How long is the runway at the KSC?

[dazhat]

I just wondered.

[iamaphazael]

There was a thread about this a little while ago, where a bunch of people used different fun methods to measure it. I think the verdict was that it's right around 1.1 km

[Deadpangod3]

Time to line two rovers at each end of the runway when I get home

[RoboRay]

It is 2km (maybe 1.9km, it's hard to be more exact since the distance scale doesn't go beyond tenths of a kilometer at that distance). I have a rover parked just off each end to help me line up with the runway when landing.

This only shows one more rover off in the distance, in line with the runway, but I've added a couple more now, in 3km increments heading off to the west. These make it a breeze to line up for the landing while still almost a hundred kilometers out.

I guess you could put a rover on each end and put another one near the middle, so you get the exact distance in meters instead of tenths of kilometers, then add them together.

Edited April 30, 2013 by RoboRay

[CalculusWarrior]

Rovers are very handy for stuff like this; I have one that explored the Space Centre, and now it serves as a 10 000x timewarp helper.

[Tex_NL]

IIRC it's 1800m.

Simply drive a rover all the way to the end and check your flight log for 'distance over ground'

[iamaphazael]

It is 2km (maybe 1.9km...

Hmm. shows you how good my powers of recall are. When your memory goes, forget it.

[EndlessWaves]

		print(GameObject.Find("Runway").GetComponent<MeshFilter>().mesh.bounds);
		foreach(Vector3 vertex in GameObject.Find("Runway").GetComponent<MeshFilter>().mesh.vertices)
			print(vertex);

The runway is exactly 1800m X 50m at the top surface, 1860m X 110m wide at the bottom surface and 11m thick.

EDIT: If anyone wants to verify my sums without running the code then a summary of the output is:

Bounds:

Center: (0.0, 0.0, -4.5), Extents: (930.0, 55.0, 5.5)

The eight corner vertices (there are many more):

(-900.0, -25.0, 1.0)

(-900.0, 25.0, 1.0)

(-930.0, -55.0, -10.0)

(-930.0, 55.0, -10.0)

(900.0, -25.0, 1.0)

(900.0, 25.0, 1.0)

(930.0, -55.0, -10.0)

(930.0, 55.0, -10.0)

Edited April 30, 2013 by EndlessWaves

[AceGamer]

I recon its about 2k