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Overview:- You may want a tall glass of Madeira wine before flying into Madeira Airport on this Portuguese archipelago. The airport's short runway, sandwiched between a rocky cliffside and a steep drop to the ocean, was known for its variable

Overview:- There are only 25 pilots qualified to land at Paro Airport in Bhutan. Nestled in the Himalayan Mountains, Paro sits 7,300 feet above sea level, surrounded by peaks as high as 18,000 feet, right on the banks of the

Overview:- There are no major problems with terrain or weather around Damascus International, near the Syrian capital. There is, however, a vicious civil war under way. More than five million passengers used the airport in 2010, but since then it

Overview:- Marine Corps Air Station Funtenma, Okinawa, Japan is called "the most dangerous air station in the world" by the Navy and Marine Corps. The Corps operates the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing with tactical aircraft including F/A-18 Hornets and V-22

Overview:- The weather at Narsarsuaq Airport in southern Greenland isn't much warmer than Antarctica, and the approach to the airport's 6,000-foot runway is one of the most difficult in the world. It requires flying up Tunulliarfik Fjord with severe turbulence