World's Most Dangerous Airports

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Breathtaking Airports Around the Mysterious Landings

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The airport services the Dutch side of the island of Saint Maarten is considered dangerous as its run way starts just off the beach is known to knock beach goers into the water.

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Breathtaking Airports Around the World

Mysterious Landings

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The airport services the Dutch side of the island of Saint Maarten is considered dangerous as its run way starts just off the beach is known to knock beach goers into the water.

Princess Juliana International Airport

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It is a public use airport located in the village of St. Jean on the Caribbean. The runway is at the base of a gentle slope ending directly on the beach. The arrival descent is extremely steep over the hilltop traffic circle and departing planes fly right over the heads of sunbathers. island of Saint Barthélemy.

Gustaf III Airport

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The Courchevel Airport in the French Alps is one of the world’s most hazardous The runway is very short at 1,722ft and has an 18.5% gradient and is always surrounded by busy ski runners.

Courchevel Airport

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Lukla Airport in Eastern Nepal is yet another dangerous approaches. The runway is located with a huge mountain on one side and a 2900 meter elevation on the other side.

Lukla Airport

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Madeira Airport in Portugal is carved out of the side of a mountain and the runways are supported by metal girders. Also the strong canyon winds make it very difficult to land in this Atlantic Ocean runway.

Madeira Airport