Landing in Paro, Bhutan from the DrukAir BA146 flight deck

[dsouth2008]

горизонт завален

[huanlin47]

I know!!!

If you miss... You die! Hahahaha

[stlynns]

Wow - I flew a pax jet a whole lot around Southeast Alaska - but

this makes Juneau and Ketchikan look like kid stuff. Does anyone know

what the missed approach procedure is?

[SuperTejus]

only eight pilots in the world are certified to land at this airport.

[dima78350]

This is not drunkair!

[MrJuliuskawilarang]

Kepandaian pilot Drukair...landing di-Paro Bhutan....Fantastic Pilot...

[hascg]

puedes colocar el icao de la pista porfa

[hascg]

ESTA SUPER BUENO

[dcrearr]

HOY VOLAMOS PARA PARO, UNA APP DE PERLAS UNICA SE DICE QUE NI A 10 PILOTOS EN VUELOS COMERCIAS EN TODO EL MUNDO LLEGAN AHI Y ESTAN AUTORIZADOS

[SDUful]

great video.!!!

[guilhermeuc]

absolutely beautiful approach and landing.

congratulations to the pilot.

[BassTrouP]

only 12 pilots in the world are allowed to land at this airport

[DRadioflyer]

Awsome video. I'm amazed at the amount of videos this airport has. I can't wait to fly there in FS9. Scenery looks great!

[JettSetJeff]

Gotta love it! Visual approach only, I am sure. I bet that airport is closed to landing and departing traffic frequently.

[macsm]

How do you proceed if you have to land on a circling approach opposite arrival direction, like it appears on your video? What is "pattern altitude" at that airport? The terrain is very steep very close to the runway... :o

[GodChristLord]

Your best won't do Budda.

[richelieu18]

very good pilot

[hkchozeh]

Landing at Paro brought a big smile to my face.......but I REALLY miss the Kai Tak approach !

[lansing14]

Amazing approach. It reminds me a little about a time I flew in to Gilgit, Pakistan from Islamabad. Also an interesting valley approach, maybe not as spectacular as this one.

[a2ment]

i've flown with drukair to Bhutan twice and its awesome to look out of the window and see how close you are to the ground, especially at the last mountain\hill :D

[romaestmcm]

...che spettacolo...

[buddawiser]

Bloody brilliant

awesome vid!

[suspendmeassholes]

What the fuck? That's insane!

[goggleyed2007]

That was one hell of an approach and landing, wow, never seen anything like that before.

[bhutanquesttours]

The pilot on that plane are much more experince. So you don't have to worry although you are flying in mountain country.

[quevainaesesta]

great video, i like it

[wodanowitz]

At 2:41 MINIMUM altitude warning voice. Ehm, how many feet from airplane to the ground at that hill?

Thought Kai Tak and St.Maarten were cool, but this one is also a risky one :-)

[ch4mech]

I thought this was a tour until 2:10. You must be kidding me! This would make a great strip for Ultralights not commercial aircraft!

[buknoy7]

Nice! i love this video...That's why they called it "One of the most dangerous airports"...^^,

[Spamoy12]

damn! night place to build an airport (sacastically) would have better in the valley then you would have hill to turn around.

[tigerandbuddy]

Wow! That was amazing! Looks like some idiot like me said, "Hey, lets put a runway here." Not knowing any better.

[tobs001]

@tigerandbuddy we're a mountain country. Paro (where the runway is) is the widest and flattest valley we got.

[stevenmorabu]

Thats the most difficult approach,i thought he was gonna have to go past and make a left downwind..visual landing is a must here.

[macdude72]

Amazing video - that approach just got written up in Travel & Leisure as THE scariest approach in the WORLD!

[macsm]

Most insane big jet airport approach I've ever seen. MHTG, eat your heart out.

[dazzledon]

Terrific video. Thanks for posting it. I have friends from Nepal and I've been interested in Bhutan for some time.

[nutherefurlong]

Would you say this is probably the most stressful airfield you have had to land in? Or despite all the obstacles is it reasonable enough that it's no more nerve wracking than usual?

[lakeseminole]

Also wanted to comment - Notice home people are building homes around the airport. In America, this always happens and 10 years down the road, they all complain about the jets!

[justinlihai]

They are temples, not homes

[lakeseminole]

As a private pilot, I truly appreciate the opportunity to see this most interesting approach. I can't imagine seeing this as a flight crew member for the first time. Coming around a mountain to find your approach! Largo, Fl USA (PIE)

[MangaMBSakura]

wow, neat video! I didn't know that Bhutan had such breathtaking scenery!

[jefftan1988]

wow.. what a landing..

[twasono]

nice video... landing in 15 is more difficult than 33!! ;)

[verne51]

Who names an airline DrukAir?? DrunkAir anyone??

[cyborgzero1]

druk in bhutanese means dragon, drukyul, the native name for bhutan mean land of the dragon, better known as land of the thunder dragon...its just makes sense because that is the primary symbol of the country its similar to saying air canada or whatever

[verne51]

so how do you say drunk in bhutanese?

[k2tenzin]

believe it or not, or a highly coincidental case... we call drunk: verne51 in bhutanese.

[numloxx]

Piece of cake for the BAE 146, I'm guessing thats the aircraft?

[aetio2]

WOW!! very interesting video...thank you to have posted it. A question: the airport is boxed-in between mountains...takeoff procedures?!? ;-))

[verne51]

takeoff procedure = avoid the ground, don't crash

[warminator]

This is allmost unbelievable! Wow..What an approach!I think only the best can do this one.

[Aerolineas747]

The scnery is just breathtaking would love to land there anyday but for now all i got is my flight simulator 2004 to go to bhutan.

[thefsxflyer]

Damn, if you could land like that and recover from almost going off the runway and coming back to the center line what a great job.

[whaldawg]

Nice video dude. Made by someone else lucky enough to see such a beautiful country!

[truth2jim]

Thanks for sharing with pretty clear video. This is the first time for to really see experienced pilots made a landing at mountainous

area. Cool!

[tangpa]

that was so cool

[uktheboy]

The finest video I have ever seen. Thanks for the upload.

[fallwaterblues]

Nice, thanks for post, was it difficult to get out of there? Any MacDonald's nearby?

[boonchuey]

FABULOUS - I always wondered what that landing must be like. I am so pleased you filmed and posted this famous approach and airport. Many thanks - just makes me want to go to Bhutan. I hope I get there one day!

[jcdrukie]

It4dev,

Thanks for the amazing video. So did you actually pilot the Bae 146? How much easier or harder would it be compared to the a319s?