70. Morgantown Municipal Airport – West Virginia, USA
Year of construction: 1949
Risk factors: Short runway (though they’re currently working on fixing that)
Currently, the city of Morgantown, West Virginia is working on a project that will get it off this list of “dangerous airports.” The government ordered a runway extension project for the airport, and Morgantown Municipal is currently at the blasting phase of the project.
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The airport is planning to extend its runway by 1,001 feet, bringing the length of the runway to that of twenty-one football fields. According to WDTV, the project is currently “showing progress.” Short runways present a lot of dangers, as pilots have less room to land and come to a full stop, so this runway-extension project is very necessary. The Morgantown government expects the initiative to take five years.