Usually, the people who are afraid of air travel can’t wait to get to the ground when they are forced to travel by plane. However, if they had to land in one of these extremely dangerous airports, they would probably want their flight to last forever.
The majority of the most dangerous airports in the world are located in small islands of the Caribbean , in places where the planes literally have to land on the sand, next to bathers who swear they can touch the wheels!
The pilots who conduct flights in these dangerous airports are especially trained, of course.
See the 11 scariest airports in the world:
1. Gustaf III Airport, Saint Barthélemy
Saint Barthélemy Airport, located in Carribean, has an extremely narrow runway that can only accommodate small aircrafts.
2. Lukla Airport, Nepal
Lukla airport in Nepal, is perched on the mountainside, has no radar or navigation devices and is characterized as the most dangerous airport in the world.
3. Barra Airport, Scotland
The aircrafts only land there at low tide as at high tide the runways are covered by the sea.
4. Funchal Airport, Madeira
The pilots approaching the landing strip of Funchal airport in Madeira have to make acrobatic maneuvers to land their aircraft.
5. Gibraltar Airport, Gibraltar
The unique feature in this airport is that the main landing strip of the planes passes through the main street of the city.
6. Courchevel Airport, Alpes
The James Bond movie “Tomorrow Never Dies” was shot here.
7. Kai Tak Airport, Hong Hong
Landing between skyscrapers can be a little tricky.
8. Airport of Saba, Carribean
This small airport in the Caribbean is perched on the edge of a cliff!
9. Princess Juliana International Airport, Saint Martin
It is located very close to the famous Maho beach. The bathers swear they can almost touch the wheels of the aircrafts, as they land…
10. Mariscal Sucre Airport, Ecuador.
Only an experienced pilot can handle such large volcanoes and narrow landing strips.
11. Paro Airport, Bhutan
If you are don’t mind a little turbulence due to the strong winds, you will enjoy the lush landscape.
