The most northernmost permanent airport - Alert, Canada

[Naim 6]

Saw this on Discovery Science channel just now. Amazing, so far up north - the white dot in middle of map below.

 

 

Info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alert_Airport

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alert,_Nunavut

 

Pic here:

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg/~ah12/alert.html

 

So what's the most southernmost permanent airport?

 

 

 

[Philip 1]

Don't know about southernmost, but Barrow, Alaska is the northernmost permanent settlement in the entire United States. I think 30 days of night is set in this town, not sure.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow%2C_Alaska

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Post-Wi...emorial_Airport

 

 

Edit: Southernmost airport should be the runway at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, which is almost directly over the south pole.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen-Scot...th_Pole_Station

 

Resupply aircraft is LC-130 Hercules flown regularly from McMurdo station.

Edited November 15, 2007 by Philip

[adrianqcs 0]

What about the lowest and highest airports?

[Naim 6]

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Edit: Southernmost airport should be the runway at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, which is almost directly over the south pole.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen-Scot...th_Pole_Station

 

Resupply aircraft is LC-130 Hercules flown regularly from McMurdo station.

 

Fair enough, since Antractica is ice on solid ground. Otoh, the North Pole is atop ice sheets on a sea.

 

 

 

 

 

[Philip 1]

2 highest airports in the world are in Tibet, from google:

 

"Tucked within the Himalayas, Tibet in the Republic of China has the two highest airfields in the world. Bangda airport in eastern Tibet, which lies 15,548 feet above sea level, was opened on Oct. 22, 1994. It relegated Lhasa airport (14,315 feet) in Tibet's capital to second place among the world's highest airports."

 

According to wikipedia, Bangda has the longest runway in public use (Runway 14/32) at 18,044 ft.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangda_Airport

 

Another airport that comes to mind when thinking of highest elevation is El Alto International Airport at La Paz, Bolivia, one of the highest international airports in the world at 13,313 ft.

[Naim 6]

2 highest airports in the world are in Tibet, from google:

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I guess AMS would be one of the lowest (altitude-wise) in the world, below sea-level. Pieter?

 

 

 

 

[Pieter C. 5]

I guess AMS would be one of the lowest (altitude-wise) in the world, below sea-level. Pieter?

 

Don't know if it's the lowest in the world, but I do know it's -11 feet (around 3.30 metres below sealevel !!!)

[adrianqcs 0]

Don't know if it's the lowest in the world, but I do know it's -11 feet (around 3.30 metres below sealevel !!!)

 

Furnace Creek Airport in Death Valley. Elevation 210 ft below sea level.

California , United States

 

3000 feet runway length

 

 

hmm...death valley... Summer low humidty 10%, high temperature 49 Celsius, very low altitude... perfect for short take off....hence short runway woo

Edited November 15, 2007 by adrianqcs

[Mohd Yohan 0]

Don't know if it's the lowest in the world, but I do know it's -11 feet (around 3.30 metres below sealevel !!!)

that's why u have the dunes all along ur seaside holland's canal systems is among the best in the world i must say lucky recently it didnt flood(as happened in UK)

 

anyway.... I believe Zaventem, Brussels airport is also near to same as sealevel

[BC Tam 2]

.....El Alto International Airport at La Paz, Bolivia, one of the highest international airports in the world at 13,313 ft.

That would put it about same altitude as peak of Mount Kinabalu here !!

Geesh, wouldn't want to be a baggage handler there !

[Radzi 2]

"Tucked within the Himalayas, Tibet in the Republic of China has the two highest airfields in the world. Bangda airport in eastern Tibet, which lies 15,548 feet above sea level, was opened on Oct. 22, 1994. It relegated Lhasa airport (14,315 feet) in Tibet's capital to second place among the world's highest airports."

 

And passanger cabin oxygen system will deploy at 14000 ft...................

 

[Yusoff 1]

And passanger cabin oxygen system will deploy at 14000 ft...................

imagine boarding a 737 with all the oxygen masks dangling from the overhead baggage bin

 

how do they manage that? only light aircrafts allowed there? or set the masks deloyment at a higher altitude? can meh?

[Pieter C. 5]

anyway.... I believe Zaventem, Brussels airport is also near to same as sealevel

 

BRU - Zaventem/Melsbroek is above sealevel...

RTM - Rotterdam-Zestienhoven is also below sealevel