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I read an article today suggesting that BRS's runway would be a brake on getting long haul routes so out of interest I looked at the runway lengths (the longest in each case where an airport has more than one) of the top 30 UK airports in terms of passenger numbers (as at August 2017 over a 12-month period).
I've listed the airports in descending order of runway length - in metres - with their position in the passenger number 'league table' shown in the right-hand column.
I'm not sure if this proves or disproves anything but at least it does show who has the long runways and who has the short runways.
Heathrow ……………….3902….1
Gatwick………...........3316….2
Birmingham……........3052….7
Manchester …………….3050….3
Stansted………...........3049….4
Prestwick………………....2986….25
East Midlands…………...2893…13
Doncaster-Sheffield...2893….20
Belfast Int……………....2780….10
Newquay……………......2744….27
Glasgow……………….....2665….8
Edinburgh……............2556….6
Cardiff …………………....2392….19
Newcastle ……………....2329….11
Liverpool ………………...2285….12
Bournemouth…………..2271….24
Leeds-Bradford ……….2250….15
Humberside …………….2196….30
Luton…………………… ...2162….5
Exeter …………………....2076….22
Bristol …………………....2011….9
Derry ………………..…...1969…29
Aberdeen ……………....1953….16
Inverness ……………....1887….23
Southend ……………....1856….21
Norwich……………….... 1841….26
Belfast City………….....1829….17
Southampton…………..1723….18
London City …………….1508….14
Sumburgh ……………...1500….28
I've listed the airports in descending order of runway length - in metres - with their position in the passenger number 'league table' shown in the right-hand column.
I'm not sure if this proves or disproves anything but at least it does show who has the long runways and who has the short runways.
Heathrow ……………….3902….1
Gatwick………...........3316….2
Birmingham……........3052….7
Manchester …………….3050….3
Stansted………...........3049….4
Prestwick………………....2986….25
East Midlands…………...2893…13
Doncaster-Sheffield...2893….20
Belfast Int……………....2780….10
Newquay……………......2744….27
Glasgow……………….....2665….8
Edinburgh……............2556….6
Cardiff …………………....2392….19
Newcastle ……………....2329….11
Liverpool ………………...2285….12
Bournemouth…………..2271….24
Leeds-Bradford ……….2250….15
Humberside …………….2196….30
Luton…………………… ...2162….5
Exeter …………………....2076….22
Bristol …………………....2011….9
Derry ………………..…...1969…29
Aberdeen ……………....1953….16
Inverness ……………....1887….23
Southend ……………....1856….21
Norwich……………….... 1841….26
Belfast City………….....1829….17
Southampton…………..1723….18
London City …………….1508….14
Sumburgh ……………...1500….28