Runway length determines what aircraft can operate — long runways enable ultra-long-haul widebodies, high-altitude operations and military use. These airports sit at the top of the global runway length ranking.
#AirportLongest Runway
Denver International AirportDEN · Denver, United States
16,000 ft
2Hamad International AirportDOH · Doha, Qatar
15,912 ft
3Kuwait International AirportKWI · Kuwait City, Kuwait
15,026 ft
4Harry Reid International AirportLAS · Las Vegas, United States
14,835 ft
5Kunming Changshui International AirportKMG · Kunming, China
14,764 ft
6Dubai International AirportDXB · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
14,590 ft
7Indira Gandhi International AirportDEL · New Delhi, India
14,534 ft
8John F. Kennedy International AirportJFK · New York, United States
14,511 ft
9O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB · Johannesburg, South Africa
14,495 ft
10Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportMAD · Madrid, Spain
14,271 ft
11Calgary International AirportYYC · Calgary, Canada
14,000 ft
12Charles de Gaulle International AirportCDG · Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise), France
13,829 ft
13King Khalid International AirportRUH · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
13,796 ft
14Kuala Lumpur International AirportKUL · Sepang, Malaysia
13,530 ft
15Jomo Kenyatta International AirportNBO · Nairobi, Kenya
13,507 ft
16Zayed International AirportAUH · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
13,471 ft
17İstanbul AirportIST · Istanbul, Turkey
13,451 ft
18Dallas Fort Worth International AirportDFW · Dallas-Fort Worth, United States
13,401 ft
19Muscat International AirportMCT · Muscat/Seeb, Oman
13,386 ft
20Ben Gurion International AirportTLV · Tel Aviv, Israel
13,327 ft
Data note: Rankings are based on the LandingAtlas dataset sourced from OurAirports and OpenFlights. Values reflect records in our dataset and may not represent current operational status. Data sources →