This runway on the video, where we have a plane landing on the runway, is the shortest runway on the world. It is situated in a rocky terrain, from one side there is a hill rising, and from both sides there are cliffs that lead straight into the sea.
This is the shortest and one of the most dangerous runways in the world, measuring only 400 meters, created only for smaller planes, and most important it is created only for the most experienced pilots. There is a possibility that a pilot can under or overshoot the runway during the landing, because it is very small and it is very hard to predict the landing.
This airport located on the island Saba is marked with an X, this means that it is officially closed for any traffic, but the regional airline propeller aircrafts are able to land there. These planes are able to land on this short runway because these planes don’t fly with the speed of the modern aircrafts, and they are able to stop very quickly after the landing.
They have strong brakes too, because weak brakes can lead to a disastrous landing, taking many victims from the runway straight to the cold sea.
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