Airports and Airfields With the Longest Runways in the World

Source: Wikipedia - List of longest runways

Airports and Airfields With the Longest Runways in the World

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Key Findings

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Shigatse Peace Airport and Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport are level at the top on 5,000 Longest runway length (metres) in 2026.

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Average Longest runway length (metres) in 2026: 4,748 · median: 4,725.

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Gap in 2026: Shigatse Peace Airport is 1.1× larger than Vandenberg Space Force Base.

About This Dataset

Airports and Airfields With the Longest Runways in the World

This chart ranks airports and airfields by the length of their longest runway in metres, counting each one once. It includes civil airports, military air bases and test airfields; landing strips the source lists separately, such as White Sands Space Harbor, are not included.

Analysis

Shigatse Peace Airport and Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport share the top spot with runways of 5,000 metres. 5 of the 17 airports shown are in the United States. Every runway shown is at least 4,572 metres long.

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Data Points

17 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

5,000

Shigatse Peace Airport

Longest runway length (metres) · 2026

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Longest runway length (metres)

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2026

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia - List of longest runways
Coverage: 17 entities · 2026 · 17 observations
Measure: Longest runway length (metres)
Last updated: 10 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2026.

Rankings & Full Data

17 records · Longest runway length (metres) · ranked by 2026

✓ 17 sourced

#	Category	2026
🥇	Shigatse Peace Airport	5,000
🥈	Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport	5,000
🥉	Embraer Unidade Gavião Peixoto Airport	4,967
4	Upington Airport	4,900
5	Denver International Airport	4,877
6	Hamad International Airport	4,850
7	Madrid-Torrejón Airport	4,818
8	Erbil International Airport	4,800
9	Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport	4,725
10	N'djili Airport	4,700
11	Zhukovsky International Airport	4,602
12	Hwange National Park Airport	4,600
13	Southern California Logistics Airport	4,587
14	Edwards Air Force Base	4,579
15	Doha International Airport	4,572
16	Shuttle Landing Facility	4,572
17	Vandenberg Space Force Base	4,572

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_runways Visit ↗

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