The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is one of those aircraft that looks impressive just sitting on the ramp. On paper, it is one of the largest aircraft ever built to operate from short runways routinely.

When it comes to airports, runway length isn't just a technical detail, but rather a non-negotiable part of flight safety. Airports that have longer runways give aircraft the space they need to build ...

The shortest runways in the world make landing the journey’s most dramatic moment, where cliffs, gradients, tides and mountains compress aviation into a test of pure precision. A handful of airports ...

French investigators have revealed that a Nouvelair Airbus A320 may have passed less than 10ft above a waiting EasyJet A320 during the recent landing conflict at Nice, after conducting its approach to ...