Top Ten Dangerous Airports in the World
Tenzing–Hillary Airport (IATA: LUA, ICAO: VNLK), also known as Lukla Airport, is a small airport in the town of Lukla, in Khumbu, Solukhumbu District, Province No. 1, eastern Nepal. A program titled Most Extreme Airports, broadcast on The History Channel in 2010, rated the airport as the most dangerous airport in the world for over 20 years.
10 of the Most Dangerous Airports in the World. Where every passenger is a white-knuckle flyer.
To land on Princess Juliana International Airport, pilots have to fly over a little part of the beach, cross over the fence and then pass over the road and then land on the runway. It is the most dangerous airport in the world.
Paro Airport, Bhutan There are only 25 pilots qualified to land at Paro Airport in Bhutan. Nestled in the Himalayan Mountains, Paro sits 7,300 feet above sea level, surrounded by peaks as high as 18,000 feet, right on the banks of the river Paro Chu.
Gibraltar International Wikimedia Commons / Michael F. Mehnert Gibraltar is a crossroads of history, and that theme carries through to its airport, where more than 415,000 passengers flew in 2014.
10 of the Most Dangerous Airports in the World. Where every passenger is a white-knuckle flyer.
Here are 10 of the most dangerous airports in the world to land at. 10. Lukla Airport in Nepal [Image Source: Wikimedia] The Lukla Airport in Nepal serves as the main airport for those visiting Mt. Everest. Part of what makes this airport so difficult to land in is how it is nestled in between mountains and the incredibly short length of the runway.
The weather at Narsarsuaq Airport in southern Greenland isn't much warmer than Antarctica, and the approach to the airport's 6,000-foot runway is one of the most difficult in the world. It requires flying up Tunulliarfik Fjord with severe turbulence and wind shear even on the calmest days of the year.