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Barra Airport

Wed, 25 May 2011 19:41:00 +0000

Barra Airport is a short-runway airport that serves the small island of Barra, Scotland. The airport has 3 runways and is unique as it’s the only airport in the world where scheduled flight use the beach as runways, which in high tides, is under sea level.

Gustaf III (Saint Barth�lemy) Airport

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 20:47:00 +0000

Gustaf III, or Saint Barthélemy, Airport is a public airport that serves the village of St. Jean on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy. Majority of the traffic on the airport come from small regional aircrafts such as the Dash 6 Twin Otter and 208 Caravan.

Courchevel Airport

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:17:00 +0000

Courchevel Airport is a France airport service the ski area, Courchevel. The airport is known as one of the most dangerous airports in the world due to its short runway and vertical drop at the end. The airport is also recognized for appearing in the opening scene of the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies.

Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (Saba Airport)

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:43:00 +0000

Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport is the only airport on the Netherlands Antilles island, Saba. The runway on Yrausquin Airport is considered one of the most dangerous airports in the world and the runway is one of the shortest commercial runways in the world.

Princess Juliana International Airport

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:15:00 +0000

Princess Juliana International Airport serves the Dutch part of St. Maarten, a small island in the Netherlands Antilles located in the Caribbean Sea. The airport has an annual average of 1.6 million passengers, 200 daily flights and about 1,000 employees.

Madeira Airport (Portugal)

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:50:00 +0000

Madeira Funchal Airport, also known as Santa Catarina Airport, serves the Portuguese Island Madeira. The airport was famous for its short runways surrounded by high mountains on one side and the ocean on the other, which made the airport considered one of the most dangerous airports in the world. The original 1,600 (5250 feet) meter runway provided little room for errors by the pilots.