Traveling on airplanes, despite the relative high cost of tickets, is becoming increasingly popular. In addition, in some parts of the world other transport and if desired, will not be able to get. That's where the tourists begin to take interest in their own safety during the flights. Which airplanes are the most reliable? Which airline to trust, and which airport to choose?
But there are extremists among travelers who want to tickle their nerves. It is for them and make up various media and Internet portals ratings of the world's most dangerous airports, which, of course, are different. By the way, it will be useful to know about such places for "reinsurers", so that, if possible, they should be avoided.
And we decided for you to make the top ten most dangerous, in our opinion, airports in the world, which frighten tourists with just a description! To use their services or not - you decide.
Top 10 Extreme Airports
- In the south of the Iberian Peninsula, belonging to the overseas territories of Great Britain, there is the Gibraltar airport, which is only 0.5 km from the center of the capital of Gibraltar. In the 10 most dangerous airports in the world, it is included because the runway crosses the motorway. At the intersection of the route and the runway there is a warning sign, according to which drivers are obliged to skip flying planes. Interestingly, what do passengers experience when they see the flow of cars into the portholes?
- Holidaymakers on the island of St. Martin (Netherlands-France) are forced to literally co-exist with the periodic take-off aircraft, as from the coast of the Caribbean, the runway is separated by a very narrow sand strip. It is even difficult to say for whom such a neighborhood poses a great threat: for vacationers or passengers of an airplane flying over their heads? That's why Saint-Martin Airport is one of the ten most dangerous airports in the world, taking the ninth position.
- Not less thrills are experienced by those who take off from the American airport named after Reagan. The air corridor between the White House and the Pentagon is so narrow, and the military response after the September 2001 events is so lightning that passengers can only pray that the pilot strictly follows the course. Eighth place in our rating.
- But at Butano airport in Paro, only experienced pilots-aces are allowed to take off and land, as the runway is not only concrete and very short, but also cuts into mountains, the height of which reaches 5 kilometers!
- The sixth place belongs to the Portuguese airport of Madeira , where the take-off strip is located on 180 concrete poles, installed at a 50-meter height. But the take-off from the strip of the airport of Matekane in Lesotho, occupying the fifth position, really makes you think about the meaning of life, because the plane literally falls into a gorge depth of 600 meters! The pilot needs to demonstrate all his skills in order to raise the plane again in the sky.
- The top five leaders included the Nepalese airport, founded by the conqueror of Everest E. Hillary. Looking at the incredible proximity of the mountains, pilots need to skillfully lift the ship to the sky before it "rips the belly".
- And the fourth place is given to the French airport Courchevel with its runway, located at a slope of 18.5 degrees!
- The third position is occupied by the 400-meter strip of Huangxo-Irauskin Airport on the island of Sabo. The slightest error of the pilot - and "Instantly! In the sea "in the literal sense.
- But the Scottish airport of Barra is a ghost. Its sandy runway is only available during low tide, and at other times it's just a beach!
- The first place among the most dangerous airports is the airport terminal Adler (Russia, Krasnodar Territory). The pilots who make the landing are forced to make a "dead loop" to fit into the narrow strip between the sea and the mountain range. At the same time, it is impossible to convey the feelings of passengers with words!