The runway is so narrow that it can only accommodate three flights an hour (the mainland's busiest airports handle 20 times that number on an hourly basis). Engineers leveled off the mountain tops to create a 1.4 mile-long and 150 foot-wide runway with a 1,000-foot sheer drop on one side. Hechi Airport in China's southern Guangxi province cost around $136 million to complete and was built at 2,200 feet above sea level, on top of 65 mountains, according to the Telegraph. In 2017, a woman was killed by jet blast at the tourist site. While being very close to planes landing and taking off can seem thrilling-and can make for a great selfie-there are signs on the beach warning tourists of the risk of jet blast. The departure is even more difficult than the approach, with a turn required to avoid mountains in the departure path. Due to the short runway length (7,150 feet), planes on their final approach need to fly over the beach at minimal altitude, and pilots have been known to become disoriented regarding their perceived altitude when operating under visual flight rules because the approach to the runway is over water, according to the Daily Mail. Maho Beach is famous for being literally steps away from the runway of Princess Juliana International Airport, with planes flying very low over tourists to touch down as close as possible to the beginning of Runway 10. Princess Juliana International Airport, St. (MORE: These Airlines Have The Coolest Planes ) 1. See which white-knuckle, nail-biting airport approaches made the list. Many of the airports on this list got their frightening reputations because their runways sit at high elevation, are shockingly short ( most airstrips are between 8,000 and 13,000 feet in length) or made to adapt to their natural (but precarious) surroundings. To reach some of the world’s most beautiful and remote locations, tourists may have to deal with a few scary takeoffs and landings along the way. Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.
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