Actually, no Spanish airport is included on this list of the world’s 18 strangest airports. There is Gibraltar, but to Spain’s chagrin, that’s UK territory. The only airport on the list I’ve actually visited is Denver.
Not on the list is Washington’s Reagan National Airport which is the hairiest place I’ve landed–lots of twists and turns on the way in and a relatively short runway. But there is a little park on the bike path where you can experience watching a landing almost like this. But for a freakout scary landing it would be hard to top this. Unless you were landing here.
Yikes!
Cool find John. Where did you get this idea?
Didn’t these guys read your information that climate change is a myth?
“Engineers used the region’s brutally cold climate to their favor during construction and built the runway on a layer of permafrost. The airport was completed in 1975, but slight seasonal changes caused sections of the runway to become uneven, forcing the need to repave the runway on several occasions. A project was launched in 1989 aimed at insulating troublesome sections of the runway from the ground, which proved relatively successful. However, a 2002 study indicates that rising temperatures in the area may increase the need and frequency of maintenance efforts and repaving.”
You know Kevin, the Earth’s temprature has also flucuated. The issue is whether recent climate changes are caused by humans. Other than falsified data in the IPCC reports, there is no evidence that proves such a theory….
No John you are incorrect. There have been numerous studies done that indicated rising CO2 was having an adverse impact on the environment. The IPCC report was merely suppose to be the “definitive report.” The reason why the IPCC report was undertaken was in response to the numberous studies conducted over the last several decades indicating an adverse impact.
The IPCC report is huge. Some data found in teh report has been called into question but it does not change the overall findings of the report.