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title: Types of Staircase Landings
description: "## Types of Staircase Landings ### Staircase Landing: ##### *An intermediate floor or platform between flights of stairs. Landings permit directional changes in the staircase.* ![Types of Staircse Landings, Stair Runner Store, 1 L shaped landing](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/5ede13e92c7d3a10cba88aac/images/5f18e7ed04286306f80744e4/file-7bdiw3f8Bm.jpg) ![Types of Staircse Landings,…"
url: "https://www.stairrunnerstore.com/docs/types-of-staircase-landings/"
updated: "2024-09-29"
category: Planning Resources
tags:
  - Staircase Glossary
---

# Types of Staircase Landings

## Types of Staircase Landings

### Staircase Landing:

##### *An intermediate floor or platform between flights of stairs. Landings permit directional changes in the staircase.*

![Types of Staircse Landings, Stair Runner Store, 1 L shaped landing](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/5ede13e92c7d3a10cba88aac/images/5f18e7ed04286306f80744e4/file-7bdiw3f8Bm.jpg)

![Types of Staircse Landings, Stair Runner Store, 2 L shaped landings within 1 staircase](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/5ede13e92c7d3a10cba88aac/images/5f18e7b504286306f80744e3/file-VSVnywjbs7.jpg)

![Types of Staircase Landings, StairRunnerStore.com, U shaped single platform landing](https://s3.amazonaws.com/helpscout.net/docs/assets/5ede13e92c7d3a10cba88aac/images/5f18e79a04286306f80744e2/file-T7DYzuBmUJ.jpg)

- It is common to refer to the first or second floor *(at the bottom and top of a stairway)* as a landing, but for our purposes a landing is within the staircase since this is where custom stair runner fabrication is most often needed. Very often - the staircase ultimately "lands" on the first floor or foyer, and on the 2nd floor in a hallway which connects rooms.
- In most cases there is just one landing within a staircase - however, it is not uncommon to have *2 landings within one staircase.

**Related:**

- Lower Stairs: the section or group of stairs below an intermediate landing.
- Upper Stairs: the section or group of stairs above an intermediate landing.
- *Mid-way and Uppermost Stairs: on a staircase which has **2 landings**, this is how we might refer to these sections or groups of stairs. Midway stairs are between the 2 landings. Uppermost stairs are those above the higher of 2 landings.

*Our Custom Landing Quote Form is available on our runner product pages so that you can request a quote for your project and a specific product. For custom width materials please Contact Us - the quote form is not yet available on those pages. *