Tabletop runway

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A tabletop runway is a runway that is located on the top of a plateau or hill with one or both ends adjacent to a steep precipice which drops into a deep gorge. This type of runway creates an optical illusion of being at the same level as the plains below, which requires a very precise visual approach by the pilot when instrument landing is not used or not available.

	São Paulo	Congonhas Airport	SBSP
	Bucaramanga	Palonegro International Airport	SKBG
	Pasto	Antonio Nariño Airport	SKPS
	Pereira	Matecaña International Airport	SKPE
	Sørvágur	Vágar Airport	EKVG
	Courchevel	Courchevel Airport	LFLJ
	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla Airport	VISM
	Kerala	Calicut International Airport	VOCL
	Karnataka	Mangalore International Airport	VOML	nowiki>
	Kerala	Kannur International Airport	VOKN
	Maharashtra	Baramati Airport	-
	Mizoram	Lengpui Airport	VELP
	Sikkim	Pakyong Airport	VEPY
	Lampedusa	Lampedusa Airport	LICD
	Dolpa District	Dolpa Airport	VNDP
	Khotang District	Manmaya Rai Airport	VKND
	Okhaldhunga	Rumjatar Airport	VNRT
	Mugu District	Talcha Airport	VNRR
	Solukhumbu	Tenzing–Hillary Airport	VNLK
	Kathmandu	Tribhuvan International Airport	VNKT
	Sankhuwasabha	Tumlingtar Airport	VNTR
	Saba	Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport	TNCS
	Tromsø	Tromsø Airport	ENTC
	Baguio	Loakan Airport	RPUB
	Santa Cruz	Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport	LPMA
	Longwood	Saint Helena Airport	FHSH
	Playa Santiago	La Gomera Airport	GCGM
	Montferrer i Castellbò	Andorra-La Seu d'Urgell Airport	LESU
	California	Catalina Airport	KAVX
		Monterey Airport	KMRY
		McClellan Palomar Airport	KCRQ
		San Nicolas Island NOLF	KNSI
	Arizona	Sedona Airport	KSEZ
	West Virginia	Yeager Airport	KCRW
	Colorado	Telluride Airport	KTEX

• On 19 November 1977, TAP Air Portugal Flight 425, a Boeing 727-200, landed long over the runway in Madeira Airport, plunged over a steep bank and then crashed hard onto a beach, killing 131 of 164 people on board. In response, the runway was dramatically extended and got several upgrades in the following decades.
• The configuration of Mangalore Airport has been cited as a factor in the Air India Express Flight 812 crash on 22 May 2010. The Boeing 737-800 operated by Air India Express runway overrun threshold touchdown area, failed to stop, went out of control, and rolled down a steep hillside, killing 158 of 166 people on board.
• On 25 May 2011, an Embraer Phenom 100, N224MD, operated by JetSuite overran the runway during landing at the Sedona Airport. The pilots approached with an excessive airspeed, which resulted in a failure to stop the airplane before overrunning the runway. The airplane came to the rest upright on an approximately 40-degree incline at approximately below the departure end of runway 21. The first officer and one passenger suffered serious injuries.
• On 27 May 2017, Summit Air Flight 409 stalled on final approach to Tenzing–Hillary Airport, subsequently crashing below the threshold of runway 06. The cargo flight descended too low on approach, upon which pilots suddenly increased the angle of attack at the low speed. The aircraft stalled as a result of excessive drag and impacted the sloppy terrain short of the runway.
• On 7 August 2020, an Air India Express Flight 1344, a Boeing 737-800 (as part of Vande Bharat Mission) skidded off the tabletop runway at Calicut International Airport in Kerala with 19 fatalities including the captain and co-pilot.
• On 28 January 2026, at around 9:12 a.m., a business jet carrying the deputy CM of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar, crashed and exploded on second landing attempt at Baramati Airport, killing him and four others. The aircraft involved was VT-SSK, a Learjet 45XR operated by VSR Aviation.

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