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This is a list of the shortest airport runways in the world. While most modern commercial aircraft require a paved runway of at least 6,000 feet (1,800 m) in length, many early aircraft were designed to operate from unprepared strips that could be improvised in small spaces. Los Angeles's Grand Central Airport, considered a landmark in aviation history, had a 1,200-foot (370 m) runway during its first six years of operation from 1923 to 1929. Such airstrips were used by heavy as well as light aircraft. During the Doolittle Raid in WW II, twin-engine B-25 bombers with a loaded weight of seventeen tons took off from the 827-foot (252 m) flight deck of the carrier USS Hornet. As late as 1977, a Lockheed Constellation demonstrated its ability to use the 2,700-foot (820 m) runway of the Greenwood Lake Airport in New Jersey, and in 1946, a lightened Constellation took off from a grass strip in 2,000 feet (600 m) on only three engines. Most general aviation aircraft retain this short-field performance; the Cessna 172, the most produced aircraft in history, will take off in as little as 805 feet (245 m) at Standard Temperature when fully loaded. Many small airfields capable of accommodating these types remain in use, mostly in remote areas in the American West and the French Alps, where space is limited.

List of airports with a primary runway less than 2,000 feet (600 m) long

ICAO
or FAA
code 		IATA
code 		Airport name Location Length Elevation
(ft)
(ft) (m)
1ID9 Simko Field Airport Inkom, Idaho, US 400 122 5,640
Ted Luark Airstrip Huson, Montana, US 500 152 3,500
Mile Hi Airstrip Yellow Pine, Idaho, US 560 171 5,831
Dewey Moore Airstrip Big Creek, Idaho, US 700 213 4,494
James Ranch Airstrip Warren, Idaho, US 800 244 2,117
MT94 Ousel Falls Airport Big Sky, Montana, US 900 274 6,600
Simonds Airstrip Yellow Pine, Idaho, US 900 274 5,243
ME46 Back Acres Airport Kennebunkport, Maine, US 1,000 305 60
27MT Rahn Airport Kalispell, Montana, US 1,000 305 3,090
5NA0 Semchenko Airport Max, North Dakota, US 1,100 335 2,065
Vines Airstrip Big Creek, Idaho, US 1,100 335 4,110
4NY8 Harris Hill Gliderport Elmira, New York, US 1,115 340 1,709
LFJD Corlier Aerodrome Corlier, France 1,148 350 2,762
WA39 Crow Valley Airport Eastsound, Washington, US 1,171 357 113
3NA2 Lorentzen Airport Washburn, North Dakota, US 1,200 366 1,790
Red Creek Airstrip Payson, Arizona, US 1,200 366 2,400
MT42 Hasskamp Airport Three Forks, Montana, US 1,225 373 4,052
89OR Mucky Flat Airport Eagle Point, Oregon, US 1,250 381 2,000
FOA Foula Airfield Foula, Shetland Islands, UK 1,252 382 150
EGNF Netherthorpe Airfield Worksop, England, UK 1,253 382 254
26OG Oakridge Airport Eagle Point, Oregon, US 1,275 389 1,560
08ND Brecht Strip Golden Valley, North Dakota, US 1,300 396 1,990
30MT Nistler Strip Helena, Montana, US 1,304 397 4,753
TNCS SAB Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport Saba 1,312 400 138
LSZO Luzern-Beromünster Neudorf, Lucerne, Switzerland 1,312 400 2,146
FXME Matekane Air Strip Matekane, Lesotho 1,312 400 7,544
2NA0 Soderquist Airport Wilton, North Dakota, US 1,320 402 1,880
LFKX Méribel Altiport Les Allues, France 1,332 406 5,639
EDMJ Jesenwang Airport Jesenwang, Germany 1,339 408 1,861
NV31 Barker Creek Ranch Airstrip Round Mountain, Nevada, US 1,350 411 6,600
EICN Coonagh Aerodrome Limerick, Ireland 1,365 416 6
ID13 Sky Island Ranch Airport St. Maries, Idaho, US 1,400 427 2,880
40MT Silver Creek Airport Helena, Montana, US 1,400 427 3,860
N61 Hinshaw (Greenacres) Airport Liberty, North Carolina, US 1,400 427 750
OG13 Fly by Night Airport Ruch, Oregon, US 1,402 427 1,660
LFHM MVV Megève Altiport Megève, France 1,424 434 4,830
Flugplatz Locher Sarntal Locher, Italy 1,434 437 2,608
MT06 Duncan Airport Helena, Montana, US 1,467 447 4,260
WA93 Eliza Island Airport Eliza Island, Washington, US 1,500 457 8
LFHU AHZ Alpe d'Huez Airport Alpe d'Huez, France 1,500 457 6,102
84OR B Bar Ranch Airport Selma, Oregon, US 1,500 457 1,400
0MT9 Lone Hawk Airport Whitefish, Montana, US 1,500 457 3,284
MT83 Ten Mile Airport Helena, Montana, US 1,500 457 4,294
PAMD MDO Middleton Island Airport Middleton Island, Alaska, US 1,500 457 100
C48 Wilson Bar Airstrip Warren, Idaho, US 1,500 457 2,275
2WA3 Stuart Island West Stuart Island, Washington 1,560 475 200
EDXH HGL Heligoland Airfield Heligoland, Germany 1,575 480 5
78WA Center Island Airport Center Island (Washington) 1,600 488 115
CD02 Skyote Airport Steamboat Springs, Colorado, US 1,600 488 8,200
VNDT SIH Doti Airport Dipayal Silgadhi, Nepal 1,608 490 650
LSPV Wangen-Lachen Airport Wangen, SZ, Switzerland 1,640 500 1,335
TAPH BBQ Barbuda Codrington Airport Codrington, Barbuda 1,640 500 15
EFHL Hailuoto Airfield Hailuoto, Finland 1,640 500 7
85U Soldier Bar Airstrip Big Creek, Idaho, US 1,650 503 4,190
EDXP Harle Airfield Harlesiel, Lower Saxony, Germany 1,673 510 7
CYGZ YGZ Grise Fiord Airport Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada 1,675 511 135
EGER SOY Stronsay Airport Stronsay, Orkney, UK 1,690 515 39
0OR5 East Oregon Cattle Company Airport Eagle Point, Oregon, US 1,700 518 1,345
NA12 Johnson Private Airport Turtle Lake, North Dakota, US 1,700 518 1,920
EGHE ISC St Mary's Airport, Isles of Scilly Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom 1,722 525 116
23MT Waterfall Airport Bozeman, Montana, US 1,725 526 4,950
VNLK LUA Tenzing–Hillary Airport Lukla, Nepal 1,729 527 9,334
EGEN NRL North Ronaldsay Airport North Ronaldsay, Orkney, UK 1,729 527 56
EGEP PPW Papa Westray Airport Papa Westray Airport, Orkney, UK 1,729 527 91
EGES NDY Sanday Airport Scotland, Orkney, UK 1,729 527 66
EGEW WRY Westray Airport Westray, Orkney, UK 1,729 527 29
13W Camano Island Airfield Stanwood, Washington, US 1,750 533 145
5S4 Toledo State Airport Newport, Oregon, US 1,750 533 12
I08 Cabin Creek Airstrip Big Creek, Idaho, US 1,750 533 4,289
CD20 Sprague Airport Loveland, Colorado, US 1,750 533 5,603
LFLJ CVF Courchevel Altiport Courchevel, France 1,762 537 6,588
EGEF FIE Fair Isle Airport Shetland, United Kingdom 1,762 537 237
CKU CKU Cordova Municipal Airport Cordova, Alaska, US 1,800 549 12
3B8 Shady Acres Airport Spanaway, Washington, US 1,800 549 445
KCZK Cascade Locks State Cascade Locks, Oregon, US 1,800 549 151
8S2 Cashmere Dryden Cashmere, Washington, US 1,800 549 857
CPL3 Kars/Rideau Valley Air Park Kars, Ontario, Canada 1,800 549 286
CAH3 Courtenay Airpark Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada 1,800 549 9
16CO Dry Pen Airport Parachute, Colorado, US 1,800 549 5,331
MT71 Edsall Field Bozeman, Montana, US 1,800 549 4,659
34CD Elk Park Ranch Airport Allenspark, Colorado, US 1,800 549 7,900
31D Inter County Airport Irwin, Pennsylvania, US 1,800 549 1,250
HI23 Mountain View Airstrip Mountain View, Hawaii, US 1,800 549 1,500
10ND Smith Strip Halliday, North Dakota, US 1,800 549 2,200
1MT3 Wood Strip Elliston, Montana, US 1,800 549 5,100
1I8 Converse Converse, Indiana, US 1,800 549 840
NZUK TWZ Pukaki Airport Twizel, New Zealand 1,804 550 1,575
39P Strom Field Airport Morton, Washington, US 1,810 552 941
2W2 Clearview Airpark Westminster, Maryland, US 1,840 561 760
WN13 Vaughan Ranch Airfield Port Orchard, Washington, US 1,850 564 240
KPFC Pacific City State Airport Pacific City, Oregon, US 1,860 567 10
YOBR Old Bar Heritage Airport Old Bar, New South Wales 1,944 593 10
N43 Braden Airpark Easton, Pennsylvania, US 1,956 596 399
9CL3 Likely Airport Likely, California, US 1,960 597 4,420
TRPG MNI John A. Osborne Airport Montserrat 1,968 600 550
EDWL Langeoog Airfield Langeoog, Germany 1,968 600 5

See also

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