CRAZY RUNWAYS

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.