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.

; Vault: In the vaulting events gymnasts sprint down a runway, jump onto or perform a roundoff entry onto a springboard ( run / take-off segment ), land momentarily, inverted on the hands on the vaulting horse or vaulting table ( pre flight segment ), then spring off of this platform to a two footed landing ( post flight segment ).

For example, mountain airports such as Reno ( KRNO ) offer significantly different instrument approaches for aircraft landing on the same runway, but from opposite directions.

* 2006 – At least 122 people are killed after a Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet, carrying 200 passengers veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.

In recent years, journeys to the North Pole by air ( landing by helicopter or on a runway prepared on the ice ) or by icebreaker have become relatively routine, and are even available to small groups of tourists through adventure holiday companies.

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The pilots were unable to activate the runway lights due to having out-of-date approach plates, but continued the landing.

The hop landing phase is very active, involving a powerful backward " pawing " action of the right leg, with the right take-off foot landing heel first on the runway.

The jumper then holds this position for as long as possible, before extending the knee of the leading left leg and then immediately beginning a powerful backward motion of the whole left leg, again landing on the runway with a powerful pawing action.

In poor weather, pilots will use an instrument landing system ( ILS ) to find the runway and fly the correct approach, even if they cannot see the ground.

Once the pilots can see the runway lights, they may continue with a visual landing.

On runways, green lights indicate the beginning of the runway for landing, while red lights indicate the end of the runway.

Because pilots need instantaneous information during landing, a windsock is also kept in view of the runway.

This will contain information on airport elevation, airport lighting, runway information, communications facilities and frequencies, hours of operation, nearby NAVAIDs and contact information where prior arrangement for landing is necessary.

The main runway at Stewart International Airport ( SWF ) ( formerly Stewart Air Force base ) is over two miles long ( 11, 818 feet ) and is an alternate landing site for the Space Shuttle.

As a result, numerous crashed and burning aircraft blocked the runway, preventing further reinforcements from landing.

Unlike a helicopter, autogyros without collective pitch need a runway to takeoff ; however they are capable of landing with a very short or zero ground roll.

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.

Deciding to try and land the 747 there, with Jean's assistance, Grant makes a sloppy but safe landing, but is unable to stop before reaching the end of the airport's relatively short runway.

It is needed to control the adjustment of the heading, to be the same as the heading of the landing runway.

After burning off fuel, it was able to land on the runway without incident, although its front gear collapsed upon landing.

It has two very large letters " LH " and an arrow painted on it which was used to denote to aircraft pilots the direction to nearby London Heathrow Airport using visual flight rules ( VFR ) if landing on the now closed runway 23.

The Jennings Airport, with a runway length of, is capable of landing a small jet and is conveniently located next to Interstate 10.

In the book, Peter ( the little-boy baseball pitcher from Philadelphia ), while reminiscing about his previous visit to Oz, suddenly finds himself landing right into Jack Pumpkinhead's front yard in the Winkie Country.

The yard constructed several ships for the U. S. Navy, including nuclear-powered submarines, ammunition ships, replenishment oilers, and dock landing ships.

The jump originally consisted of an 8ft-wide brook with a fence set back a yard in front of the water, the ground on the landing side 3ft lower than the take-off side.

The Fairfield West yard site was later used by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1944 to build four landing craft.

The landing area adjacent to the old railway station yard, was original known as The Whaling.

12-year-old DJ Walters spies on his elderly neighbor, Mr. Nebbercracker, who confiscates any item landing in his yard.

* August 2, 1949: a Varig Curtiss C-46AD-10-CU Commando registration PP-VBI operating a flight from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport to Porto Alegre made an emergency landing on rough terrain near the location of Jaquirana, approximatelly 20 minutes before landing in Porto Alegre, following fire on the cargo hold.

* July 17, 2007: a TAM Airlines Airbus A320 registration PR-MBK operating flight 3054 from Porto Alegre to São Paulo-Congonhas overran the runway while landing at Congonhas, crossed a major thoroughfare and impacted against a TAM Express warehouse.

When he found the fleet of Sir Edward Hughes anchored there on 15 February 1782, he turned south with the intent of landing troops at Porto Novo, from where they could march up the coast, recapturing French and Dutch holdings on the way.

To assert the cause of the rightful Queen, his daughter Maria da Glória, Pedro sailed from Terceira in the Azores with an expeditionary force consisting of 60 vessels, 7500 men including the Count of Vila Flor, Alexandre Herculano, Almeida Garrett, Joaquim António de Aguiar, José Travassos Valdez and a volunteer British contingent under the command of Colonels George Lloyd Hodges and Charles Shaw and effected a landing at Mindelo on the shores north of Porto.

* 2 August 1949: a Varig Curtiss C-46AD-10-CU Commando registration PP-VBI operating a flight from São Paulo-Congonhas to Porto Alegre made an emergency landing on rough terrain near the location of Jaquirana, approximatelly 20 minutes before landing in Porto Alegre, following fire on the cargo hold.

* 17 July 2007: a TAM Airlines Airbus A320 registration PR-MBK operating flight 3054 from Porto Alegre to São Paulo-Congonhas overran the runway while landing at Congonhas, crossed a major thoroughfare and impacted against a TAM Express warehouse.

When he found the fleet of Sir Edward Hughes anchored there on 15 February 1782, he turned south with the intent of landing troops at Porto Novo, from where they could march up the coast, recapturing French and Dutch holdings on the way.

With these aids, and a pair of skiis substituting for wheels on the Waco, Bob Fogg made the first landing on what is now part of the Barre-Montpelier Airport on November 21, 1927.

* 1980 – Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.

* 1972 – United Airlines Flight 553 crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45.

* 2002 – An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.

Other than the occasional sea plane landing on the pond, the nearest airport is in neighboring Chatham ; the nearest regional service is at Barnstable Municipal Airport ; and the nearest national and international air service is at Logan International Airport in Boston.

* 2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York.

* 1999 – American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.

* 1973 – A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.

* 1996 – A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.

* 1966 – A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.

* 1993 – A China Airlines Boeing 747 overruns Runway 13 at Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon, injuring 22 people.

When Pervez Musharraf was returning from an official visit to Colombo his flight was denied landing permissions to Karachi International Airport after orders were issued from the Prime Minister's office.

Because of intense traffic and high landing fees, some low cost carriers decided to move their flights to smaller airports, such as Rotterdam The Hague Airport and Eindhoven Airport.

On December 20, 2000, Bullock and another passenger survived the crash of a chartered business jet during an attempted night landing at Jackson Hole Airport.

He was present at the official re-opening of Oamaru Airport on 6 August 2006, and cast a successful spell to disperse the fog that was preventing the first flight from landing.

* December 18 – Flight SATA 730, an international charter service from Zurich to Funchal Airport ( Madeira ), touches the sea in a landing attempt.

* August 2, 2005 – Air France Flight 358 crashes on landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport and engulfs in flames.

** Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402 crashes while landing at Tokyo International Airport in Japan, killing 64 of 72 persons on board.

Poltava Air Base, as well as Mirgorod Airport, were used as eastern locations for landing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers involved in those operations.

The building's famous C-47 ' Raisinbomber ' Skytrain can be seen with ease from the top of the Fernsehturm and from a descending aircraft landing at Tempelhof Airport.

Silver City Airways C-47 Skytrain | Douglas Dakota landing at Manchester Airport in 1954