CRAZY RUNWAYS
Added on: 7th Dec 2015
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.
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