Tabletop runway

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Tabletop runway

A tabletop runway is a runway that is located on the top of a plateau or hill with one or both ends adjacent to a steep precipice which drops into a deep gorge.[1][2] This type of runway creates an optical illusion of being at the same level as the plains below, which requires a very precise visual approach by the pilot when instrument landing is not used or not available.[3][4]

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Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport in Saba, an example of a tabletop runway.
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Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport in Madeira.

List of tabletop runways

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Country Location Airport Airport Codes
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 Brazil São Paulo Congonhas Airport CGH/SBSP
 Colombia Bucaramanga Palonegro International Airport BGA/SKBG
Pasto Antonio Nariño Airport PSO/SKPS [citation needed]
Pereira Matecaña International Airport PEI/SKPE
 Faroe Islands Sørvágur Vágar Airport FAE/EKVG [citation needed]
 France Courchevel Courchevel Airport CVF/LFLJ
 India Himachal Pradesh Shimla Airport SLV/VISM [5]
Malappuram, Kerala Calicut International Airport CCJ/VOCL [6]
Karnataka Mangalore International Airport IXE/VOML [7][8]
Kannur, Kerala Kannur International Airport CNN/VOKN [9]
Mizoram Lengpui Airport AJL/VELP [8]
Sikkim Pakyong Airport PYG/VEPY [10]
North Goa district Manohar International Airport GOX/VOGA [citation needed]
 Italy Lampedusa Lampedusa Airport LMP/LICD [11]
   Nepal Dolpa Dolpa Airport DOP/VNDP [12]
Khotang Manmaya Rai Airport ?/VKND [12]
Okhaldhunga Rumjatar Airport RUM/VNRT [12]
Mugu Talcha Airport ?/VNRR [13]
Solukhumbu Tenzing–Hillary Airport LUA/VNLK [14]
Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport KTM/VNKT [15][12]
Sankhuwasabha Tumlingtar Airport TMI/VNTR [12]
 Netherlands Saba Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport SAB/TNCS [14]
 Philippines Baguio Loakan Airport BAG/RPUB
 Portugal Santa Cruz Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport FNC/LPMA [16]
 Saint Helena Longwood Saint Helena Airport HLE/FHSH [citation needed]
 Spain Playa Santiago La Gomera Airport GMZ/GCGM
Montferrer i Castellbò Andorra-La Seu d'Urgell Airport LEU/LESU
 United States California Catalina Airport AVX/KAVX [citation needed]
Monterey Airport MRY/KMRY
McClellan Palomar Airport CLD/KCRQ
San Nicolas Island NOLF ?/KNSI
Arizona Sedona Airport SDX/KSEZ [citation needed]
West Virginia Yeager Airport CRW/KCRW [citation needed]
Colorado Telluride Airport TEX/KTEX
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