Most frightening runways in the world
We suggest you look at the runway, that cause fear not only for passengers but also for pilots. Barra Airport. It is situated on the Hebrides Islands off the west coast of Scotland. Yes, it's a beach for takeoff and landing. Works only in the afternoon.
Water, water, Chubu Centrair International Airport (Tokoname, Japan), water, water ...
The runway Matekane in Lesotho (Africa). Length is 400 meters, and it ends abruptly, the abyss
Narsarsuaq Airport, Greenland. Here around the fjords and gusty winds.
Paro International Airport, Bhutan, situated at 2236 meters and is surrounded by more than 5,000-meter peaks of Himalayas. Night or in fog landing is strictly prohibited.
Pegasus White Ice Runway, Antarctica, the southernmost of the three airfields McMurdo. Believe it or not, the planes take off and land all year round.
Princess Juliana International Airport, San Martin. And all the famous Maho Beach.
Quito Airport, the main airport in Ecuador, is not just in the center of town, but is surrounded by volcanoes.
Airport Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea. Constant bad weather and harsh winds
Tenzing-Hillary Airport, Lukla, Nepal. Located at an altitude of 2860 meters above sea level, and its runway is only a few hundred meters.
Toronto Islands Airport (Ontario, Canada). Island airport in the territory of which even has a nude beach.
Toncontín International Airport, Honduras. Around the mountain and home.
Congonhas Airport in the heart of Sao Paulo
Williams Field, Antarctica, the snow has two runways. Accepted aircraft only on skis. The plane lands at 8 feet of compacted snow.
Wellington, New Zealand. Short runway, hilly terrain, high winds, turbulence.
Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, the airport in the Caribbean. Just to say, the airport on the rock.
Another beach airport. Runways Copalis State Airport located in the delta Kopalis.
Gibraltar Airport intersects Winston Churchill Avenue, which is closed for takeoff and landing.
Mountain runway airport in Courchevel (France). Length of 545 meters. Angle strips 18.5 degrees.
Airport Gustaf third or Saint Barthélemy Airport. Short runway slope starts with and ends at the beach.
Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan. Again, from the series "... water, water, airport, water, water ..."
Madeira Airport in Portugal, is on the edge of a cliff.
Kai Tak International Airport, the airport in Hong Kong. And pilots have to fall sharply directly over houses