Definition: 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.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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weather.com - 5/15/2013 11:57:47 PM
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airport-world.com - 5/20/2013 7:59:48 AM
Heathrow Airport has told the UK government there is no “quick or easy solution” to ease the country’s lack of hub airport ... “Heathrow is the world’s busiest two-runway airport with a flight taking off or landing every 45 seconds.
New four-runway plan for Stansted Airport
airport-world.com - 5/24/2013 10:25:23 AM
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The Starbucks tumbler limited to one place in the world: Haneda Airport
en.rocketnews24.com - 5/22/2013 12:58:05 PM
the one place in the world that sells this very exclusive tumbler. Called the Starbucks Haneda Airport tumbler, you can buy one for 1,400 yen (US$13.60). You can look all over the world for these but you won’t find them anywhere but here. On the tumbler ...
Dubai Airports to upgrade runways
MENAFN - 5/11/2013 8:31:57 AM
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How America Became a Third World Country
The Huffington Post - 5/21/2013 4:41:10 PM
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Waste Management World - 5/24/2013 12:27:04 PM
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Sydney Morning Herald - 5/18/2013 4:23:15 PM
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Airports in need of major upgrade
financialgazette.co.zw - 5/18/2013 1:45:46 PM
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Pilatus Unveils PC-24 Twin Turbofan
Aviation Week - 5/23/2013 12:18:07 AM
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San Francisco Gate - 5/19/2013 3:14:39 AM
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Aircraft with 55 passengers overshoots runway in Myanmar, 2 injured
Times of India - 5/17/2013 12:49:42 PM
YANGON: A passenger plane carrying 55 people overran the end of the runway at an airport in eastern Myanmar due to suspected ... fast-growing demand as foreign visitors flock to the country, which is emerging from decades of junta rule.
