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Subject:
Longest Unpaved Runway in US (open for public use)
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: drdaveb-ga List Price: $2.00 |
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07 Mar 2005 19:52 PST
Expires: 06 Apr 2005 20:52 PDT Question ID: 486520 |
I am looking for the longest unpaved (turf, dirt, gravel, etc) runway in the continental US that is publicly owned and operated. A reference check to Airnav.com or FAA database would be appreciated. | |
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There is no answer at this time. |
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Re: Longest Unpaved Runway in US (open for public use)
From: willcodeforfood-ga on 07 Mar 2005 22:23 PST |
Source: [ http://prairiemap.wr.usgs.gov/ftp/unitedstates/BTS/runway.zip ] ======================= Citing from documentation included in the database: "The Public Use Airport Runways database is a geographic dataset of runways in the United States and US territories containing information on the physical characteristics of the runways. The 4844 runways in the dataset are runways associated with the 19755 airports in the companion airport data set. This geospatial data is derived from the FAA's National Airspace System Resource Aeronautical Data Product (Effective 21 February 2002). This data provides users with information about the runway locations and attributes for national and regional analysis applications. Time_Period_Information: 21 February 2002" ======================= So it appears that the runways in the database are all located at public airports. You can expect that any information more recent than 2/21/02 is not included in this search. The longest non-paved runway is technically HARRY P WILLIAMS MEMORIAL in Lousianna at 10000 feet. I say technically because it is a water runway. I'm figuring it's not exactly what you are looking for, unless you want your plane ride to suddenly turn into a snorkelling tour. ======================= I included only runways with a surface type listed among the following: DIRT DIRT-TRTD GRAVEL GRAVEL-G GRAVEL-P GRVL-F GRVL-G GRVL-P GRVL-TURF TURF-G TURF-P (G=Good, F=Fair, P=Poor) The longest non-water, non-paved runway is 5009 feet long but unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), there were 208 that all had this same length, so I'm including the whole list. All of the airports in this list had a surface type of GRAVEL and a length of 5009 feet. LOCID ST_CD APT_NAME ===== ===== ======== JNU AK JUNEAU INTL OTZ AK RALPH WIEN MEMORIAL Z73 AK NELSON LAGOON UNK AK UNALAKLEET 1R8 AL BAY MINETTE MUNI 02A AL GRAGG-WADE FIELD 7A3 AL CHAMBERS MUNI M03 AR DENNIS F CANTRELL FIELD DEQ AR J LYNN HELMS SEVIER COUNTY HEE AR THOMPSON-ROBBINS PGR AR KIRK FIELD DUG AZ BISBEE DOUGLAS INTL FHU AZ SIERRA VISTA MUNI-LIBBY AAF PHX AZ PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL YUM AZ YUMA MCAS/YUMA INTL BLH CA BLYTHE BUR CA BURBANK-GLENDALE-PASADENA CMA CA CAMARILLO DAG CA BARSTOW-DAGGETT IPL CA IMPERIAL COUNTY 1O3 CA LODI L12 CA REDLANDS MUNI SNS CA SALINAS MUNI IZA CA SANTA YNEZ TNP CA TWENTYNINE PALMS WVI CA WATSONVILLE MUNI 00V CO MEADOW LAKE AFF CO USAF ACADEMY AIRSTRIP DEN CO DENVER INTL FTG CO FRONT RANGE LHX CO LA JUNTA MUNI LAA CO LAMAR MUNI RIL CO GARFIELD COUNTY REGIONAL 4V1 CO SPANISH PEAKS AIRFIELD DXR CT DANBURY MUNI 55J FL FERNANDINA BEACH MUNI FXE FL FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE MAI FL MARIANNA MUNI 3FD1 FL TAMPA BAY EXECUTIVE OCF FL OCALA INTL-JIM TAYLOR FIELD OMN FL ORMOND BEACH MUNI PNS FL PENSACOLA REGIONAL FTY GA FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT-BROWN FIELD AGS GA AUGUSTA RGNL AT BUSH FIELD BHC GA BAXLEY MUNI CXU GA CAMILLA-MITCHELL COUNTY HNM HI HANA ITO HI HILO INTERNATIONAL HDH HI DILLINGHAM AIRFIELD CAV IA CLARION MUNI FSW IA FORT MADISON MUNI EOK IA KEOKUK MUNI JER ID JEROME COUNTY LWS ID LEWISTON-NEZ PERCE COUNTY 3CK IL LAKE IN THE HILLS C73 IL DIXON MUNI-CHARLES R. 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Re: Longest Unpaved Runway in US (open for public use)
From: omnivorous-ga on 08 Mar 2005 06:35 PST |
Drdaveb -- This question may fall into the category of "unanswerable" because being unpaved means that grass, sand or water is used -- and many will argue over runway length. My example: there is only one beach runway in the U.S. -- Copalis State (S116) -- on the Washington Coast at the mouth of the Copalis River: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/aviation/airports/Copalis.htm The airport has a windsock, but since the ocean washes across it twice each day, there's no "beginning" or "end" to the runway, which is on hard-packed Pacific Coast sand. I've been there and the runway's really at least 5500'. Best regards, Omnivorous-GA |
Subject:
Re: Longest Unpaved Runway in US (open for public use)
From: drdaveb-ga on 08 Mar 2005 13:36 PST |
I don't think the question is unanswerable, all public landing areas will have an FAA published runway length paved or not. Water landing areas do not apply and the fact the there is areference to only one runway in the US with a length over 3,047m (9996'), I'd like to know which one it is. |
Subject:
Re: Longest Unpaved Runway in US (open for public use)
From: willcodeforfood-ga on 09 Mar 2005 01:05 PST |
I believe the source for your fact is the CIA World Factbook [ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ ]. This reference documents that there is one non-paved runway in the United States with a length greater than 3047 meters. The current edition of the World Factbook provides figures for the number of airports having unpaved runways in the United States at [ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html ] as: total: 9,729 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 1,524 to 2,437 m: 160 914 to 1,523 m: 1,718 under 914 m: 7,843 (2004 est.) It defines unpaved as: "This entry gives the total number of airports with unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces) by length. For airports with more than one runway, only the longest runway is included according to the following five groups - (1) over 3,047 m, (2) 2,438 to 3,047 m, (3) 1,524 to 2,437 m, (4) 914 to 1,523 m, and (5) under 914 m. Only airports with usable runways are included in this listing. Not all airports have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control" The Factbook cites the sources for its information at [ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/contributor_copyright.html ] as follows: "Information is provided by Antarctic Information Program (National Science Foundation), Bureau of the Census (Department of Commerce), Bureau of Labor Statistics (Department of Labor), Central Intelligence Agency, Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs, Defense Intelligence Agency (Department of Defense), Department of State, Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior), Maritime Administration (Department of Transportation), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Department of Defense), Naval Facilities Engineering Command (Department of Defense), Office of Insular Affairs (Department of the Interior), Office of Naval Intelligence (Department of Defense), US Board on Geographic Names (Department of the Interior), US Transportation Command (Department of Defense), and other public and private sources." The World Factbook, unfortunately in your case, does not provide the raw underlying data that its figures have been compiled from, specifically the single airport in the United States with an unpaved runway exceeding 3047m. Note also that the World Factbook does not specifically describe the airports it is summarizing as public airports, so I'd suspect that its figures includes military air bases and other non-public airfields. ============================================================== After additional searching I found several references to DAFIF, the Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File, a product of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (DOD). This file provides very current and highly detailed information for aeronautical facilities, navigation, and related information for 232 different countries. The information in this file appears much more thorough than the information I reviewed before my last comment. I'd even speculate that the data in this file is in fact the source for many of the publicly available airport reference sites on the Internet, including [ http://airnav.com ]. The DAFIF file (database) is in the public domain and available for download from [ https://www2.nima.mil/products/digitalaero/index.cfm ]. I obtained the file that is valid for 17 March 2005 to 13 April 2005. In particular, I downloaded Version 0503, Ed. 8 [ ftp://164.214.2.112/dafif/dafif_0503_ed8/dafift.zip ] for analysis. ============================================================== There are 9,969 airports listed in the DAFIF database with 4,306 in the United States. Among the entries in the United States are airports such as ANDREWS AFB, DAVIS MONTHAN AFB and HILL AFB, so it would seem the list includes public and non-public airports. Even so, this is far short of the number cited in the World Factbook (9,729). According to the DAFIF database I consulted, the top three unpaved runways by length are: YUCCA AIRSTRIP (NV11) 9000 feet 2743 meters WILLIS (7MN8) 9413 feet 2869 meters BICYCLE LAKE AAF (KBYS) 9500 feet 2895 meters The surface type listed for these runways is "GRADED OR ROLLED EARTH, GRASS ON GRADED EARTH." |
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Re: Longest Unpaved Runway in US (open for public use)
From: spynavy-ga on 08 Jun 2005 04:18 PDT |
Salt flats in Utah? The space shuttle has landed there, and it is technically publicly owned and operated since it's a public area. |
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