Strange airports in the world
Actor John Travolta has two airports right in his home garden in Florida, USA, and makes runways for his seven planes.
Airport in the garden:Hollywood star John Travolta is so enamored that he built two runways at home in Florida to serve a collection of seven private aircraft, including a Boeing 707, a Boeing 727 and 3 Gulfstream.He has his own flight control center and accommodation that serves breakfast for pilots late flight or early morning flight.
Frosty Airport:Doris Lake Aerodrome private runway at Lake Doris, Nunavut, Canada is completely made of ice.The airport is only open from January to April, and mainly operates for gold mining in nearby Hope Bay.
Desert Airport:In August every year, the airport in Black Rock (USA) is built on a desert with a 3.2km runway to serve the Burning Man festival.This place has absolutely no control center.The pilots contacted through the counseling traffic frequency when landing.All traces of the airport disappeared in the sand just days after the airport opened.
Damaged airport:The French tried to build a concrete airport at Dumont D'Urville research station in Antarctica more than two decades ago.However, the area was severely devastated by a storm just a few months before it was completed, causing a part of the airport to collapse into the sea.
Airport on the top of the mountain:In early 2014, a new airport was opened on the top of the mountain in Hechi City, Guangxi Province, China at an altitude of 677m above sea level.The airport has only one station and a 2.2-kilometer runway that only serves three flights per hour, while the normal airport can accommodate up to 60 flights per hour.
The airport opens a month each year:Russia's Barneo ice camp is built 40.2 km from the North Pole, and only lasts one month in April every year.Camp for scientific research and adventure tourism.The plane must land on a temporary runway near the camp.The load-bearing runway of the Antonov An-74 aircraft can accommodate 52 passengers.
Cliff runway:Landing on the Matekane runway in Lesotho is an experience that can cause heart attack, due to a 600m high cliff at the end of the runway.In addition, Matekane is located at an altitude of 2,286m on a ridge.So both take-off and landing are only for experienced pilots.
Secret Airport :Homey Airport is the official name for Air Force One America's secret air facilities, also known as Area 51. This restricted area is part of a military test site. in Nevada.Due to its remote, sparsely populated location, this is where secret aircraft and unmanned aircraft are developed and tested.
Runway on the water:The airport for seaplanes in Vancouver, Canada is home to the world's largest seaplane.After landing, visitors are right in Vancouver, surrounded by skyscrapers because the airport is located in the city center .
The airport is in the far north:Teniente R. Marsh on the famous King George Island, the farthest airport in the north in Antarctica.The airport serves residents of Villa Las Estrellas and Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva nearby.Each season, the airport serves 150 intercontinental flights.
Airport on the iceberg:McMurdo Station was first built on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island in Antarctica 60 years ago.There are many airports here, in which Willy Field is the only airport that operates year-round even when the iceberg melts.The plane that wants to land here must have ski equipment to park on ice and snow.
World's tallest airport:At 5,064m above sea level, Beg Oldi Daulat airport in Ladakh, India challenges pilots with frequent hurricanes.
Prisoner runway: The Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City (USA) has direct flights to prison doors to receive and pay prisoners.The prison gate is connected to Will Rogers airport, which serves commercial flights.
The most difficult runway: The runway was opened in Tsinga village, Western New Guinea in 2011. The runway is very narrow, located on a mountain slope at an altitude of 1,981m, trees grow on either side.
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