Top 10 of World’s Scariest Airports. The most dangerous airport landings. The most extreme, scariest and hairiest of all airports in the world. The airports on the this list are because of their extreme locations at high altitudes, difficult approaches, or short runways, all of which make landings challenging.
10. Saba Airport – World’s Shortest Commercial Airport Runway.
【薩巴島機場】薩巴島
Located about 28 miles south of St. Maarten. The Saba International Airport has the world’s shortest commercial airport runway. It is 400 meters (1300 feet) in total length. Considered the most dangerous airport for landing. This landing strip looks incredible. You have to be a shap-shooting pilot, to land your jet here.
【薩巴島機場】薩巴島是加勒比海的一座荷屬小島，島上的胡安徹亞拉斯奎恩機場令人望而生畏。航空專家班奈特威爾遜表示，這座機場的起落跑道很短，波音737等大型飛機無法在這裡降落。在這裡起降的飛機通常是體積更小的渦輪螺槳飛機。威爾遜是飛機業主與飛行員協會媒體公關部門負責人，她說：“跑道的哪一端都是懸崖，下面就是大海，根本沒有犯錯的空間”
9. Toncontin Airport, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 【洪都拉斯特崗汀機場】
Getting through the mountains is only one hurdle to overcome for a safe landing in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Toncontin has a number of strikes against it. It’s situated in a valley 3,294 feet (1,004 m) above sea level. During descent, planes need to make a 45-degree bank to effectively reach the 7,000-foot runway located in a valley. Due to the surrounding mountainous terrain, passengers will experience a quick drop in altitude in order for the plane to line up with the runway. Frequent winds complicate matters, as pilots are forced to make several last-second adjustments. One of the most dangerous airport landings.
【洪都拉斯特崗汀機場】位於洪都拉斯首都特古西加爾巴，坐落在高聳的馬德雷山脈中。飛機必須要迅速下降進場，不只是因為周圍地形，更重要的是著陸跑道太短。據統計，從1984年起，平均每個月都有3到4起衝出跑道的事故，這樣的機場簡直就是飛行員的噩夢啊!
8. Landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, U.S.A. 【紐約 拉瓜迪亞國際機場】
Stunning city views when landing – USA.The main, 7,000-foot runways over water at New York’s LaGuardia Airport were extended back in 196. In case gliding over Flushing and Bowery bays isn’t enough of a thrill. pilots have to avoid interfering with flights from two other extremely busy airports nearby: JFK and Newark. Another disturbing fact: A peek at the airport’s location shows that it is located just eight miles from the city of Midtown Manhattan.
7. Nail-biting landings at Courchevel International Airport in France.
[法國庫爾舍瓦勒國際機場]
The Courchevel airport is known to have the shortest runway at just 525 meters long. added to that the runway has a gradient of 18.5%. aspects that affect take-offs and landings daily. World’s most dangerous airport landing. Here, pilots are required to navigate the popular Alps Mountain before landing. If that is not enough to give you goosebumps, planes must touch down at inclined angles just to slow down.
前往庫爾舍瓦勒滑雪勝地需要飛越令人敬畏的法國阿爾卑斯山，而後在庫爾舍瓦勒國際機場經歷令人毛骨悚然的著陸過程。這座機場的跑道長度大約在1700英尺(約合518米)左右，如此短的跑道並不是真正令人吃驚的所在，真正令人望而生畏的是，跑道就位于山脈之間。
6. Extreme landings at Wellington International Airport in New Zealand.
[紐西蘭惠靈頓國際機場]
With a single, short, 6,351-foot runway that appears to begin and end in crystal blue waters. it’s easy to see why flying into Wellington may make you uneasy. To those who call it home, flying into Wellington airport is a joy, but it is not for the faint at heart. Sometimes the danger approaches just when it is almost time to disembark.
單一且短的跑道，被海洋包圍著，可以簡單看出為何起降不會那麼簡單。
5. Scary Kai Tak Airport landing in Hong Kong【香港啟德機場】
The world’s scariest airport landings and take-offs. Strong crosswinds and the surrounding mountains only added to the difficulties of landing here. At one time, travelers were quite upbeat about Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong. However, this was before it was christened “the mother of all scary airports.” The airport that brought us the most dangerous airports landings on earth closed in 1998. It used to be the base of Cathay Pacific as well as many regional carriers. Aircraft pilots were careful to infuse dollops of caution when making a landing or taking off.
【香港啟德機場】是世界十大危險機場之一，但是也是世界最安全的機場。因為地理條件的限制，所以起落飛機具有危險性，所以是世界十大危險機場之一。但是正因為如此，所以飛啟德機場的飛機師都是非常有經驗的，所以絕少發生空難，所以也可以成為世界最安全的機場。
4. Hair-Raising Landing at Lukla Airport in Nepal.【尼泊爾盧卡拉機場】
Renamed to Tenzing-Hillary Airport in honour of the two men who first conquered Mount Everest. Visitors to Mount Everest frequently use this Nepalese airport. The landing and take-off strips here are very short. The airport operates at an altitude of 8,000 feet (2,438 m) and has virtually no modern air traffic control features. Not even lights, and very little electric power at all. It is one of most dangerous Airports landing. Because that Mount Everest is considered to be the highest point on Earth.
又名Tenzing-Hillary 機場，因其獨特的飛機跑道而享有“世界上最危險飛機場”的稱號。位於懸崖邊緣的盧卡拉機場沒有任何雷達或導航設備，下降高度9200英尺。機場內只有一個降落跑道，其寬約20米，長約460米，還不及國際機場標準長度5500米的1/10。因而，盧卡拉機場也是世界上最為陡峭的機場之一。
3. Slippery landing on the Ice Runway in Antarctica.[南極洲的冰跑道]
The coldest spot on the planet. The fact that there are no paved runways in Antarctica is enough to make you bite your fingers. Everything under the plane is a long stretch of manicured snow and ice. The one crucial challenge is the weight of the aircraft that must land on this runway. The weight of each plane must be checked to avoid it cracking the ice landing strip or the plane getting stuck in the snow.
這個跑道是給麥克默多站運送物資補給的飛機使用的，在氣溫寒冷的月份才能使用。如果是冰開始融化的季節，這個機場就不存在了。這個不是常規的機場，算是簡易臨時機場。即使在天氣條件最好的情況下，這個機場也處於不穩定狀態，給起降帶來不小難度。
2. Hairy landing at Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten.【朱莉安娜公主機場】
One of the busiest airports in the Caribbean. 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. The airport’s landing strip is just too short at only 7,150 feet long. Large aircraft need at least 8,000 feet to insure a safe landing while some really heavy planes require 10,000 feet. It was built for small and medium planes. However, jumbos such as A340s and the 747s do land here.
【朱莉安娜公主機場】聖馬丁島是位於邁阿密東南部的度假勝地，為法國和荷蘭兩個國家分治。位於島上的朱莉安娜機場的位置條件非常極端：在跑道的一端，起飛需要快速上升以避開陡峭的多山地形;而在跑道的另一端，降落的飛機會直接滑行到海邊。降落跑道非常靠近酒店，飛機會從海灘遊客頭上2、3米的空中飛過，尋求刺激者還會爬上鎖鏈連接的機場圍欄，抓緊圍欄等待起飛飛機的噴射衝擊波，然後拼命抓住。
1. Paro Airport in Bhutan, Himalayan Mountians. [不丹帕羅機場]
This Himalayan airport is top of the most dangerous airport. Only eight pilots are qualified to land here. The Airport is 1.5 miles above sea level and surrounded by sharp peaks of up to 18,000 ft tall. The runway is just 6,500 feet long. One of the few in the world shorter than their elevation above sea level. Passengers flying to this remote region may have to take something to steady their nerves. The tiny airport nestled among the steep mountains of the Himalayas is said to be the most dangerous in the world.
喜瑪拉雅山的存在讓飛抵不丹帕羅國際機場成為一次令人驚心動魄的挑戰，獲得在這裡降落資格的飛行員少之又少。但通過現代化的培訓手段，即使要求最苛刻的降落也能安全完成。