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Mariscal Sucre airport in Quito, Ecuador: A plane approaches for landing, seen through a glass wall in the Eloy Alfaro school. Landing at Ecuador's capital can be a white-knuckle affair. The high altitude affects engine performance, with difficulties exacerbated by a cramped runway and active volcanoes lining the landing area, making it one of Latin America's most challenging airports for pilots - and passengers

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Tenzing-Hillary airport (Lukla airport), Nepal: an STOL aircraft taking off down the sloping runway

2/7/131:49 PM

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St Barthelemy, Lesser Antilles: a Twin Otter plane comes in to land on the short runway at St Barts

2/7/131:50 PM

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Kai Tak airport, Kowloon: a plane approaching the airport in 1992. The airport closed in 1998

2/7/131:51 PM

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Courchevel, French alps: The airport at the Courchevel 1850 ski resort in the Three Valleys

2/7/131:52 PM

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Aerial view of a landing airstrip on the coast of Maui, Hawaii (this is not the main airport)

2/7/131:53 PM

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Funchal airport, Madeira: the runway is adjacent to the shore

2/7/131:53 PM

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Princess Juliana international airport in Saint Martin: planes on a low approach over Maho Beach, located at the bottom of the Princess Juliana Airport strip

2/7/131:54 PM

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Barra airport in the Outer Hebrides: the world's only beach airport for scheduled flights - providing the tide is out

2/7/131:55 PM

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Paro, Bhutan: a Drukair-Royal Bhutan airlines airbus A319-114 passenger jet prepares to land at the international airport

2/7/131:56 PM

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Kranebitten airport, Innsbruck: the runway approach is nestled by mountains and surrounded by homes

2/7/131:57 PM

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Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, Saba: the precarious airstrip on the island of Saba in the Caribbean

2/7/131:57 PM

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CHECK OUT THE LANDINGS

2/7/137:22 PM

AmralSenior Member

wow

2/7/137:57 PM

cainTired old hippie

Is diaper wearin time tarass for ole man Amral.

2/7/138:37 PM

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Nothing compared to taking off from interior airstrips (not ports) in Guyana.

The one in Nepal frequently collapses. We also had fun (not!) landing at Canefield in Roseau.

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