9 Responses to “Extreme Airport”

• JM Says: July 13th, 2007 at 4:48 pm

  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.

• dennisdunbar Says: July 13th, 2007 at 9:09 pm

  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.

• Ivan DeWolf Says: July 15th, 2007 at 12:59 am

  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

• pb Says: July 15th, 2007 at 7:05 pm

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

• Ari Says: July 16th, 2007 at 2:29 am

  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.

• NICEPHORE NIEPCE Says: July 16th, 2007 at 5:29 am

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• esvl Says: July 16th, 2007 at 8:32 pm

  Thats one nice Island.

• MICHAEL J. SCHMIYZ Says: July 19th, 2007 at 12:47 am

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

• Vince Says: July 22nd, 2007 at 2:41 am

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