Air Transport Quiz: Which Runway Is It?

1. Which airport, located in the middle of the Alps, has this specifically challenging runway?

A) Courchevel Airport, France 
B) Engadin Airport, Switzerland
C) Grenoble-Isère Airport, France
D) Lugano Airport, Switzerland

Answer: Which airport, located in the middle of the Alps, has this specifically challenging runway?

A) Courchevel Airport, France 
B) Engadin Airport, Switzerland
C) Grenoble-Isère Airport, France
D) Lugano Airport, Switzerland

With a very short runway of only 537 metres with a gradient of 18.6%, Courchevel Airport runway is not for the novice pilot.

2. Which airport in the Caribbean is famous for the final approaches over a popular beach?

A) L'Espérance Airport - Saint Martin
B) Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport - Anguilla
C) Princess Juliana International Airport - Saint Martin
D) Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport - Guadeloupe

Answer: Which airport in the Caribbean is famous for the final approaches over a popular beach?

A) L'Espérance Airport - Saint Martin
B) Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport - Anguilla
C) Princess Juliana International Airport - Saint Martin
D) Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport - Guadeloupe

Princess Juliana International Airport on the Island of Saint Martin in the Carribean has a runway who's end is located extremely close to the popular Maho beach, leading to some very close aircraft encounters for beach dwellers.

3. Which airport has the longest runway out of the four airports below?

A) Upington Airport - South Africa  
B) Hamad International Airport, Qatar 
C) Denver International Airport, U.S. 
D) Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport, Russia 

Answer: Which airport has the longest runway out of the four airports below?

A) Upington Airport - South Africa  
B) Hamad International Airport, Qatar 
C) Denver International Airport, U.S. 
D) Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport, Russia 

Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport in Russia has the longest runway of the airports listed, with a runway of 16, 404 ft.!

Upington Airport follows with a runway of 16,076 ft., then Denver International Airport with a runway of 16,001 ft., with Hamad International Airport having a runway of 15,912 ft. 

4. Which airport has the shortest runway by distance (ft) of the airports listed below?

A) Juancho E Yrausquin Airport, Saba 
B) Heligoland Airport, Germany 
C) John A Osborne Airport, Montserrat 

Answer: Which airport has the shortest runway by distance (ft) of the airports listed below?

A) Juancho E Yrausquin Airport, Saba 
B) Helgoland Airport, Germany 
C) John A Osborne Airport, Montserrat 

Juancho E Yrausquin Airport on the Dutch Carribean Island of Saba has the shortest runway in the world at just 1,312 ft.! Helgoland comes in second at 1,575 ft., with John A Osborne Airport coming in at 1,814 ft. 

5. Which runway in Europe is intersected by a road that has to be closed every time a plane lands?

A) Vienna International Airport, Austria
B) Gibraltar International Airport, Gibraltar
C) Copenhagen Airport, Denmark
D) Zurich Airport, Switzerland

Answer: Which runway in Europe is intersected by a road that has to be closed every time a plane lands?

A) Vienna International Airport, Austria
B) Gibraltar International Airport, Gibraltar
C) Copenhagen Airport, Denmark
D) Zurich Airport, Switzerland

Gibraltar International Airport's runway shares its location with a public road that has to be closed every time an aircraft lands or takes off from the runway.

6. Which is the only airport in the world that uses the beach as a runway for all scheduled flights?

A) Copalis State, U.S.
B) Barra, Scotland
C) St Mary’s Airport, Isles of Scilly, UK

Answer: Which is the only airport in the world that uses the beach as a runway for all scheduled flights?

A) Copalis State, U.S.
B) Barra, Scotland
C) St Mary’s Airport, Isles of Scilly, UK

Barra airport in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland is believed to be the only airport in the world that uses a tidal beach as a runway.

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