World’s scariest airport runways

Ranging from short landing strips to interesting structures, the next time you’re at any one of these airports, keep an eye out...you’ll be surprised by what you see.

How different can a long stretch of tarmac be? We’ll show you.

Courchevel Airport, France

A ski area in the French Alps, this is the largest linked ski area in the world and is infamous for having a short runway of around half a kilometre and a gradient of 18.5%.

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Courchevel Airport, France

A ski area in the French Alps, this is the largest linked ski area in the world and is infamous for having a short runway of around half a kilometre and a gradient of 18.5%.

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