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From the unending ice of Antarctica to the sandy
beaches of Scotland, be glad you’re not landing at any of these
airports. These are the some most insane runways in the world!
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Courchevel Airport (France) - Found high in the French Alps this runway
has been labeled the 7th most dangerous in the world. It’s even on an
incline!
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Kansai International Airport (Japan) - Yes, all that blue stuff you see
is water! This airport is actually an artificial island.
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Matekane Air Strip (Lesotho) - Often
considered one of the scariest runways in the world, this one literally
runs right off of a cliff
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Tenzing-Hillary Airport (Nepal) - Although it is nearly 3,000 meters
high, it’s only a few hundred meters long.
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Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (Saba) - Both overshooting and
undershooting this runway would be disastrous
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Malé International Airport (Maldives) - This is another runway without
much wiggle room
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Barra Airport (Scotland) - Only for flights during the day, you can
probably see why…because it’s a beach.
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Pegasus White Ice Runway (Antarctica) - Serving McMurdo Station, the
name of this runway says it all.
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Toncontín International Airport (Honduras) - Surrounded by mountains
this airport has some very short runways.
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Catalina Airport (USA) - Found on Catalina Island off
the coast of California this is another runway that ends with a steep
drop off.
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Saint Barthélemy Airport (Saint Barthélemy) - And this
is another runway that ends up on a beach, except this one has a slope
too. And a danger sign.
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Chubu Centrair International Airport (Japan) - It
seems as though Japan likes to build its airports in the middle of large
bodies of water.
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Madeira Airport (Portugal) - Because the airport
runway was too short and dangerous, the government did something
drastic, they put the runway on a bridge. Their solution has won several
engineering awards.
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Paro International Airport (Bhutan) - Found high in
the Himalayas, night time and fog landings are forbidden.
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Svalbard Airport (Norway) - Built upon a layer of
permafrost, this runway serves the archipelago of Svalbard, the
northernmost settlement on Earth that has a permanent civilian
population (basically that is not a research station). |