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Old May 9, 2005 | 10:11 am
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Originally Posted by quitecontrary
I think Koh Samui airport must be THE most picturesque in the world.
Being the BA board, I feel it's only fair to drag the thread way off topic and start discussing "world's most picturesque airports".

I think Tioman (although it's 10 years since I was last there) might beat USM, simply because it can only handle prop planes and gets 2-3 flights a day. It also has (or at least had) the open sided terminal type thing. IIRC, the planes fly in at 90 degrees to the runway then make a hard right to land. Same story when taking off, although the right hand turn is that bit more important to avoid the mountain...
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