Even the most jaded jet-setter might find their nails embedded in the armrest when landing at these airports.
From a Caribbean island where the runway ends right at a popular beach to a runway made entirely of ice in Antarctica, here are 15 of the most terrifying airport runways around the world.
Also known as "The Ice," Sea Ice Runway in Antarctica is unpaved. And if that wasn't scary enough, it is literally made of ice, which, on top of it all, could crack under the weight of a plane. And when the temperatures rise and the ice melts, there's essentially no runway to land on at all.
Aside from the fact that planes at Barra Airport in Scotland land on an actual sandy beach, they have to time their landing according to the tide, lest the "runway" disappears completely.
The runway at Matekane Air Strip in Lesotho in Africa is only 1,300 feet long, but the drop at its end is 2,000 feet high. Flying from Lesotho's airport is essentially the same as when a bird is pushed out of the nest in order to learn to fly.
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