Fact Check: Santos Dumont Airport In Rio De Janeiro Does NOT Have A 1,300-foot Runway
Fact Check
Is the Santos Dumont Airport runway only 1,300 feet long? No, that's not true: The runway was 1,300 feet long back in 1934 when the airport was first being developed. The runway size was increased with improvements over time and currently the main runway is 4,340 feet long. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) posted on Facebook on…