From the unending ice of Antarctica to the sandy beaches of Scotland, be glad you’re not landing at any of these airports. These are the some most insane runways in the world!
Courchevel Airport (France) - Found high in the French Alps this runway has been labeled the 7th most dangerous in the world. It’s even on an incline!
Kansai International Airport (Japan) - Yes, all that blue stuff you see is water! This airport is actually an artificial island.
Matekane Air Strip (Lesotho) - Often considered one of the scariest runways in the world, this one literally runs right off of a cliff
Tenzing-Hillary Airport (Nepal) - Although it is nearly 3,000 meters high, it’s only a few hundred meters long.
Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (Saba) - Both overshooting and undershooting this runway would be disastrous
Malé International Airport (Maldives) - This is another runway without much wiggle room
Barra Airport (Scotland) - Only for flights during the day, you can probably see why…because it’s a beach.
Pegasus White Ice Runway (Antarctica) - Serving McMurdo Station, the name of this runway says it all.
Toncontín International Airport (Honduras) - Surrounded by mountains this airport has some very short runways.
Catalina Airport (USA) - Found on Catalina Island off the coast of California this is another runway that ends with a steep drop off.
Saint Barthélemy Airport (Saint Barthélemy) - And this is another runway that ends up on a beach, except this one has a slope too. And a danger sign.
Chubu Centrair International Airport (Japan) - It seems as though Japan likes to build its airports in the middle of large bodies of water.
Madeira Airport (Portugal) - Because the airport runway was too short and dangerous, the government did something drastic, they put the runway on a bridge. Their solution has won several engineering awards.
Paro International Airport (Bhutan) - Found high in the Himalayas, night time and fog landings are forbidden.
Svalbard Airport (Norway) - Built upon a layer of permafrost, this runway serves the archipelago of Svalbard, the northernmost settlement on Earth that has a permanent civilian population (basically that is not a research station).
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