This was carried out in worsening weather, and by the time the refuelling was complete and the call was made for the passengers to re-board the aircraft, the wintry showers had taken hold and snow had settled heavily on the runway and around the airport.

Initially, ice on the wings was blamed, but a later inquiry declared that slush on the runway had made a safe take-off almost impossible.

The main runway was upgraded, improvements were made in freight landing and infrastructure, and the terminal building and the airport's navigational aids were upgraded.

The Rock was a key part of the Allied supply lines to Malta and North Africa and base of the British Navy Force H, and prior to the war the racecourse on the isthmus was converted into an airbase and a concrete runway constructed ( 1938 ).

The former runway, 9 / 27 was.

In November 2007, a consultation process began for the building of a new third runway and a sixth terminal, which was controversially approved on 15 January 2009 by UK Government ministers.

It was intended to take off from a runway, mounted on the back of a large rocket-boosted trolley that would help get the craft up to " working speed ".

After reaching orbit, HOTOL was intended to re-enter the atmosphere and glide down to land on a conventional runway ( approx 1, 500 metres minimum ).

In 2003, all structures and facilities, including those used in JACADS, were removed, and the runway was marked closed.

After this date, the base was completely deserted, with the only structure left standing being the JOC building at the east end of the runway.

The central means of transportation to this island was the airport, which had a paved military runway.

The runway was also available to commercial airlines for emergency landings ( a fairly common event ), and for many years it was a regular stop on Continental Micronesia airline's " island hopper " service between Hawaii and the Marshall Islands.

As part of infrastructure improvements in 2002, the runway at Bamako was extended, and new airstrips were built in previously isolated areas of the west — Kayes, Mopti, and Sikasso.

His body was dumped on the runway.

Columbia was successfully launched on April 12, 1981, the 20th anniversary of the first human spaceflight ( Vostok 1 ), and returned on April 14, 1981, after orbiting the Earth 36 times, landing on the dry lakebed runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

The main asphalt runway ( 16L-34R ) is 2, 125 metres ( 6, 972 feet ) in length, and the parallel taxiway was built to runway specification ( 16R-34L ).

One was extended to become today's runway 4 / 22 ; two others crossed that runway at 52. 312N 4. 800E.

A new terminal building was built in the late 1970s and the runway was also lengthened then.

He had an airport constructed in his hometown of Gbadolite with a runway long enough to accommodate the Concorde's extended take off and landing requirements.

The runway at Anguilla Wallblake Airport was completely rebuilt and extended to 5, 462 feet, opening to full use in January 2005.

* Also in 1964: Gatwick's original, relatively short late-1950s paved runway was extended by to due to new noise rules governing the operation of jet aircraft at airports close to or surrounded by densely populated urban areas.

During World War II, the Newton airport was taken over by the US Navy as a secondary Naval Air Station, and the main runway was extended to over.

Further expansion of the base occurred in 1959 when the runway was extended to its present 12, 300 feet.

It was extended in 1959 from 6, 000 feet ( 1828 m ) to over 12, 300 feet ( 3, 750 m ), overruns of 1, 000 feet ( 305 m ) There are also 75 foot ( 23 m ) shoulders on each side of the runway, providing a paved width of 300 feet ( 91 m ).

The airport then extended south from 36th St to the east-west rail line about where runway 8R is now.

It was only upon the delivery of the first Boeing 727 to Avianca in 1966 that the runway was extended.

The runway was extended to 1200 metres and completed on 2 March 1987.

In 2008, the runway was extended to ( LDA ) and ( TORA ), along with other improvements, including an upgrade of the terminal with a new arrival and baggage claim area and a new duty-free shop.

Before the diversion was made round the extended runway at Scampton, with a very slight diversion at Broughton, it was possible to travel about 33 miles, from the Newport Arch, the Roman north gate at Lincoln, to the Parish of Winteringham along a road so slightly curved as to be regarded as straight.

In 1961, the runway was extended to 1, 500m and a terminal of passengers was built in 1962.

The runway was further extended to 2, 200m in 1993 and the passenger terminal greatly enlarged in 1998.

By this time the extended runway had been approved and opened ( on 5 March 1992 ).

In December 1984 a fourth parallel runway was completed, and another runway was extended to the following year.

The first of these, 17R / 35L, was extended in 1996 ( at the same time the new runway was constructed ), and the other three ( 17C / 35C, 18L / 36R, and 18R / 36L ) were extended in 2005.

In 1952, original Runways 1 / 19 and 6 / 24 were closed in response to concerns about obstructions and noise, and a modern Runway 4 / 22 ( now 4R / 22L ) was commissioned at a length of This runway was later extended to, shortened for a while to and finally brought to its present length by 2000.

In 1987, Runway 26R / 8L was extended to the east so the runway's thresholds could be corresponding to runway 26L / 8R thresholds in order for aircraft to fly higher over neighborhoods.

* A9 Falkirk to Scrabster ( Originally Edinburgh to Inverness, it was extended to John o ' Groats via Wick on 16 May 1935, and later cut back at the southern end because of the construction of the main runway at Edinburgh Airport on top of it.

Of the airports with paved runways, only Wattay International Airport has runway length over 2, 438m which is necessary to accommodate jumbo jets.

In 1960 it was improved with a 3, 240 m runway, long enough to accommodate the first generation of intercontinental jet planes such as the Boeing 707, de Havilland Comet, Vickers VC10, Convair 990, and Douglas DC-8, and received its first international flight.

In the 1970s Viracopos became the international airport for São Paulo, because the runway of São Paulo-Congonhas Airport was too short to accommodate intercontinental jet planes.

It is not able to accommodate large passenger planes, because its runway is only 900 m. Its reconstruction is also not viable.

The runway can accommodate the Boeing 737, and a new restaurant and shops were added in 2008.

Since that time, the airport has had two runway projects to lengthen the runway to 5, 350 feet, added a taxiway, relocated the apron and hangars, built a new terminal building and additional hangars and improved the approach areas to accommodate the latest GPS approaches.

Recently, the airport announced plans to extend the runway to 8, 500 feet to accommodate even larger aircraft.

Additionally, the existing 8, 500 foot ( 2, 590 m ) runway and overruns on the North Base flightline were lengthened to 15, 000 feet ( 4580 m ) to accommodate end-of-mission landings, along with construction of the Precision Approach and Path Indicator ( PAPI ) lights / large triangle arrows at both ends of the runway.

During the next 24 years, Airborne invested more than $ 250 million to build a hub for its national delivery network, including new sort centers, a runway, aircraft hangars, machine shops, flight simulators, a state of art control tower, and a modern administration building to accommodate an estimated 6, 000 employees and its fleet of 125 DC-8, DC-9 and Boeing 767 aircraft.

It sports a runway, complete passenger and freight air service, and can accommodate private and / or executive aircraft.

It has a 5, 000 foot lighted runway with a full length taxiway, which can accommodate aircraft with up to 34, 000 pounds per wheel.

The ranch had a runway, but was too small to accommodate a large plane such as a Boeing 707.

An 8000-foot concrete runway with 1000-foot runoffs at each end was built in Area C in 1946-1947 to accommodate very heavy bombers, initially referred to locally as the " B-36 runway ".

Between 1948 and 1952, a second runway was constructed ( runway 16 – 34 ), perpendicular to the previous, also taxiways were constructed and a terminal to accommodate passengers.

Runway dimensions vary from as small as long and wide in smaller general aviation airports, to long and wide at large international airports built to accommodate the largest jets, to the huge x lake bed runway 17 / 35 at Edwards Air Force Base in California – a landing site for the retired Space Shuttle.

The construction of the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility, a federal immigration detention center adjacent to the airport has provided more jobs in the area, as well as expansion of the airport itself, including lengthening the runway to accommodate larger aircraft in 2005.

Except for the lengthening of the main runway to accommodate wide body jets in 1987, few improvements were done at Meadows Field during that period.

They included: installing centerline landing lights on the main runway, extending the second runway to 7, 700 feet ( the length most airplanes that use the airport would need ), construction of a new terminal with sky bridges and inside baggage claim, and remodeling the existing terminal to accommodate international flights.