Flying air-planes is the safest way to travel in the world. Over the past decade, hundreds of millions dollars have been invested for improving the safety of passenger aircraft and airports that take-offs and landings took place almost automatically. However, it still remained airports, where due to the terrain and weather conditions at risk to land only very few pilots and passengers the heart goes to the heel of the mountains, cliffs and buildings are seen through the porthole and abrupt maneuvers.
Check out the list of ten most dangerous airports in the world..
10. Paro Airport, Bhutan
Passengers landing at Paro airport, swallow sedatives pills dozens, seeing as a few tens of meters of floating mountains during sharp turns. This is not surprising, only eight pilots in the world have enough skill and experience to land at an altitude of 2300 meters above sea level on a straight piece of asphalt in 1985 meters long. It is allowed to sit only during daylight in good weather, to have good ground, mountains, canyons, and impediment. Prior to 2011, for security reasons, only aircraft of the national airline of Bhutan Druk Air, which set high power engines, have the right to land at Paro airport.
9. Narsarsuaq Airport, Greenland
Even on clear sunny days it is very dangerous to landing in Narsarsuaq airport constant turbulence and sudden wind gusts throwing the plane from side to side when braking or on the contrary, adds speed. The pilots during landing have to maneuver between the fjords, in the end to do a rotation of 90 degrees, to be exact to the runway. That's not counting surprises such as icebergs and descending air currents.
8. Princess Juliana International Airport, San Martin
Princess Juliana Airport is world famous for his photographs with passenger jets, flying over the heads of people sunbathing on the beach. Here on the runway 2180 meters long sit wide-bodied aircraft like the Boeing 747 and Airbus A340. So as not skidded off the runway, the pilots come in to land at a very shallow trajectory, dropping the speed to a minimum, almost touching the fence. Pilots flying over the ocean at a height of 10 meters above the water, forced to use visual cues, to realistically assess the height at which the aircraft is flying.
7. Eagle County Regional Airport, United States
In Eagle County Regional Airport is no navigation equipment, so during the landing pilots navigate by visual references and instrument indications. Arriving aircraft are forced to make a sharp turn to the left to avoid a collision with the mountains, and go to the gate. Plus, the highlands and the changing weather conditions, it is impossible to complicate the life of the pilot.
6. Airport of Madeira, Portugal
Madeira Airport is sandwiched between the ocean and the hills, it has a length of the runway just 2777 meters. During landing the pilots fly straight up the mountain, but at the last moment turns to the right. Plus, due to air pockets, which are formed between the mountains and the water, the aircraft much talking during the landing. In order to avoid accidents in winter, jet air-planes is prohibited to land in the airport of Madeira.
5. Wellington Airport, New Zealand
The main problems of Wellington Airport is a short runway, which has a length of 1811 meters, which ends with a cliff into the sea. Plus with the Cook Strait here often blowing strong gusty wind suddenly shoot down planes off course during landing.
4. Airport Gastaf II, Saint Barthelemy
Runway Gastaf II airport, which starts behind the shoreline and ends at the hill, has a length of 650 meters. Plane comes in to land right over the heads of people sunbathing on the beaches. This may take only a light aircraft with a capacity of up to 20 people, but even they have to fly at low level flight over the heads of people, houses and cars.
3. San Diego International Airport, United States
San Diego International Airport is considered the busiest commercial airport in the world. Approaching the airport is blocked on the southern and eastern side of the mountains, and to the south lie the border with Mexico. Therefore, aircraft have to take off and land on the west side just touching noses with each other. During strong westerly winds have to dive at a steep angle to the runway. Besides 30-meter hangar at the end of the runway, it actually reduces the effective length of 550 meters, further complicating the lives of pilots.
2. Toncontin International Airport, Honduras
Toncontin International Airport, Honduras during inclement weather is considered the most dangerous in the world. To begin with, all international airports, here is the shortest runway of 2163 meters, which is enough for butt landing Boeing 757. During the approach the pilots have to make a sharp turn with a roll of 45 degrees, before the contact with the ground, and a strong wind and turbulence, which are here very often, just blow away the planes with path. Plus have to come in to land along a winding gorge.
1. The name of Tenzing and Hillary Airport, Nepal
The length of the runway Nepalese Airport named Tenzing and Hillary just 560 meters away, and the worst thing is that it starts at the cliff and the highest mountain, leaving upwards. During take-off the aircraft in low speed just fail down, landing sometimes it seems that you're just bump up the hill. Plus out navigational equipment at the airport there is only radio station, pilots have to navigate by visual reference. This may take only helicopters and light aircraft. Services Airport named Tenzing and Hillary are mostly climbers intending to climb Mount Everest.
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