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ExplWorld Podcast · September 21 · 15 min

Airports That Shouldn't Exist

Some airports were built in places where, by all logic, a runway shouldn’t exist. In this episode, we explore some of the world’s most extreme airports from Lukla and Courchevel to Barra’s beach runway and the artificial islands of Osaka and Hong Kong. How do planes operate safely in these places, why were these airports built at all, and when are stricter rules simply no longer enough?

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Some airports were built in places where, by all logic, a runway shouldn’t exist. In this episode, we explore some of the world’s most extreme airports from Lukla and Courchevel to Barra’s beach runway and the artificial islands of Osaka and Hong Kong. How do planes operate safely in these places, why were these airports built at all, and when are stricter rules simply no longer enough?


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