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960 FLIGHT International, 12 December 1963 International Airports CURRENT FACTS AND FIGURES This year's "Flight International" tabulation of the world's airports, beginning below, brings in five which have not been previously included, making the total listed 256. They are Genoa/Sestri, previously known as Christopher Colombus but renamed when it was opened to international traffic early this year; Addis Ababa; Berlin Tegel; Bratislava Ivanka; and Christchurch International, the two last-named having been recently extended. In 1959 it was estimated that the amount of new runway construction or extension required to fit world airports to the big jets could be expressed in terms of an 80ft-wide road running from London to Berwick-on-Tweed, a distance of 346 miles. Continuing this analogy, last year's new construction amounted to 44 miles, a little more than the 1962 total of 39; but well below the peak year of 1961, in which the figure was 83 miles. This imaginary road has now reached just over two-thirds of the distance and, with 236; miles on the clock, has arrived a little>ver ten miles south of Doncaster. New airports, for which firm plans exist or on which work has positively started, include Auckland/Mangere, Melbourne Tuilamarine, Moscow/Domodedovo and Tokio. Conversely, plans have existed for a long time for Baghdad, Damascus and Santiago Pudahuel, but no news has filtered through during the past year. One interesting new arrival in the planning field is for a new central airport to serve Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa. Of existing plans for runway extensions there is little to show that firm undertakings have been translated into concrete. Amsterdam and Bone (Algeria) are notable exceptions: from these two there is solid evidence of work in progress. For the rest we must wait and see, especially in the matter of those which are already 12 months, and more, past their target dates. As in past years, the staff of the Aeronautical Information Service of the Ministry of Aviation have assisted in compiling these tables, and their help is gratefully acknowledged. They have included the latest information available up to December 5. AIRPORT Main Runway: QFU Length x Width (ft) and surface Bearing strength (lb) Elev (ft) Temp °C Notes* Abadan, Iran Abidjan, Ivory Coast Accra, Ghana ... Addis Ababa Haile Selassie I ... Adelaide Aden Khormaksar Algiers Maison Blanche ... Amman Amsterdam Schipho! Anchorage ... Ankara Esenboga ... Antigua/Coolidge Field, BWI ... Antofagasta/Cerro Moreno, Chile Asuncion/President Stroessnar, Paraguay Athens Atlanta, USA Auckland Whenupai Baghdad Bahrain/Muharraq Baltimore Friendship Bangkok/Don Muang Barbados/Seawell... Barcelona Barranquilla/Soiedad, Colombia Basle Mulhouse Basra .. ... Beirut Belem/Val de Caes I4R/32L, I0.I70 X I48. A 03/21, 8.856 x 164. T 03/21, 9,600 x 200, T 07/25, 9,843 x 150, A 04/22, 6,850 X 200, GL 08/26,8,386 X 150, A 06/24. 7,972 x 197, C 06/24, 8,000 x 150, A 01/19, 9,563 x 197, A-C 06/24, 10,600 > 200, C 03/21, 12,310 x 197, C 07/25,7,500 x 150, C 18/36, 6,725 x 165, C 02/20.9,000 x 150, A 16/34, 10,498 x 197, A 09/27, 7,860 x 150, A-C 04/22, 6,664 x 150, C 14/32,7,054 - ISO, T 12/30, 7,500 > 200, A 10/28, 9,450 03/21, 9,840 200, A 197, C 09/27,9,000 > 150. A-C 07/25, 8,366 X 328, A 03/21,5,180 x 150, A 16/34, 7,775 x 196, C 12/30, 6,000 x 150, A 18/36, 10,662 x 200, C 06/24, 5,970 x 200, A LCN 75 (est) 10 Boeing 707, DC-8 2 LCN 65 205 LCN 50 7,62 LCN 45 12 LCN 60 0 Unlimited 82 LCN 60 2,547 148.812 s.i.w.l. -13 Boeing 707, DC-8 124 100,000 s.i.w.l. ! 3,122 300,000 a.u.w. 6 DC-7 442 132,280 a.u.w. 301 100,000 s.i.w.l. 90 120,000 s.i.w.l. 1.024 LCN 35 100 231.000 a.u.w. 112 55,000 s.i.w.l. at 1141b/ 6 100,000 s.i.w.l. 146 Dry season 198,410 12 a.u.w. Wet season 132,280 a.u.w. Boeing 707 165 77,160 s.i.w.l. at 1201b/ 13 sq in 130,180 a.u.w. 47 100,000 s.i.w.l. 882 135,000 (est) 8 148,812 s.i.w.l. 85 DC-7 max landing wt 45 109,000 and max t/o 141,000. L1049G landing 112,900 39 ART 29.2 ART 29.3 ART 19 ART 24.4 ART 32 est 27.2 ART 32 est 17.8 ART NA 25.2 ART 23 est 20 est 21 est 29.6 ART 21 est 19.7 ART 36 est 35 ART 29.8 ART 35 est 28.3 ART 24.9 ART 23 est 22 ART 34 est I5f ART 27 est Not previously included in these tables B/S raised from LCN 50 B/S raised from 99,210 s.i.w.l. Feasibility study completed for R/W extension to 13,123ft £25m development plan in hand, to include II,000ft R/W's B/S raised from 170.000 a.u.w. New airport being constructed at Mangere, R/W B.SOOtt, intended to be operational late in 1964 No further news on new airport being built 20km ftom Baghdad R/W being resurfaced B/S reduced from 200,000 s.i.w.l. Still no news of new 9,514ft R/W planned for e'"> i9il tOfficial figure, but seems extremely low , e Still no news of R/W extension to 8,248ft reported tc oe o for completion by end of 1961 Abbreviations: R/W, runway; A, asphalt; C, concrete; Crl, coral; G, grass; GL, gravel; RS, rolled sand; T, tarmac; B/S, bearing strength; a.u.w., all-up (gross) weight; s.i.«•,•,• single isolated wheel load; LCN, load classification number; ART, official aerodrome reference temperature (all other temperatures quoted are approximate "maximum r"ea for the hottest month of the year); est, estimated; NA, not available. j * Roman type in the last column indicates official information and also relates to the work done during the past year. Italic type indicates press or other reports uncom""'1 from official sources.
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