Crazy locations for Airports
Well, last night I was browsing and came across a collection of photos of Airport runways. I have no idea where any of these are located, but some of them are just plain scary. Most of them seem to be on islands or in mountainous areas. So as you can imagine, there isn’t a lot of level space for the runway. Which leads to some sheer drop offs at cliffs or into water.
Anyway, I thought they were pretty cool. So I thought I would post a few of the pictures here.
Check out the original site for more pics. Crazy Airport Runways
Have you seen the Kansai in Japan? It’s completely waterlocked! Entirely a man-made island, opened in ‘94. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_International_Airport
I found a video filmed during landing on the world’s shortest commercial runway, only 400 metres long:
http://www.funzu.com/content/view/2831/31/