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Flights that you will never forget
15 spectacular flights that do not like slabonervnym.Podborka Website the scariest runways make you feel again an exciting time of takeoff and landing, even on an airplane. If you are missing a thrill, you can safely choose any of these sites and to secure a memorable start and end of holiday.
Princess Juliana Airport, Gollandiya
Airlines: almost all US airlines, the French charter carrier Corsairfly, airline KLM.
Princess Juliana Airport is located on the island of San Maarten, which is part of the Dutch Antilles in the Caribbean. The runway airport is very short (its length is 2130 meters) and thus forced the aircraft came in to land just a hundred meters from the beach where vacationers sunbathing tourists. For more thrills attached to knowing that the airport is not equipped with an automatic landing, so the plane comes in to land under manual control.
Kai Tak - Kulun, Gonkong
Airlines flying: Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, cargo airline Air Hong Kong and Hong Kong Airways.
The location of the airport is surrounded by high hills and close to the water, as well as the availability of residential buildings in the immediate vicinity airport "Kai Tak Airport" went down in history as one of the most terrible and landing aircraft at the airport looked very spectacular due to its extreme. The airport was closed in 1998.
Paro, Butan
Airlines: Druk Air, a local carrier.
Paro Airport is located at an altitude of 2225 meters above sea level and is surrounded by Himalayan peaks over 4,000 meters, which makes taking off and landing extremely difficult.
North Front, Gibraltar
Airlines: British Airways, EasyJet, Iberia Airlines and Monarch Airline.
The airport is situated on a tiny peninsula, an area of 6.8 square kilometers. The lack of space on the peninsula is catastrophic, because the only runway of the airport crosses the busiest highway named Winston Churchill Avenue, leading to a land border with Spain.
Mariscal Sucre - Quito Ekvador
Through the glass wall of the airport you can see the planes landing. Airport in the capital of Ecuador is one of the most difficult airports for pilots in Latin America. It is very close the runway, which is based almost between several active volcanoes.
Barra - Outer Hebrides, Shotlandiya
Airlines: British Airways and Flybe (England).
The world's only airport located on the beach and having a regular service.
Matekane Air Strip, Lesoto
Complex are not only touchdown. In the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, the runway length of 400 meters located on the edge of the gorge. According to the pilots, it is possible that, having reached the end of the platform, the plane is off the ground.
Funchal - Madeira Portugaliya
The runway of the airport is located on the cliff.
Toncontin, Tegucigalpa, Gonduras
Airlines: American Airlines, Continental, Copa Airlines, TACA, Islena Airlines and Aerolineas Sosa.
The pilots have a saying, "Planting, which can leave - good landing." This strange statement makes sense, when it comes to Toncontin airport in Honduras. Location near the mountain range, is too short runway, difficulty reaching is making the airport one of the most dangerous in the world.
Tenzing-Hillary, Nepal
A viakompanii flying: Nepal Airlines, Yeti Airlines, Sita Air, Gorkha Airlines, Agni Air. Flights are made only from Kathmandu.
Runway airport has a length of 527 meters and is located on an incline of 12% at 2860 meters above sea level. Due to the large slope ends of the runway vary in height up to 60 meters. The flights are possible only during the day and good visibility. Weather is unpredictable in the vicinity of the airport, and its instability causes frequent cancellations of flights. The airport is able to receive only helicopters and airplanes short takeoff and landing.
Airport Juancho E. Yrausquin, Saba island in the Caribbean more
Dangerous runway on the edge of the island of Saba.
Airport. Ronald Reagan, Washington, SSHA
The airport has an unenviable position in the vicinity of the strategically important objects of the national security of the United States. This is the White House, Pentagon and CIA headquarters.
Courchevel - Alps Frantsiya
Airport hit the Guinness Book of Records because of "Brokeback" and the unusually short runway. Its length is 525 meters and slope - 18, 5 degrees.
Maui Gavai
Aerial view of the runway of the airport on the coast of Maui. Fortunately, this is not the main airport in Hawaii.
Kranebitten - Innsbruck Avstriya
The runway is located in the mountains and surrounded by houses.
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Princess Juliana Airport, Gollandiya
Airlines: almost all US airlines, the French charter carrier Corsairfly, airline KLM.
Princess Juliana Airport is located on the island of San Maarten, which is part of the Dutch Antilles in the Caribbean. The runway airport is very short (its length is 2130 meters) and thus forced the aircraft came in to land just a hundred meters from the beach where vacationers sunbathing tourists. For more thrills attached to knowing that the airport is not equipped with an automatic landing, so the plane comes in to land under manual control.
Kai Tak - Kulun, Gonkong
Airlines flying: Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, cargo airline Air Hong Kong and Hong Kong Airways.
The location of the airport is surrounded by high hills and close to the water, as well as the availability of residential buildings in the immediate vicinity airport "Kai Tak Airport" went down in history as one of the most terrible and landing aircraft at the airport looked very spectacular due to its extreme. The airport was closed in 1998.
Paro, Butan
Airlines: Druk Air, a local carrier.
Paro Airport is located at an altitude of 2225 meters above sea level and is surrounded by Himalayan peaks over 4,000 meters, which makes taking off and landing extremely difficult.
North Front, Gibraltar
Airlines: British Airways, EasyJet, Iberia Airlines and Monarch Airline.
The airport is situated on a tiny peninsula, an area of 6.8 square kilometers. The lack of space on the peninsula is catastrophic, because the only runway of the airport crosses the busiest highway named Winston Churchill Avenue, leading to a land border with Spain.
Mariscal Sucre - Quito Ekvador
Through the glass wall of the airport you can see the planes landing. Airport in the capital of Ecuador is one of the most difficult airports for pilots in Latin America. It is very close the runway, which is based almost between several active volcanoes.
Barra - Outer Hebrides, Shotlandiya
Airlines: British Airways and Flybe (England).
The world's only airport located on the beach and having a regular service.
Matekane Air Strip, Lesoto
Complex are not only touchdown. In the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, the runway length of 400 meters located on the edge of the gorge. According to the pilots, it is possible that, having reached the end of the platform, the plane is off the ground.
Funchal - Madeira Portugaliya
The runway of the airport is located on the cliff.
Toncontin, Tegucigalpa, Gonduras
Airlines: American Airlines, Continental, Copa Airlines, TACA, Islena Airlines and Aerolineas Sosa.
The pilots have a saying, "Planting, which can leave - good landing." This strange statement makes sense, when it comes to Toncontin airport in Honduras. Location near the mountain range, is too short runway, difficulty reaching is making the airport one of the most dangerous in the world.
Tenzing-Hillary, Nepal
A viakompanii flying: Nepal Airlines, Yeti Airlines, Sita Air, Gorkha Airlines, Agni Air. Flights are made only from Kathmandu.
Runway airport has a length of 527 meters and is located on an incline of 12% at 2860 meters above sea level. Due to the large slope ends of the runway vary in height up to 60 meters. The flights are possible only during the day and good visibility. Weather is unpredictable in the vicinity of the airport, and its instability causes frequent cancellations of flights. The airport is able to receive only helicopters and airplanes short takeoff and landing.
Airport Juancho E. Yrausquin, Saba island in the Caribbean more
Dangerous runway on the edge of the island of Saba.
Airport. Ronald Reagan, Washington, SSHA
The airport has an unenviable position in the vicinity of the strategically important objects of the national security of the United States. This is the White House, Pentagon and CIA headquarters.
Courchevel - Alps Frantsiya
Airport hit the Guinness Book of Records because of "Brokeback" and the unusually short runway. Its length is 525 meters and slope - 18, 5 degrees.
Maui Gavai
Aerial view of the runway of the airport on the coast of Maui. Fortunately, this is not the main airport in Hawaii.
Kranebitten - Innsbruck Avstriya
The runway is located in the mountains and surrounded by houses.
via # image477105
