World's scariest airstrip

[Sealy57]

Fix the air leak in the windows. Those people sounded mighty glad to see you. Perhaps a little too glad. Are they mountain-dwelling cannibals?

[Carlos19956ful]

En nuestro querido Uruguay se operaba de esta manera y mas corto sin pista marcada también.

[stephen98841272]

the planes saying fffffffffffffffffffffffffuuuuu­uuuuuuu...

[smitty195]

Holy smokes, that's crazy!! There is NO margin for error at all.

[leo3214226]

isn't that lukla

[smitty195]

@leo3214226 Nope---Lukla is paved.

[clicclic99]

Nothing quite like flying straight at a mountain to gain altitude. Yikes!

[lolenik]

Great video! My dad used to fly for MAF in Africa and he mostly flew the 185. Do you know who the pilot was in this video?

[Bushmasterpilot]

Idiots with the comment about a possible go around, obviously not a pilot. No go-around possible here, nice flying!

[avi3t0r]

You could do a go-around there! You have enough space. Perform a spiral climb to the left. When you have 10.000 ft, go for another landing atttempt.

[robosis]

Respect to the Pilots of MAF

[prisma551]

cest trop magnifique comme atterrissage et super precis,avec un piste aussi courte et un lieu jalonné de montagnes.Uper video ! Bravo cher pilote...

[gruff5]

bit like Lukla airstrip in Nepal - but even scarier!

[straighttailpilot]

scary? no. Interesting. as always YES! i love this kind of flying.

[alSation81]

finally ... the townsfolk get their ebay items!

[HongKongBoyz100]

@alSation81 hahaha

[Croopskate]

Wow. Respect for the pilots who regularly risk their lives for this work :]

[glittleman]

at least the uphill shortens your ground roll :)

[Blacksquareable]

OMG! That's not a strip = it's a cricket pitch!

[11catena]

aparently you have never flown an airplane, it takes power to turn around, when your fully loaded...

[dingdongditch1000]

Which way is Princess Juliana Airport???

[31983march]

great work, awesome scenery, i would love to fly for maf but i don't have the hours needed.

[wilmareko]

way to go..captain... great approach to landing, as always all MAF pilot did, you guys the best pilot...

[skywagon5]

what humanitarian organization is this?And why does it take so much on and off the throttle to turn the airplane around?

[skywagon5]

what humanitarian organization is this?And why does it take so much on and off the throttle to turn the airplane around?

[chefparker74]

@skywagon5 Check Mission Aviation Fellowship at maf.org. This particular C185 is now on floats serving on the island of Kalimantan, Indonesia.

[Jamesfromnyc]

He could have did a go around. What do mean one way? Cool video.

[toddjochapman]

The strip is at 5000' and the aircraft is a non turbo C185. The terrain around the runway climbs dramatically and once you are on late final you cannot climb faster than the terrain. Trust me - I was there

A one way strip means that there is only one direction available for landing and one for taking off

[1jetdrvr]

@toddjochapman That's a bad one, alright, but I have seen worse in PNG.

[OJpilotboy]

@toddjochapman whats that be beeping sound you hear when the planes over the runway threshhold?