Comments on: Extreme Airport

By: Simon Jones-Melbourn

Simon Jones-Melbourn — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:35:12 +0000

This was a great setting. A nice runway . Thanks for posting! If you have chance feel free to visit me back on my site.

By: Vince

Vince — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:41:57 +0000

This is the same runway, if u remember a game for N64 called pilot wings. well the runways on it its pretty cool.

By: MICHAEL J. SCHMIYZ

MICHAEL J. SCHMIYZ — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:47:36 +0000

I LIKE IT, ITS A BEAUTIFUL SETTING. ONE NEVERS SEES A HIGHWAY ABOVE AND A AIRSTRIP FOLLOWED BY A BEAUTIFUL BLUE BAY.

By: esvl

esvl — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:32:06 +0000

Thats one nice Island.

By: NICEPHORE NIEPCE

NICEPHORE NIEPCE — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:29:44 +0000

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit.
Barnegat Blummis was a poet in the late 19th Century in Knihinicze, Ukraine. He farted three times each morning, produced a poem, then ran through the wheat fields screaming, “Ich hob gelost eine fortz!”

By: Ari

Ari — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:29:23 +0000

The Saba airport is only real short.
St.Barts on the other hand, is pretty cool, pretty steep approach angle it seems, anyone know exactly how steep the final is?
to answer #3, prop planes don´t magically land on short airfields, the planes shown are DeHavillandCanada Twin Otters, special short field planes, probably the most successful short field commuter aircraft in the world, which is why you’ll see them anywhere the airports are lacking.

By: pb

pb — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:05:46 +0000

i don’t see what is so “extreme” about this… its a short runway, but these are prop planes landing..

By: Ivan DeWolf

Ivan DeWolf — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:59:37 +0000

I think the lukla airport is way gnarlier. I flew out before it was paved, and there was a tree just past the end of the runway. The runway was very steep, which it had to be since it was too short. They would tug the plane to the top of it, lock the brakes, gun the engine, and then pop the brakes. You rocket down towards the valley, and they pull some G’s and bank out to avoid hitting the other side of the valley. exhilirating…

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.world-airport-codes.com/photos/large/LUA_carlos_ballantyne_landingatlukla_t9jhfhkm8b.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.world-airport-codes.com/Nepal/lukla-4270.html&h=425&w=288&sz=72&hl=en&start=12&um=1&tbnid=AfQLyPEXavSS3M:&tbnh=126&tbnw=85&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlukla%2Bairport%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den

By: dennisdunbar

dennisdunbar — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:09:05 +0000

JM is Very Correct. St. Barts is a very interesting approach. I am well familiar with in and out and they only go one way there. If you examine the ramps etc. you will see that they are nothing like Saba. Pilots going into St. Barths have the biggest balls.

By: JM

JM — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:48:09 +0000

The 1st picture and the 3rd picture are NOT from Saba but are from the island of St Barts. (Also a fun landing because it is down hill)

The other pictures are from Saba.