In article ,
(David Anderson) wrote:

Does anyone know which military airport has the most runways and which
one has the longest runway? The Rogers Lakebed portion of Edwards Air
Force Base in Southern California has at least 15 (paved and unpaved)
runways, one of which has a paved length of more than 15,000 feet
(~4,500 metres) with an unpaved overrun of almost 10,000 feet (i.e.,
an additional 3,000 metres). Another (unpaved) "runway", number
17-35, is more than 7 miles long (~39,000 feet or ~11,700 metres in
length). Does anyone know of a military (or civilian) airport with
more runways or a longer runway? I believe the longest paved runway
in North America is Runway 16R-34L at Denver International Airport at
16,000 feet long (~4,800 metres); the airport with the longest paved
runway in the world is Banda Airport in eastern Tibet at 18,045 feet
in length (~4,400 metres); this one is also said to be the highest
airport in the world at a field elevation of 15,548 feet (~4,650
metres) above sea level.


A few years ago, I was invited to the Edwards AFB Open House and landed
to the west. I was able to make the first taxiway; otherwise, I would
have had to taxi a mile to the first turnoff.