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- roblun, on 10/12/2007, -3/+310I thought that airport was blown up in Goldeneye.
- criscokkat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+96That airport is called Courchevel, in the Alps.
- nlevend, on 10/12/2007, -19/+82I hate all of you, god damnit
- n00bst3r, on 10/12/2007, -1/+50Actually it was Tomorrow Never Dies
Goldeneye Runway:
http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=goldeneyerunwayny2.jpg
Tomorrow Never Dies Runway:
http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tndrunwayyj7.jpg
Sorry the TND shot isn't as good at the Goldeneye one, but it gets the point across. - zonk3r, on 10/12/2007, -6/+45In a small village outside of Dumbasston (East of Duggdownburg).
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29not everything in the world is photoshopped.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courchevel - dgritsko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23Wow... I don't think I've ever seen a runway that wasn't perfectly flat. Explains why it's so short... takes a lot less time to speed up if you're going downhill, or to slow down if you're going uphill. Awesome photos!
- nuhrd, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22I think I've been there before... all the buildings are made from Adobe right?
- headzoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Why don't runways *ever* have anything nice at the end of them, like nice a cushy cotton field? It's always a lake, or a forest, or in this case, a cliff.
- orbanj, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Wow, if you ***** up the takeoff, you're screwed.
- mdnash, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11man i hope lost has an ending before 13 seasons
- noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Actually, I'm pretty sure it is that short because they are using small planes and that was all of the space available. Speeding up and slowing down are for noobs.
There're apparently a lot of stiprs that are worse than this in Alaska. Many of them are pretty damn hard to spot from the sky ("Just look for the patch of neatly organised rocks, Joe." - - "Rocks?"). - noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9San Antonio has tall buildings... lots of tall buildings. The approach consists of bank - dive - climb - bank - dive - climb - bank - dive - oh *****.
- spencenaz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9No, the opening scene of Goldeneye was at a Dam. I mean the Arms Bazaar scene in Tomorrow Never Dies.
- chungthomas, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11edit: digg down plz. wrong reply
- bilton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Video of a landing and takeoff at this airport http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFzP9CRFdWw&mode=related&search=
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Point taken, although I think a crash landing in a cotton field would still give you a severe case of death. (Your luggage might be okay though.)
- CaptainSpeaking, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6If you think that's crazy, you haven't seen it all yet.
I present you Lukla, Nepal: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1069210/L/
The only way in is through the other end of the runway. The back of the photographer is faced towards the Himalayas. You either land, or you crash. Your choice. - noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6If I have to fly there I'd like to be encased in Samsonite™ please.
- TheSalmonThief, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I had an airport once.
- andyrobo60, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Who can find that on google earth then.
- HappyScrappy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Meh.
http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0013145 - clawoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@bakkouz
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6348822263873780335&q=Courchevel
Just CGI, right? - LarianLeQuella, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5There is one that is similar to this in Telluride, but the dead give away is that the Skyhawk number doesn't begin with an N. ;)
- maffiou, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@Holtz: Cut the crap man, I used to live 45 minutes away from this place in Chambery and go up there most week end for skiing... They actually call it the altiport...
this guy explains the training required to be allowed to land there:
http://www.higher.flyer.co.uk/html/lflj.html - fahrvergnuugen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4That's typically how it is with flying ;)
- vagarach, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4It definitely looks a lot like the opening scene of Tomorrow Never Dies! I can't recall it being in Goldeneye, but I haven't watched it in a long time.
- sven007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4he is right, if you've seen it, remember the part when bond flies of with his russian plane carrying the nuke? looks exactly like that. think about it, it's in the opening scene.
- Fracture98, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5All those short runway comments reminded me of a joke:
Co-pilot turns to the pilot and says, "Holy crap. That was the shortest damn runway we've ever landed on!"
"Sure was!", says the pilot, "but look how ***** WIDE it is!" - dominic2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4It's the altiport just above Courchevel 1650m.
There a bar too - great place for an apres ski drink to watch the planes and helicopters from! - Berkana, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Putting an airport up high like that is not always a bad idea; if you don't have enough speed to take off, you'll gain speed real quick after the end of the runway, and hopefully have enough power going to keep it up. (And if not, well, let's not think about that.)
- n0sferatu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Telluride Regional Airport (Colorado) is very similar.
- orangekid13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The small airport in Pullman WA isn't flat... they're extending it some so MD-80's (I think) are able to use that airport, for now it's max is Horizon planes with the turboprop engines or tiny private jets.
Anyways, it has an upward bend in it towards the west end.
Also, from my house, our view of Seatac International Airport makes it clear that the whole runway is arched. It's really long and the curve is gradual so you don't notice it on the runway, but from Federal Way we can tell... there are a lot of runways that aren't flat. - KD5VMO, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I concur, this was the exact runway used in the beginning of tomorrow never dies.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5there's a couple of these in the world. lots of them are on private caribbean islands.
- santacruzer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@lancermit
The highest commercial airport in the US is Telluride, at 9062 feet (served by several commuter airlines). That's just a bit higher than 6800 feet. - noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Why do they number both ends of the runway if the other end runs into a cliff? It's not like you're going to get directed to runway 24 rather than runway 204 (I think thats how the numbering goes) and if you do... god no man alive has those balls.
- CaptainSpeaking, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Better pic http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0364044/L/
and Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukla - AgentM, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The airport is Courchevel, as mentioned. It's in the French Alps, and has a nice 18.5 degree runway slope.
- CaptainSpeaking, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Runways are just numbered according to their compass headings. RWY 24 means its pointed towards heading 240, and the other end will be headed to the opposite direction.
- jbus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This airport reminds me a bit of the tiny Los Alamos, New Mexico airport which is also close to the edge of a cliff, though this runway is definitely closer to the edge than the one at Los Alamos.
- venson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I've been to Lukla and I don't know what's worse, landing or taking off at the airport. When you land, you go uphill and the end of the runway is a fence in front of a cliff. When you take off, you go downhill and then the runway just disappears into the valley down below (feels like thousands of feet). If you don't get enough speed, you drop until you get lift and then hopefully get back up again.
Wind is also a problems since it is on a small plateau, so takeoffs/landings often get canceled. It took me 2 days to fly out of there due to weather. Fortunately everyone just sits around and drinks. - Widget1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Here is a link to the Catalina airport. http://airports.pilotage.com/avx/
- sebnukem, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Courchevel airport, France
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Well, if you're going to run off the end of the cliff, be glad you're in an airplane!
- agntcalvin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Don't worry. It'll be canceled long before that.
- ShuttleDisaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I was disappointed to find that in Flight Simulator X the runway is perfectly flat.
- Lithpiperpilot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That is correct. Also, airports are only numbered on ever 10 degrees, and are labeled starting at 1, and ending in 36.
- steger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2found better pictures.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0738484&size=L&width=1024&height=706&sok=JURER%20%20%28pbhagel%20%3D%20%27HFN%20-%20Pbybenqb%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Pbybenqb%20Fcevatf%20-%20Zhavpvcny%20%28Crgrefba%20NSO%29%20%28PBF%20%2F%20XPBF%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Qraire%20%28Oebbzsvryq%29%20-%20Wrsspb%20%28OWP%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Qraire%20-%20Pragraavny%20%28Nencnubr%20Pbhagl%29%20%28NCN%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Qraire%20-%20Sebag%20Enatr%20%28SGT%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Qraire%20-%20Vagreangvbany%20%28QRA%20%2F%20XQRA%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Qraire%20-%20Fgncyrgba%20Vagreangvbany%20%28QRA%20%2F%20XQRA%29%20%28pybfrq%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Qhenatb%20-%20Yn%20Cyngn%20Pbhagl%20%28QEB%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Rntyr%20%28Invy%20%2F%20Rntyr%29%20-%20Rntyr%20Pbhagl%20Ertvbany%20%28RTR%20%2F%20XRTR%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Va%20Syvtug%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Ybatzbag%20-%20Inapr%20Oenaq%20%282I2%29%27%29%20%20BEQRE%20OL%20cubgb_vq%20QRFP&photo_nr=12&prev_id=0790288&next_id=0675444
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0555425&size=L&width=1024&height=727&sok=JURER%20%20%28pbhagel%20%3D%20%27HFN%20-%20Pbybenqb%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Pbybenqb%20Fcevatf%20-%20Zhavpvcny%20%28Crgrefba%20NSO%29%20%28PBF%20%2F%20XPBF%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Qraire%20%28Oebbzsvryq%29%20-%20Wrsspb%20%28OWP%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Qraire%20-%20Pragraavny%20%28Nencnubr%20Pbhagl%29%20%28NCN%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Qraire%20-%20Sebag%20Enatr%20%28SGT%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Qraire%20-%20Vagreangvbany%20%28QRA%20%2F%20XQRA%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Qraire%20-%20Fgncyrgba%20Vagreangvbany%20%28QRA%20%2F%20XQRA%29%20%28pybfrq%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Qhenatb%20-%20Yn%20Cyngn%20Pbhagl%20%28QEB%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Rntyr%20%28Invy%20%2F%20Rntyr%29%20-%20Rntyr%20Pbhagl%20Ertvbany%20%28RTR%20%2F%20XRTR%29%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Va%20Syvtug%27%29%20NAQ%20%28cynpr%20%21%3D%20%27Ybatzbag%20-%20Inapr%20Oenaq%20%282I2%29%27%29%20%20beqre%20ol%20cubgb_vq%20QRFP&photo_nr=17&prev_id=0600321&next_id=0484865 - lancermit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Planes do not have a concrete take-off or landing distance. MANY factors affect take-off and landing distances, including: gross airplane weight, temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, altitude, engine efficiency, wind direction/speed, wet/dry runway, and runway gradient.
This runway is 1,722 feet in length. And, the altitude is 6,588 feet ! ! !...higher than ANY airport in the United States. You would never be able to land or take-off in 'standard' distances. This is truly an incredible airport! Furthermore, many different types of planes visit this airport, not just small planes.
Scairborn, I hope you're not a pilot...and, if you are, I wouldn't want you to be flying left seat with ME! -
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