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Re:Runway melts at London Luton airport as temperatures in U... by mcguire on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @02:40PM (#32156078)
Hm. An Olympic ice rink is 30mx60m, or 1800m^2. The "largest ice arena complex in the world" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwan_Super_Rink) is 28,000m^2 but has 8 Olympic ice rink, sort of.

Yuma International/MCAS has roughly 540,000m^2 of runway (plus taxiways).

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