Space Shuttle
Published by Rick on Sunday, December 13, 2009.
In the event of an emergency deorbit that would bring the Orbiter down in an area not within range of a designated emergency landing site, the Orbiter is theoretically capable of landing on any paved runway that is at least 3 km (1.9 mi) long, which includes the majority of large commercial airports. In practice, a US military airfield would probably be preferred for reasons of security arrangements and minimizing the disruption of commercial air traffic.
Emergency landing sites for the Orbiter include:
- Campbeltown Airport, Scotland
- Lajes, Portugal
- Beja, Portugal
- Keflavík, Iceland
- Gran Canaria Airport, Spain
- Shannon International Airport, Ireland
- RAF Fairford, England
- Köln Bonn Airport, Germany
- Airport Manching near Munich, Germany
- Istres-Le Tubé Air Base near Marseille, France
- Ankara, Turkey
- Yundum International Airport, Gambia
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory
- Gander International Airport, Gander, Newfoundland
- Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, near Brisbane, Australia
- Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Darwin, Australia
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