Originally Posted by
AdaQuonsett
What's the longest commercial runway in the US?
What's the longest commercial runway in the world?
What do all those crazy numbers mean that are associated with runways, eg 13R 31L?
The Bay Runway is a cool nickname, can you name other runways that have cool nicknames?
Other people have explained the numbers, so I'll give you a link to the longest runways:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_runways
In terms of "named" runways, here are a few I can think of:
Reef Runway (RWY 08R/26L at Honolulu)
Polderbaan (RWY 18R/36L at Amsterdam, other runways the
also have names)
Startbahn West (RWY 18 at Frankfurt, used for take-offs only due to terrain issues north of the airport)