below are commercial airports across the United Kingdom and Ireland with the longest runways. A minimum length of 7,500 feet was required for inclusion.

    *Because some of the data varied between the full list page on wikipedia and individual wikipedia airport pages, secondary sources were checked to verify the runway lengths.

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  • Runway 9L/27R: London Heathrow Airport, England = 12,802 feet

    • 2. Runway 9R/27L: London Heathrow Airport, England = 12,008 feet

    Proposed new runway: London Heathrow, England = 11,483 feet

    3. Runway 8R/26L: London Gatwick Airport, England = 10,879 feet

    4. Runway 06/24: Shannon Airport, Ireland = 10,495 feet

    5. Runway 10L/28R: Dublin Airport, Ireland = 10,203 feet

    6. Runway 15/33: Birmingham Airport, England = 10,013 feet

    7. Runway 5R/23L: Manchester Airport, England = 10,007 feet

    8. Runway 4/22: London Stansted Airport, England = 10,003 feet

    9. Runway 5L/23R: Manchester Airport, England = 10,000 feet

    10. Runway 12/30: Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Scotland = 9,797 feet

    11-12. Runway 9/27: East Midlands Airport (Nottingham), England and Runway 2/20: Doncaster Sheffield Airport, England = 9,491 feet

    13. Runway 7/25: Belfast International Airport< Northern Ireland = 9,121 feet

    14. Runway 12/30: Cornwall Newquay Airport, England = 9,003 feet

    15. Runway 5/23: Glasgow Airport, Scotland = 8,743 feet

    16. Runway 6/24: Edinburgh Airport, Scotland = 8,386 feet

    17. Runway 12/30: Cardiff Airport, Wales = 7,723 feet

    18. Runway 8/26: Ireland West Airport (Connacht), Ireland = 7,700 feet

    19. Runway 7/25: Newcastle International Airport, England = 7,644 feet

    20. Runway 5/23: Teeside International Airport (Middleton), England = 7,516 feet

    SOURCES:

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    PanethosDec 15

    Longest runways at commercial airports in India

    Created using mygooglemaps.com

    Listed below are the longest commercial airport runways in India of 10,000 feet in length or greater. As can be seen, Indira Gandhi International in Delhi has the two (2) longest runways in the country and three (3) of the top seven. Another interesting tidbit is nine (9) of the 42 runways were built on a 90 degree/270 degree trajectory (9/27). The second most common trajectory is 100 degrees by 280 degrees (10/28) with six. Peace!

    Indira Gandhi International Airport – Source: forum.worldofairports.com

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  • Runway 11R/29L: Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi) = 14,534 feet

    • 2. Runway 11L/29R: Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi) = 14,436 feet

    3. Runway 9R/27L: Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad) = 13,976 feet

    4-5. Runways 9L/27R and 9R/27L: Kempegowda International Airport (Bengaluru) = 13,123 feet

    6. Runway 10/28: Noida International Airport (Noida) = 12,795 feet – scheduled to open in 2026

    7. Runway 10/28: Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi) = 12,510 feet

    8. Runway 8/26: Tirupati Airport (Tirupati) = 12,500 feet

    9. Runway 10/28: Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Visakhapatnam) = 12,467 feet – scheduled to open in late 2025

    10. Runway 10/28: Manohar International Airport (Mopa) = 12,303 feet

    11. Runway 9L/27R: Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad) = 12,162 feet

    12-13. Runway 8/26: Navi Mumbai International Airport (Navi Mumbai) and Runway 5/23: Sri Jagannath International Airport (Puri) = 12,140 feet

    14. Runway 13/31: Srinagar International Airport (Srinagar) = 12,090 feet

    15. Runway 7/25: Chennai International Airport (Chennai) = 12,011 feet

    16. Runway 16/34: Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport (Amritsar) = 12,000 feet

    17. Runway 1/19: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (Kolkata) = 11,919 feet

    18. Runway 5/23: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (Ahmedabad) = 11,499 feet

    19-20. Runway 9/27: Cochin International Airport (Kochi) and Runway 9/27: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (Mumbai) = 11,302 feet

    21. Runway 8/26: Dabolim Airport (Panaji) = 11,253 feet

    22. Runway 4/22: Veer Savarkar International Airport (Sri Vijaya Puram) = 11,220 feet

    23. Runway 9/27: Jaipur International Airport (Jaipur) = 11,178 feet

    24. Runway 14/32: Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (Thiruvananthapuram) = 11,154 feet

    25-26. Runway 8/26: Vijayawada Airport (Vijayawada) and Runway 9/27: Purnia Airport (Purnia) = 11,000 feet

    27. Runway 10/28: Tuticorin Airport (Thoothukkudi) = 10,990 feet

    28. Runway 6/24: Swami Vivekananda Airport (Raipur) = 10,662 feet

    29-30. Runway 11/29: Kushinagar International Airport (Kushinagar) and Runway ?/?: Dholera International Airport (Gujarat) = 10,500 feet – schedule to open in 2026

    31-33. Runway 8/26: Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Airport (Shimoga); Runway 4/22: Gondia Airport (Gondia); and Runway 14/32: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (Ragpur) = 10,498 feet

    34. Runway 9/27: Kalaburagi Airport (Kalaburagi) = 10,417 feet

    35-36. Runway 11/29: Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport (Mohali) and Runway 11/29: Bareilly Airport (Bareilly) = 10,400 feet

    37. Runway 5/24: Rajahmundry Airport (Rajamahendravaram) = 10,384 feet

    38. Runway 12/30: Maharaja Agrasen International Airport (Hisar) = 10,236 feet

    39. Runway 2/20: Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (Assam) = 10,200 feet

    40-41. Runway 7/25: Kannur International Airport (Kannur) and Runway 13/31: Ludhiana Halwara International Airport (Ludhiana) = 10,007 feet

    42. Runway 10/28: Visakhapatnam Airport (Visakhapatnam) = 10,007 feet

    SOURCES:

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