Where is the most dangerous airport in the world?
Airline travel is one of the safest forms of public transportation but these dangerous airports still scare people. Because of the challenges of taking off and landing, these airports are considered to be the most dangerous airports in the world.
1. Tenzing-Hillary Airport Or Lukla Airport
Tenzing-Hillary Airport or Lukla Airport is one the most dangerous airport in the world which lies in Nepal. It is als a starting point of Everest Base Camp which is the best treks in Nepal. The History Channel in 2010, rated the airport as the most dangerous airport in the world for over 20 years.
2. Princess Juliana International airport
Princess Juliana International Airport is the main airport on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, located on the Dutch side of the island in the country of Saint Maarten. The airport has very low-altitude flyover landing approaches, owing to one end of its runway being extremely close to the shore and Maho Beach. On 6 September 2017, the airport suffered significant damage when Hurricane Irma struck the island as a Category 5 hurricane. The airport reopened on 10 October 2017 after repair works commenced.
3. Gibraltar International Airport
Gibraltar International Airport or North Front Airport is the civilian airport that serves the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. The runway is owned by the Ministry of Defence for use by the Royal Air Force as RAF Gibraltar.
4. Paro Airport
Paro Airport is the sole international airport of the four airports in the Kingdom of Bhutan. It is 6 km (3.7 mi; 3.2 nmi) from Paro in a deep valley on the bank of the river Paro Chhu. With surrounding peaks as high as 5,500 m (18,000 ft), it is considered one of the world’s most challenging airports,[2] and only a select number of pilots are certified to land at the airport.
Flights to and from Paro are allowed under visual meteorological conditions only and are restricted to daylight hours from sunrise to sunset.[5] Paro airport was the only airport in Bhutan until 2011. Paro Airport is accessible by road, 6 km (3.7 mi; 3.2 nmi) from Paro city, and 54 km (34 mi; 29 nmi) from Thimphu by Paro-Thimphu road.
5. Courchevel Airport
The Courchevel Airport has the shortest runway at just 525 m long and a gradient of 18.6% in order to help safe landing aircraft. It lies in France. The airport is considered dangerous, as it features a difficult approach, an upslope runway and ski runs in the adjacent area. The History Channel program Most Extreme Airports ranks it as the seventh most extreme airport in the world.