Top 10 most dangerous places to land in the world

[Big Tex]

Interesting link:

https://www.otbeach.com/news/airlines-and-a...world--418.html

[Techsan]

WTF!? I would think that Sonde, Greenland would be on the list. Also, maybe they should include ORBD.

[hd5032]

How about the deck of an aircraft carrier? :)

[dmeg130]

I gotta go with U-Taphao. THAT place has ended more flying careers than HK...

(Or Souda if you're a rescue guy)

[Guest Hueypilot812]

I'd nominate Teguchigalpa's Toncontin Airport. Not easy considering it sits in a bowl and is relatively short.

[USMCAirWinger]

Melvile Hall in Dominica is one of the most dangerous in the Caribbean. Not sure why they have St Marteen on the list...it was a piece of cake.

[TacAirCoug]

What about Laughlin, Columbus, Vance, or Sheppard? Knowing what I know now, I'd fear for my life entering any one of those patterns.

[ViperStud]

On a different note, yeah so if you are flying at Nellis and have any EPs step one of the checklist should be to center up TACAN channel 12 bring it back home, I don't care if you are up in Reville. Lots of runway available but talk about asspain....

[Guest ITB]

How about the deck of an aircraft carrier? :)

Agreed.

No, they are not public use airports,...but how about Indian Mountain, Sparrevohn, Cape Newenham, Cape Romanzoff, Cape Lisburne,...anyone? Definately, about the most fun you can have trying to land an airplane with your pants on! Commit points at these places, except Cape Lisburne, run between 1.0 NM and 2.5 NM final if my memory serves me correctly,....and yes, that does mean 3 engine assault time, cause you ain't going to be able to go around and miss the rocks.

[amcflyboy]

WTF!? I would think that Sonde, Greenland would be on the list. Also, maybe they should include ORBD.

eh, I gotta disagree with you on that one, at least in the top ten anyways. Sure it can be a little hair raising, espcially in IMC with the rising Fjords as you get further down the inlet, but I would definitely fear the traffic pattern of any UPT base anyday.

The only incident that I ever heard of was back in the 70's when a C-141 cartwheeled on landing there because the runway gave the pilots the optical illusion of it coming to an end a lot quicker than normal.

[Guest Boom]

No Manas?

[Guest Caddis]

No Manas?

Your kidding right?

[Guest Boom]

Your kidding right?

Never landed there I take it? Where they'll clear you to land with aircraft on the runway, or clear aircraft to take off while you're still taxiing off the runway.

[Dead Last]

Never landed there I take it? Where they'll clear you to land with aircraft on the runway, or clear aircraft to take off while you're still taxiing off the runway.

How about any place a co-pilot lands?

cheers

[TacAirCoug]

Never landed there I take it? Where they'll clear you to land with aircraft on the runway, or clear aircraft to take off while you're still taxiing off the runway.

I'll grant you the controllers there are a little suspect. Of the top 10 most dangerous places to land, however, Manas certainly is not among them.

[Guest Caddis]

Never landed there I take it? Where they'll clear you to land with aircraft on the runway, or clear aircraft to take off while you're still taxiing off the runway.

Landed there plenty of times when deployed there. Like TAC said the controllers were below average but not a challenging approach. The drive to the 12 Chimneys was more dangerous.

[Techsan]

The drive to the 12 Chimneys was more dangerous.

Not sure what the 12 Chimneys is, but our taxi ride to the Hyatt was pretty f-ing scary. Guy was all over the place. 3 nights at the Hyatt helped though.

[Guest Light the Wick]

Saba Anyone?