18 the most dangerous airports in the world. Video

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The fear of moving through the air is quite common. Passengers who try to deal with it by studying air travel statistics know that most accidents occur during takeoff and landing.

However, there are airports, to land and take off in which not only the most cold-blooded passengers, but also highly professional pilots fear.

Paro, Bhutan

The runway is located between the Himalayan peaks-5-thousanders. The airport is considered one of the most difficult to land. To make it, pilots have to lay bends between the mountains, which is possible only in the daytime.

Runway Matecane, Lesotho

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The strip with a length of 400 meters ends with a cliff with a height of 600 meters. A rare aircraft manages to accelerate to climb without reaching the end of the runway. According to the idea of ​​the airport designers, aircraft to set the desired flight altitude should make a free fall.

Juancho-Irauskin, Saba Island

The airport’s runway is the shortest in the world - less than 400 meters. Landing here is not for the faint of heart: the pilot must direct the ship directly to the rock, at the last moment before landing, make a sharp turn to the right in order to be on a hill, washed on three sides by the ocean. Landing at the airport is allowed to three types of aircraft, and jets are not included in their number.

Princess Juliana Airport, St. Martin

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The main airport of the Caribbean islands. When landing, the planes fly right over their heads (at an altitude of 10 – 20 meters) on the Maho beach, as the lane is located close to it. During takeoff, the pilot is forced to make U-shaped turn so as not to crash into the rock, where the strip ends.

Tenzing Airport and Hillary Airport, Lukla City, Nepal

The airport, where the pilot has no right to make mistakes, was renamed in the year 2008 after the first conquerors of Everest: Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. After a long maneuvering among the rocks, the vessel must be sharply directed down to avoid a collision with a rock that ends in a short 537 meter-long runway. By the way, the strip starts immediately after the cliff and is located on an incline. Takeoffs and landings are performed at the airport solely by the rules of visual flights, without using modern navigation systems.

Madeira Airport, Portugal

The main airport of Madeira was once more worse than it is now. However, it was reconstructed after the 1977 disaster of the year that claimed the life of the 131 passenger. Today 2 runways, located on a cliff, have a length of 1,8 kilometer. However, a significant part of the canvas is a flyover holding onto 180 pillars with a diameter of 3 meters and a height of up to 50 meters. Due to the mountains and the sea, the airport was in a zone of increased turbulence.

Barra, Scotland
The functioning of the airport located on the beach is periodically interrupted in a natural way - during high tides, eroding the runway on the sand. Also impossible to land here (almost splashdown) at night.

Gibraltar International Airport

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The airport belongs to the UK. Pilots who land here must have good brakes so as not to drown the plane in the strait, which ends the runway. In addition, you need to monitor the movement of vehicles following the lane crossing.

Wellington, New Zealand

The busiest airport has an entire 1 runway, and the relatively short one is a bit more than 1,8 kilometers. This circumstance, as well as the need to maneuver among the hills, make it impossible to land large aircraft. As for small vessels, their pilots are overshadowed by incredibly strong air currents.

Alexandros Papadiamantis, Skiathos Island, Greece

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Landing at the airport of Skiathos is far from ideal and is able to provide a thrill even to the most cold-blooded pilots. Relatively short (1,6 kilometers) and a narrow runway ends in the ocean. On the coast - vacationers. Therefore, pilots need the will and the ability to push hard on the brake. Rise tickles your nerves no less.

Congonhas, Brazil

Located a few kilometers from the city center of Sao Paulo, the airport is a gift for passengers, but not for pilots who have to maneuver between high-rise buildings. There are also problems with the runway covering - it often turns out to be slippery due to the rains. So, in 2007, for this reason, the plane crashed while landing, as a result of the crash of 187 passengers were killed in the cabin, 12 - on the ground.

Gustav III Airport, St. Barthelemy Island, overseas community of France

Located on an island in the Caribbean, the airport has an entire runway of just 650 meters. It is also very narrow, so for every landing in the immediate vicinity of the slopes the plane risks falling into the ocean.

Narsarsuaq, Greenland

The beautiful landscapes outside the window do not give pilots a reason to relax - the terrain is famous for its increased turbulence, which is why only well-trained pilots who know the terrain are allowed to fly here.

Toncontin International Airport, Honduras
Here, the landing of large aircraft has been banned since 2008. The cause of the veto was an accident, as a result of which the plane slid off the runway and crashed into the embankment, crushing several cars. 65 people were injured, 5 died.

Courchevel Airport, French Alps

Only certified pilots are eligible to land an aircraft on an 525-meter runway with a slope of 18,5% among the mountains.

Quito Mariscal Sucre, Ecuador

Located in the center of the populous capital of Ecuador. Pilots have to land the plane on a bumpy, fog-covered runway amid the mountains.

Kai-Tak, Hong Kong (now closed)

Who took the aircraft from 1925 to 1998 year, the airport provided for landing over the busy port and densely populated areas. Under these conditions and with a strong changeable wind, the pilots had to turn the vessel 200 ° at an altitude of 47 meters before landing.

Ice Runway, Antarctica

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The runway on Ross Island is built here annually, the airport has been operating since December. The main difficulty is in weather conditions. To land was possible, the ice must withstand the aircraft. Therefore, pilots and controllers carefully monitor the temperature of the air and the melting of ice and snow. The allowable immersion of the ship in the ice when landing is approximately 25 centimeters.

Previously ForumDaily call 10 best airports in the world. The rating is based on the reviews of travelers who assessed the cleanliness of the airport premises, safety, food, the level of service and comfort in the recreation areas and before the departure gate.

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