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Old Sep 6, 2000, 6:19 pm
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Vulcan
 
Join Date: Apr 1999
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Scariest Airport to Fly Into

While reading a thread on the Professional Pilots Board, discussing flying into Hong Kong's KaiTak, I thought that I too thought it was the scariest place to fly into. Flying directly at a mountain, then turning right at the last minute, and finally flying BELOW windows with clothes hanging on them before landing is not my idea of fun. The second worst would be Cuzco in Peru (for Machu Pichu). Here the city is at 10,000 feet and is surrounded by mountains thousands of feet higher. Finally, clouds form a cap after about noon so that no takeoffs or landings occur afterwards. Its kind of like dropping into a barrel. Because of the altitude, landings are very fast!
What other airports frighten you?
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