Flying Magazine

JULY 7, 2025

For example, Airlander 10 requires no runway for takeoff and landing—only a mooring mast and about 1,960 feet of flat space, whether that be tarmac, grass, sand, or even water. But with a top speed of 70 knots indicated airspeed (IAS), its velocity is more comparable to a shipping vessel.

Knot

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Plane spotting and photography are possible at the international airside as the windows offer unobstructed clear view of the tarmac and you get great views like these photos below. Rolling down the runway in this gloomy weather. Once my ticket was settled, I went back to the airside to grab some food. The crew's working area.

Airline

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The flight, carrying 104 passengers and five crew members, safely stopped on the runway and there were no injuries reported as a result of the use of the emergency evacuation slides. Having been pushed back from its gate at 07:58, the flight headed out to runway 15R at Houston before being cleared for take-off at 08:14.

Runway

Aerotime

MAY 1, 2024

A Boeing 747 freighter aborted its takeoff run at Riyadh Airport after realizing it was taking off from a taxiway instead of its assigned runway. Data from Flightradar24 shows that the aircraft taxied from the cargo apron located at the northwestern end of the airfield at 00:28 before taxying down to the taxiway leading to runway 33R.

Tarmac

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 1, 2024

It could carry a crew of two and four passengers at a cruise speed of 175 knots, or about 200 mph, at a service ceiling of more than 19,000 feet. In short order we were accelerating down the runway, ascending into the cerulean sky, climbing over the city, and being treated to a breathtaking view of the expansive ocean to the west.

Airplanes