Bajo este título vamos a explorar algunos de los más peligrosos aeropuertos del mundo. No todos serán por sus pistas cortas o su altitud, algunos tienen aproximaciones arriesgadas o difíciles como el Reagan National en Washington DC, que está situado en un lugar complicado, junto al río Potomac y los pilotos deben sortear algunos espacios aéreos prohibidos cercanos a la Casa Blanca y a la CIA, o el Aeropuerto Internacional Princess Juliana (St. Maarten) donde la pista es de apenas 2 mil metros de largo, una longitud cómoda para aviones pequeños o medianos, pero en el que muchas veces deben aterrizar algunos Boeings 747 o Airbus A-340.

Esta semana nos vamos a Alaska.

We've got another airport to add to our list of the world's most dangerous airports. Adak Airport, the westernmost public airfield in the United States, makes our list, thanks to tipster Ron's awesome story:

This used to be a US Naval Air Station way the heck out 'n gone in the Aleutian Islands from about 1942 until closure in 1997. Since then, it's become a civilian-operated airport. I'm not an air operations specialist of any sort, but as a civilian contractor working for the Navy, we commuted through Adak a number of times in 1989, 1990 and 1991 on our way to Amchitka, from Anchorage.

I specifically remember bouncing into Adak virtually every time we landed or took off from there. Seems the winds were always 30+, and sometimes as high as 60 when we finally got in or out. Then there was the fog.

There were several times we stooged around over the island for hours, hoping for 1/4 mile visibility so we could land. We usually made it in about 50% of the time on flights from Anchorage. If we were lucky enough to get in and out of Adak, we made it to Amchitka less than 50% of the time. We were flying Reeve Air.

One takeoff from Adak remains firmly implanted in my memory to this day.

ATERRIZA COMO PUEDAS (1980)

SINOPSIS El vuelo 209 de la Trans American sale de Los Ángeles con destino a Chicago. Entre el pasaje se encuentran una serie de curiosos personajes. Entre ellos, un ex-piloto de combate que, en pleno vuelo, se verá obligado a hacerse con el mando del avión comercial, tras quedar los pilotos indispuestos por una comida en mal estado. (FILMAFFINITY)