Martin Spott writes:
> David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Further to Curt's last post about flattening rivers, how would
> > everyone feel about flattening airports?
> 
> When you look at large airports, say with runways over 3 km, you'll find
> quite a few where the runways follow the terrain at least over a difference
> in the elevation of several meters.
> Still that's not hundreds of feet ....  :-)

For what it's worth, when I was looking into this, I found some
examples of runways with their ends literally at least 100' different
in elevation.  Most aren't nearly that far off, but there are a few.

Curt.
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