세계의 무섭고 위험한 공항 16

세계의 무섭고 위험한 공항 16

1.Icy runway. Antarctica

Of course, not many of us will ever go on a trip to Antarctica, where to fly there. 

This is probably one of the most slippery runways in the world, as it is located on the ice of Antarctica. 

Shame, but skis or snowshoes for aircraft have not yet been invented! In 2015, the Icelandic Boeing 757 successfully landed 

on the Blue Glacier of the integrated ice runway –opening the doors for tourists on the coldest continent of the planet.

2.Courchevel. France

The best way to describe an airport in a prestigious resort in the French Alps of Courchevel is to compare it with a ski jump.

3.Barra Great Britain

At Barra Airport, off the west coast of Scotland, planes land right on the beach. 

At full tide, the three Barra runways are completely submerged, so the flight time varies with mother nature cycles. 

For emergency flights at night or in case of reduced visibility, headlights and reflective stripes in the sand are used for lighting.

4.Tenzing and Hillary Name Airport. Nepal

The airport, named after Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 

also known as Lukla Airport, is consistently ranked as one of the most dangerous in the world. 

The airport is popular with Himalayan climbers and tourists and is located at an altitude of 1321 meters above sea level. 

A very short runway (only 1729 m), difficult terrain, strong winds, changing visibility and rain, unfortunately, lead to constant fatal 

accidents for helicopters and small aircraft.

5.Queenstown New Zealand

Queenstown Airport on the South Island is the fourth busiest airport and passenger traffic in the country and is surrounded by 

the picturesque mountain ranges that New Zealand is famous for. 

The scenic approach on Lake Hayes along the Kawarau Valley requires a precise approach. 

Landing difficulties are often exacerbated by low-lying fogs, strong winds and snow during the winter months. 

Queenstown Airport also has a relatively short runway.

6.Paro Airport. Butane

The small mountain kingdom of Bhutan has only one International Airport, and this airport is one horror.

 Paro Airport is located in a deep river valley surrounded by high mountain peaks. 

Flights are limited by daylight hours between sunset and sunrise, as pilots can only land in conditions of sufficient visibility. 

Only a few pilots are qualified to land at Paro Airport.

7.Runway Matekane. Lesotho

The airport in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho is no more than 1300 meters long unpaved runway, which ends in a cliff. 

The runway widening toward the edge of the cliff is so short that aircraft often lack speed to gain altitude. 

Instead, they scatter from the end of the runway and sink into the deep river valley until they reach enough speed to take off.

8.Madeira Airport - Cristiano Ronaldo. Portugal

Formerly known as Funchal Airport, Madeira Airport is sandwiched between the Atlantic Ocean on one side and high mountains 

on the other. 

The location on the coast of the island creates a powerful crosswind on a single runway. 

As Madeira’s popularity has recently grown, the runway has been expanded several times, and now has 2782 meters. 

The extension of the strip was built on a platform supported by 180 columns, partially overhanging the sea.

9.Mariscal Sucre International Airport. Ecuador

The modern airport in the capital of Ecuador - Quito, is one of the busiest in South America. 

It was opened in February 2013, and the runway is the longest in Latin America. 

All this can make the flight very comfortable, if not for the wind. 

Blown in the highlands of the Andes, the climate here is marked by contrasting transitions between the rainy season and the dry 

season (July, August, September).

 A strong wind instantly reaches 35 knots in the afternoon, as a result of which the aircraft shakes violently and they fall into the

 turbulence zone.

10.Gibraltar International Airport in Gibraltar

Besides ending in a harbor and being tightly flanked by a bustling city and a massive mountain, the runway at Gibraltar International

 Airport is intersected by Winston Churchill Avenue, one of Gibraltar’s busiest streets (which has to be closed every time a plane lands).

11.Ketchikan International Airport in Ketchikan, Alaska. 

The super short runway at Alaska’s Ketchikan International Airport sees 50 to 190 inches of rain per year and freezing temperatures

 thanks to its proximity to the mountains and ocean and its strong winds.

12.Narsaruaq Airport in Narsarsuaq, Greenland. 

Surrounded by fjords, Greenland’s Narsaruaq airport has turbulence and wind so common and so grueling that takeoffs 

and landings are only allowed during the day. 

Pilots here also need to make a 90-degree turn to line up with the runway – extra tough when it’s windy – and occasionally avoid

 drifting icebergs.

13.Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten.

This means that planes have to fly really low, frazzling beach-goers with strong winds and loud noise.​

In 2017, a woman died after getting too close to the jet blast.

14.Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport in Zion’s Hill, Saba Island.

As if the mountains near Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport on Saba Island in the Caribbean didn’t make landing here tough enough, 

overshooting the 1,300-foot runway even by a little bit means nose-diving straight into the ocean.

15.Qamdo Bamda in Qamdo, Tibet, China. 

While Tibet’s Qamdo Bamda Airport is no longer the world’s highest airport (China’s Daocheng Yading Airport took that honor),

 it’s still pretty darn high, and the thin air at 14,219 feet above sea level makes landings extra difficult. 

And because high-altitude landings are so challenging, Qamdo Bamda has the longest paved runway that’s open to the public

 in the world, at 3.4 miles.

16.Gustaf III Airport in St. Barths

Similar to St. Maarten’s airport, the one at celebrity hotspot St. Barths has an insanely short runway (2,100 feet) that ends 

on a public beach full of tanning tourists.