Most frightening runways in the world (22 photos)

We suggest you look at the runways, which cause fear, not only the passengers, but for pilots.
Barra Airport. It is located in the Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. Yes, this is the beach for takeoff and landing. It only works during the day.



 
Water, water, Chubu Centrair International Airport (Tokoname, Japan), water, water ...



Congonhas Airport in the heart of Sao Paulo



Another beach airport. Runways Copalis State Airport are in Copalis River Delta.



Mining runway airport in Courchevel (France). The length of 545 meters. Corner strips 18 is 5 degrees.



Gibraltar Airport intersects Winston Churchill Avenue, which was closed at the time of takeoff and landing aircraft.



Airport or third Gustaf Saint Barthélemy Airport. Short runway begins to tilt and ends on the beach.



Kai Tak International Airport, the airport is located in Hong Kong. And the pilots have to fall sharply just above the houses



Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan. Again a series of & quot; ... water, water, airport, water, water ... & quot;



Madeira Airport in Portugal, located on the edge of a cliff.



Runway Matekane in Lesotho (Africa). The length of it is 400 meters, and it ends abruptly Catcher



Narsarsuaq Airport, Greenland. There Circle fjords and gusty winds.



The international airport of Paro, Bhutan, situated at an altitude of 2236 meters and is surrounded by more than 5,000-meter peaks of the Himalayas. Night landing or mist is strictly prohibited.



Pegasus White Ice Runway, Antarctica, the southernmost of the three airfields McMurdo Station. Believe it or not, planes take off and land here all year round.



Princess Juliana International Airport, San Martin. And all the famous Maho Beach.



Airport Quito, Ecuador's main airport, is not just in the city center, and is surrounded by volcanoes.



Airport Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea. Permanent 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.



Toncontín International Airport, Honduras. Around the mountains and houses.



Toronto Islands Airport (Ontario, Canada). The island airport in the territory of which even has a nudist beach.



Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, the airport in the Caribbean. Just say the airport on a rock.



Wellington, New Zealand. Short runway, hilly terrain, strong winds, turbulence.



Williams Field, Antarctica, snow has two runways. The plane is only accepted on skis. Aircraft landing at 8 meters compacted snow.



Source: gizmodo.com

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