The original short runwayMadeira/Funchal Airport opened in 1964, with just one runway (05/23 as it remains today) with a length of 1,600 meters (5,249 feet).
Can a 747 land in Madeira?
The newly extended runway—now 2,781 m (9,124 ft) long—and terminal were inaugurated on 6 October 2002, and to mark the occasion, an Air Atlanta Icelandic Boeing 747-200, registration TF-ABA, landed at the airport.
Does Madeira have a short runway?
How long is the runway at Madeira?
2,781 m.Madeira Airport runway length: 2,781 m. Madeira runway capacity: 3.5 million passengers/year. One hundred eighty pillars with 120 metres (60 m above and 60 m below sea level).
What is the biggest plane that can land at Madeira Airport?
This is partly built on slab over the sea, being based on 180 pillars. This new runway is qualified to receive large aircraft such as the Airbus 340 or Boeing 747, which was present at the opening of the runway on 15 September 2000, as well as almost any type of civil aviation, or military.