Interesting facts about airports around the world

In US airports during the inspection of all passengers need to take off your shoes for scanning special X-ray machines and turn out his pockets. Disobey the instructions not to allow the plane to land on.

The airport of Melbourne (Australia) installed scanners that show through the clothes of passengers. With the new equipment, security managers can see the private parts of tourists in great detail.


The best airports in the world are in Asia. The most comfortable and safe deemed to Hong Kong International Airport, and airport Shandzhi in Singapore and South Korea's Incheon International Airport in Seoul.

One of the most dangerous is Paro Airport, located in the Kingdom of Bhutan. The air terminal is surrounded by peaks of the Himalayas, towering at 4880 meters. Only specially trained pilots can overcome the obstacle of high trees covered slopes and safely land the plane.

Princess Juliana International Airport on the island of St. Maarten (Caribbean) Limited is famous runway. Plane comes in to land over the sea, fly over the strip of beach, then on the highway, where posted signs warning of very-low-flying aircraft, and immediately hit the runway.







One of the shortest in the world is the runway Matekane in Lesotho. To disperse and landing the pilot is given just 416 meters, the band itself is located on the edge of a mountain gorge at an altitude of 2000 meters 303.



Runway Airport Island Bar (Scotland) is a shallow bay, so the hardness of a landing depends on the tides.