Average length of runways at airports?

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Hi there, What is the average length of runways at airports? Any info is greatly appreciated. TIA

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A small regional airport may have runways ranging from 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) to 2,500 meters (8,000 feet) , while a major international airport may have runways that exceed 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) and even extend beyond 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) in some cases.

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Commercial airports range from 1,300ft (Saba) to over 16,000ft (Shigakse)

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Of the 15862 land runways at declared US Airports (public, private, and military):

Range: 400’ to 16000’
Average (mean): 3330’
Median: 2200’

Distribution of runway length:
<2000’: 3273
2000-3999’: 8245
4000-5999’: 2916
6000-7999’: 802
8000-9999’: 363
10000-11999’: 173
12000-13999’: 81
14000-16000’: 9

Surfaces of those:
Hard surface (asphalt or concrete): 6440
Dirt, Gravel, Coral, Sand: 1279
Turf: 8143
(Water runways and heliports excluded)

Ownership (of airports):
Military: 214
Private: 8703
Public: 4034

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