{"id":196783,"date":"2023-12-10T06:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T06:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=196783"},"modified":"2023-12-10T06:29:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T06:29:00","slug":"the-airport-with-the-worlds-shortest-runway-scarily-balanced-on-a-cliff-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/the-airport-with-the-worlds-shortest-runway-scarily-balanced-on-a-cliff-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"The airport with the world’s shortest runway scarily balanced on a cliff edge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Most people know just how big airport runways are.<\/p>\n

Aeroplanes weave and wind across the tarmac on their way to take off, a process known as taxiing.<\/p>\n

Yet, in some places around the world, such manoeuvres are simply impossible.<\/p>\n

Some airports in far-flung corners of the world are so small that only the hardiest of pilots can successfully land on them.<\/p>\n

This is true of Saba, a tiny island situated in the vast Caribbean Sea, which holds the world record for the shortest runway.<\/p>\n

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There are other contenders for the title, like the\u00a0Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla, Nepal, and Gustaf III Airport on the island of St Barts.<\/p>\n

Yet, these are reasonably large when compared to Juancho E Yrausquin Airport in Saba, whose runway measures a meagre 1,312 feet (400 metres).<\/p>\n

More surprisingly, Saba’s airport is available for commercial use, meaning packed passenger flights are free to land on it.<\/p>\n

There are likely few runways to match Juancho E Yrausquin’s beauty, either. It has three cliff edges over the sea, and a fourth enclosed only by high hills.<\/p>\n

When these obstacles are taken into consideration, the runway technically measures a lot shorter, around 1,263 feet (385 metres).<\/p>\n

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