preliminary sizing: typical runway lengths

Typical runway lengths

To get an impression for real runway lengths some values are given in the following table.
It can be compared with the situations at the airports in Figure 1.

Runway lengths of selected aircraft JANE'S 1995-98

Aircraft Airbus
A 300-600B Airbus
A 310-300 Airbus
A 320-200 Antonov
AN 124 BAe(Avro)
RJ 85 Boeing
B 737-600 Boeing
B 747-400 Boeing
B 777 Cessna 525
CitationJet Ilyushin
IL 96 Learjet
60 McDonnell
Douglas MD11 Tupolev
TU 204

Takeoff Field Length
(TOFL) [m] 2190 2408 2336 3000 1385 1877 3322 2469 939 3350 1661 3185 1800

Landing Field Length
(LFL) [m] 1536 1479 1470 900 1189 1268 2072 1707 838 2250 1130 2118 1450

Aircraft	Airbus A 300-600B	Airbus A 310-300	Airbus A 320-200	Antonov AN 124	BAe(Avro) RJ 85	Boeing B 737-600	Boeing B 747-400	Boeing B 777	Cessna 525 CitationJet	Ilyushin IL 96	Learjet 60	McDonnell Douglas MD11	Tupolev TU 204
Takeoff Field Length (TOFL) [m]	2190	2408	2336	3000	1385	1877	3322	2469	939	3350	1661	3185	1800
Landing Field Length (LFL) [m]	1536	1479	1470	900	1189	1268	2072	1707	838	2250	1130	2118	1450

Figure 1: Runway lengths of German's Airports AIRPORTS OF THE WORLD DATABASE 1996

Further leading links:

Airports of the World Database
The database includes airport 4 letter code, 3 letter code, airport name, city name, country, airport elevation, runway length and latitiude/longitude. (05.11.99)

Airport Noise Regulation Information Web Site
As of August 1999, this site contains information on 592 airports throughout the world. (12.10.99)

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