Airports like no other, with specific approaches or situations that make them separate runways in United State.
#1 Telluride Regional airport at Telluride (United State) KTEX TEX
Altitude : 2765 m = 9072ft
Telluride Regional airport is located close to Telluride, Mountain Village at 5.2 km↑, Telluride at 8.6 km↑, Ouray at 22 km↑, Silverton at 27 km↑, Lake City at 53 km↑, Montrose at 58 km↑,
The Telluride regional airport is located at an altitude of 2767m. And the aerology is made complex by two cliffs of 305 meters at the two ends of the runway, with strong vertical turbulence, especially in winter.
The longest runway measure : 2094 m = 6870ft
- runway 09/27 : 2094m = 6870ft
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#2 Nasa Shuttle Landing Facility airport at Titusville (United State) KTTS
Altitude : 3 m = 10ft
Nasa Shuttle Landing Facility airport is located close to Titusville, Merritt Island at 8.7 km↑, Titusville at 11 km↑, Manatee Hammock Park Mobile Home Park at 15 km↑, Mims at 16 km↑, Port Saint John at 18 km↑, Sharpes at 21 km↑,
The Shuttle Landing Facility is a private airport located on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. It is part of the John F. Kennedy Space Center and was used by the NASA space shuttle for landing until the end of the program in 2011. It was also used for takeoffs and landings of aircraft NASA training such as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and for civil aircraft.
The longest runway measure : 4572 m = 15000ft
- runway 15/33 : 4572m = 15000ft
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#3 Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport at Cocoa Beach (United State) KXMR
Altitude : 3 m = 10ft
Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport is located close to Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral at 7.8 km↑, City of Cape Canaveral at 9.1 km↑, Merritt Island at 13 km↑, Cocoa Beach at 17 km↑, Sharpes at 19 km↑, Cocoa at 19 km↑,
Military airport Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The runway was called the Skid Strip because SM-62 Snark cruise missiles (which did not have the wheels) returning from test flights were supposed to come to a halt. It serves the NASA rocket launch base. The airport is mainly used by USAF for the transport of satellites and for the coupling with launch vehicles.
The longest runway measure : 3048 m = 10000ft
- runway 13/31 : 3048m = 10000ft
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