I enjoy traveling, but riding in airplanes has never really been my thing.
Commercial or private –I have rode them all and the shorter the travel time, the better.
I hate pretty much every second of confinement, especially 30-40 thousand feet deep within the wild blue yonder — in a man-made (and operated) aircraft.
However, whenever I do grace the friendly blue skies, I must say I actually get a full fledged adrenaline rush during takeoff and a full fledged panic attack during the landing phase.
Just FYI: If runways are safe then it obviously becomes easier for the pilot to land the aircraft and the panic stricken passengers such as myself feel safer as well.
All that being said, check out these airports originally posted on The Tidbit Daily.
According to the article these are the 5 most dangerous landing strips in the world.
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Ice Runway, Antarctica
Many people love snow but the moment you will get to see this airport as a passenger or a pilot you will think twice about loving snow or ice. The Ice runway is the biggest runway for the Us Antarctic program. The elevation of the runway is 1 ft above mean sea level which is very low. At the same time the length of the runway is 10,000 ft. It is made completely made of ice. There are no lines drawn on the runway as it is complete white. It is capable of handling the heaviest aircraft of US Air force.
Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, Saba, Netherlands Antilles
On the Caribbean Island of Saba the Juancho Airport is the only airport. It is considered as the world’s shortest airport with a runway length of 396 meters. An aircraft needs a nice long length runway to land safely but this airport is considered very dangerous due to its short length. Wide body aircraft cannot land on this runway, it is only suitable for medium weight and light weight aircraft. Both ends of the runways are cliffs that drop into the sea. Its elevation is 60ft Above mean sea level.
Kansai International Airport, Osaka, Japan
Another very interesting and dangerous airport is the Kansai international which is located on an artificial Island In Osaka Japan. This Airport has an elevation of 5m and a total length of 3500 m of the first runway and 4000 m of the second runway. Due to lack of place for an airport an land and the decrease in the imports, the Japanese government made an artificial island on which there is now an airport. It is considered dangerous because if leaves pilot no choice but to make no error. If a pilot fails to stop in time he and his aircraft will end up in waters.
Madeira International Airport, Madeira, Portugal
Located at an elevation of 190 feet with a length of 9124 feet, this dangerous airport is more like a bridge. It’s construction makes it look like a bridge as for the required elevation from sea level the runway could not be made on the flat ground. Many experienced pilots with high flying hours believe that this Is one of the toughest and trickiest runways to land on.
Lukla Airport, Nepal
A small airport in the town of Lukla which is at an elevation of 9,100 ft from mean sea level has a runway length of 460 meters. What makes this runway really dangerous is the short length and the strong gushes of wind that blow from the nearby Himalayas.
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