MOST DANGEROUS AIRPORTS IN THE WORLD

10. Svalbard Airport, Longyear, Norway

Svalbard airport is the main airport and serves the archipelago of Svalbard in Norway. In Norway, there are also two other airports but this dangerous airport is particularly being used for commercial flights. It is the world’s northern most commercial airport. This airport experiences all general weather danger above the Arctic Circle because it is located with close proximity to the North Pole. It is given no. 10 in this list of Top 10 most dangerous airports in the world.

9.Princess Juliana International Airport, St Maarten

Princess Juliana International Airport is also known as Sint Maarten International airport. It provides the services to the Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin. Although this airport is one of the most dangerous airports but still is one of the busiest Caribbean’s airports. Its one end is extensively close to the shore and Maho beach therefore it is renowned for very low flyover landing approaches. It is amazing that before landing, the pilots have to flight a little over oceans and cross a number of fences. This landing is not an easy job even for most expert pilots. People enjoy the landings of airplanes by neglecting this fact that engines’ force and noise cause harm to them. It is given no. 9 in this list of Top 10 most dangerous airports in the world.

8.Madeira International Airport, Portugal

Madeira International airport is one of the most dangerous airports in the world. It is located in Portugal. It was a congested airport. Its runway’s length was only 5000 feet. It was dangerous and infamous due to this reason it was the need of hours to extend the length of runway. It is encircled by the ocean and High Mountains. It is still a challenging landing space for even the most expert pilots. Although it has been extended to over 9000 feet by constructing a heavy girder bridge atop of 200 pillars but it is still a most dangerous airport. It is given no. 8 in this list of Top 10 most dangerous airports in the world.

7.Kansai International Airport, Japan

This one of the most dangerous airports in the world is situated on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, Japan. It is the distinctive feature of this airport. Due to the scarcity of land this airport was built in water. This airport is fifty kilometers on South West of Kansai. It is the second most important airport in Japan. A bridge joins the airport to the fast lane. People get access to this airport by this bridge. Climate change and rising sea level pose serious hazard to the airports existence. It is expected that due to global warming, it seems difficult for this airport to exist over fifty years. It is given no. 7 in this list of Top 10 most dangerous airports in the world.

6.Juancho E. Yrasquin Airport, Saba Island

This airport is just 1300 feet long. It is located on the Caribbean island of Saba. This dangerous airport is situated at one side of high hills and at the end of both runways the cliffs drop into the sea. It has a short runway of 400 meters length. Takeoff and landing is highly risky. In its right there is sea. A wrong move can cause the plane to sink in the water. Even most expert pilots need extra concentration during takeoff and landing. Only small aircraft are allowed to land here. It is given no. 6 in this list of Top 10 most dangerous airports in the world.

5.Lukla Airport, Nepal

This small airport is located in Lukla twon, Japan. It is also famous as Tenzing- Hillary airport. In favourable weather conditions, there are routine flight operations between Lukla and Katmandu. It is interesting that there is tremendous trafffic between Kathmandu and Lukla. Sirens inform people to take caution when plane lands. Flights are often delayed due to poor visibility, high winds and cloud cover. Due to above cited reasons, airport is often closed. From sea level, the elevation of this airport is 9200 feet. There is a sudden drop off down to river valley below at the wouthern end. At the northern side there is a huge hill just behind the landing strip and a haipin turn is enough to include this airport among the dangerous airports in the world. It is given no. 5 in this list of Top 10 most dangerous airports in the world.

4.Barra Airport, Scotland

Barra airport is located in the wide shallow bay at the northern tip of the island of Barra, Scotland. It has a short runway. It is interesting that flight uses beach as the runway. Therefore it is a unique airport in the world. Some times runway goes under the sea due to high tide. To brighten the reflective strips and the runway lay on the beach, vehicle lights are used. It is given no. 4 in this list of Top 10 most dangerous airports in the world.

3.Gibraltar Airport, Spain

Gibraltar International airport provides services to the British overseas territory ofGibraltar. It is a civilian airport. This airport intersects the main road that leads towards the land border with Spain. This distinctive feature makes it most dangerous airport. It is one of the most dangerous airports in Europe. It is a busy airport as every times an aircraft lands or takes off which makes the traffic stopped. It is amazing that, it has not yet experienced any dangerous accident. The runway of this airport extends into the sea. It was selected as one of the dangerous airport in 2012 by some magazines. It is given no. 3 in this list of Top 10 most dangerous airports in the world.

2.Courchevel International Airport, France

It is located in a ski area in the French Alps Mountains. The length of its runway is 525 meters. It is too much short. There is no ground operation for this dangerous airport. Low clouds and fog make landing almost impossible. There is no instrument approach procedure for its runway. It features an up slope runway with a hill in the middle of the strip. It is adjacent to a famous area for ski runs. One must have to cross the French Alps in order to get to this crazy airstrip. The air field has an average elevation of 2008 meters. Here, only small fixed winged helicopters and aircraft can land and take-off. It is given no. 2 in this list of Top 10 most dangerous airports in the world.

1.Ice Runway, Antarctica

Due to its closeness to McMurdo Station, it is considered the principal runway for theUnited States Antarctic program during summer field season. This runway is concreted with manicured snow. Due to its location, it is the coldest airport in the world. This airport is capable to handle wheeled aircrafts. For the transportation of passengers to free up the cargo capacity space brought by C17 aircraft, this airport was designed. Surface of this runway is as stable as cement but a problem arises when the aircraft having almost 45,000 pound weight including passengers and cargo a few inches sinks into ice, during landing. It has always been an uphill task to land and takeoff safely. Landing a plane on this runway is not less than a miracle. Sometimes ice starts breaking up and planes are diverted towards other fields for safe landing. It is given no. 1 in this list of Top 10 most dangerous airports in the world.