# What If An Airplane Had To Land On A Highway?

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Podcast: [Bright Side](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bright-side-3596359)
Published: 2026-05-23T11:00:00+00:00
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Do planes land on highways? Can a road suddenly turn into a runway? While such intersections of aerial and terrestrial transportation are not common, they happen so frequently that you might be surprised. But after all, a runway and a highway aren’t so wildly different. They look pretty much the same: roads are straight pieces of asphalt, just like you’d find in an airfield. In this video we're gonna take a look at an emergency case scenario, when a pilot needs to land a plane of a highway. What might happen if an aircraft won't have the space it needs to land on a highway? Or the road might break if it is not constructed specifically for aircraft use... #brightside Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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