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MADEIRA FUNCHAL AiRPORT!


      The Madeira Funchal Airport in Portugal has a runway with a length of 2781 meters, of which 1000 meters is supported by 180 pillars. Each pillar is 50 meters high (about 17 floors). The runway is designed for a B-747.
Shangrala's Madeira Funchal Airport
      After it was completed, the Madeira Runway extension won the Outstanding Structures Award by the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering. This is considered the 'Oscar' for engineering structure in Portugal. The new runway is widely celebrated as a great feat in architecture due to its sheer size and the amount of labor it took to erect it.

Shangrala's Madeira Funchal Airport
      It has a pretty impressive parking area below the runway.

Shangrala's Madeira Funchal Airport



Shangrala's Madeira Funchal Airport

Shangrala's Madeira Funchal Airport
      The total construction costs for the extension amounted to more than 500 million Euros, a small price to pay considering pilots and passengers can now land without fear. The new airport runway can accommodate all kinds of commercial and private aircraft and more than three million passengers per year.

Shangrala's Madeira Funchal Airport

Shangrala's Madeira Funchal Airport
      Local pilots are often still said to be the most proficient at landing and taking off at Madeira Airport being that there is still ocean on either end. Nevertheless, no matter who is flying the plane, the new runway at Madeira is an architectural wonder both in appearance and in function.

Shangrala's Madeira Funchal Airport

Shangrala's Madeira Funchal Airport


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