In 2024, global passenger numbers showed record levels of demand 2024. This is pressuring airports to handle a growing ...

— -- Question: Are runways flat? From what I've noticed they are not. Also, some appear to have an angle or slope. Take for example San Jose Costa Rica International airport (SJO); even the ...

Campaigners have described an airport's plan to extend its runway onto a small section of common open space as a "land grab". Bristol Airport wants to install rows of landing lights and fencing on ...

To build an airport runway, you need a long strip of earth that is basically flat. Right now, the place where Raleigh-Durham International Airport plans to put its new main runway is anything but. The ...

While multiple airports in the world are served by six runways, the Netherlands' Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is served by six ...

Scotland's Barra Airport, in the Outer Hebrides, is little more than a beach doubling as a runway. - georgeclerk/iStock Unreleased/Getty Images When it comes to travel, wherever you are in the world, ...

Tim McNicholas is a reporter for CBS News New York. He joined the team in September 2022 after working in Chicago, Indianapolis, Toledo and Hastings, Nebraska. The runway at Newark reopened Monday, 13 ...

The runways at Isle of Man Airport have reopened after being closed for several hours this morning (Saturday) because of ice.

When it comes to airports, runway length isn't just a technical detail, but rather a non-negotiable part of flight safety. Airports that have longer runways give aircraft the space they need to build ...