Yeah: Barra airport's famous. The beach is popular with cockle pickers, so it can be a bit of a problem...

That was on that series 'A local parish' or something like that, wasn't it Eugenei?  

Must be similar to Morecombe beach then. 

My niece and her partner are going to her cousins wedding on Barra in July,,they have booked a flight from Glasgow,they know it's a small prop plane and a beach landing....oh and the Glasgow to Barra plane was struck by lightning on Wednesday! All was well.

Thanks for the link Xochi  Wow scary stuff! Which of those did you land at?

I landed at Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong, the summer [1994] I spent teaching English. Imagine a plane touching down in London's Oxford Street - buildings freakily close on either side. Pilots had to have a special licence to land there.  

Those pics, especially Saint Martin and Nepal airports look worse though - downright dangerous!! 

Awww I wanna click the link but I'm a scaredy pants and hate flying so I think I'd be best not to.  Unless it's just scary landing strips and not actual flight horror stories?

Yeah just the run ways in stupid places