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Offline k.h.

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Imroved Traction Venues for LSR?
« on: September 22, 2008, 10:31:41 AM »
From Wikipedia:

Ulyanovsk Vostochny (Russian: Ульяновск Восточный)(sometimes referred to as Ul'yanovsk or Ulyanovsk Northeast) (IATA: ULY, ICAO: UWLW) is an airport in Russia located 28 km northeast of Ulyanovsk. This runway is the second longest public use runway in the world, after Qamdo Bangda Airport, with a length of 16,405 feet. It is also the widest, with a total width of about 344 feet.  Low altitude & handy to Europe.

Qamdo Bangda Airport (IATA: BPX, ICAO: ZUBD) (Chinese: 昌都邦达机场, Tibetan: fill in), located in Bangda, Qamdo, Tibet, is the highest airport in the world, with an altitude of 4,334 metres (14,219 ft). At 5,500 m (18,045 ft), runway 14/32 is the longest public use runway in the world. The low air pressure at this altitude makes a higher takeoff and landing speed necessary, and therefore a longer runway.

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Offline bvillercr

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Re: Imroved Traction Venues for LSR?
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2008, 10:39:41 AM »
can anyone say security?

Offline Dean Los Angeles

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Re: Imroved Traction Venues for LSR?
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2008, 12:44:44 PM »


Here is a very seldom used runway that I'm sure we could use just about anytime.

It's 15,000 feet long.

You just have to dodge the occasional Space Shuttle that lands there. :-D
Well, it used to be Los Angeles . . . 50 miles north of Fresno now.
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