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This is a list of the shortest airport runways in the world. While most modern commercial aircraft require a paved runway of at least 6,000 feet (1,800 m) in length, many early aircraft were designed to operate from unprepared strips that could be improvised in small spaces.
Landing Concorde required a minimum of 6,000 feet (1,800 m) runway length; the shortest runway Concorde ever landed on carrying commercial passengers was Cardiff Airport. [147] Concorde G-AXDN (101) made its final landing at Duxford Aerodrome on 20 August 1977, which had a runway length of just 6,000 feet (1,800 m) at the time.
Nanwalek Airport covers an area of 14 acres (5.7 ha) which contains one gravel runway (1/19) measuring 1,850 x 50 ft (564 x 15 m). [ 1 ] For 12-month period ending December 31, 2002, the airport had 3,100 aircraft operations, an average of 8 per day: 97% air taxi and 3% general aviation .
Jet aircraft are unable to land at the airport, because the runway is too short, [12] but smaller STOL [3] airplanes (such as the DHC-6, BN-2, and helicopters) are common sights. A small ramp and terminal are on the southwest flank of the runway. The ramp also has a designated helipad.
George T. Lewis Airport covers an area of 52 acres (21 ha) at an elevation of 11 feet (3 m) above mean sea level.It has one asphalt paved runway designated 5/23 which measures 2,355 by 100 feet (718 x 30 m) with a displaced threshold on Runway 23 - it is the shortest paved public runway in the state of Florida.
It is the shortest improved runway in the state of Virginia. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 14,257 aircraft operations, an average of 39 per day: 93% general aviation and 7% air taxi .
The airfield has a very short runway of only 537 metres (1,762 ft) with a gradient of 18.6%. [1] There is no go-around procedure for landings at Courchevel due to the surrounding mountainous terrain. The airfield primarily sees use by smaller fixed-wing aircraft such as the Cessna 208 Caravan or Pilatus PC-12, as well as helicopters.
Around the same time, Delta Air Lines upgraded some of their Atlanta flights to main line service on Boeing 737s. The airport's runway, which was 4,801 feet (1,463 m) at the time, was the shortest runway to be regularly used by 737s in North America. [26] AirTran later added flights to Tampa in 2011. [27]