Worst airports in the world
In addition to ultra-modern airports, designed by the best architects of our time, there are many much simpler, older and even dangerous air terminals in the world. However, they are not always found somewhere in the remote corners of the planet. In this review, we will tell you about 5 really bad airports around the world..
Ossora Airport, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
On the distant borders of Russia there are many settlements that can be reached only by air. Such is the village of Ossora in Kamchatka, which boasts one of the most terrible airports on the planet..
Wooden building of Ossora airport in Kamchatka
In appearance, the Ossora airport building looks more like a small grocery store or a village club, built from wood many decades ago. And, indeed, this structure was erected back in 1968, and since then has never undergone any significant repair..
Wooden building of Ossora airport in Kamchatka
Ossora Airport does not have an international code. There are rare flights to this settlement from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and the small Kamchatka village of Tilichiki. Passenger traffic at Ossora airport in 2014 amounted to 8,418 people.
Archival photograph of the Ossor airport in Kamchatka
Barra Airport, Scotland, United Kingdom
Barra Airport on the Hybrid Islands in Scotland sets it apart from other similar objects thanks to its unique runway, which is not laid on asphalt and concrete, but on the sand right on the beach. Moreover, for most of the day this territory is generally under water, and is exposed only for a few hours a day at low tide..
Landing on the beach at Barra Airport in Scotland
To ensure that the operation of this airport does not depend on the direction of the wind, three runways are marked on the beach. In the evening and at night, this facility does not work, but there have been cases of emergency landing of aircraft on it in the dark. The Isle of Barra residents illuminated the strip with the headlights of their cars to illuminate the landing area for aircraft..
Landing on the beach at Barra Airport in Scotland
Gibraltar airport
In the British colony of Gibraltar, it is not uncommon to encounter a situation where cars stop at a red light at an intersection in order to … let an aircraft take off or land.
Airport in Gibraltar which is crossed by a city street
The fact is that the territory of Gibraltar is very small in size, which is aggravated by a huge mountain rising up right in the center of the peninsula. Therefore, in order to build an airport, the authorities of this colony were forced to block the isthmus with an airstrip, along which Gibraltar provides ground communication with the outside world, with Spain.
Airport in Gibraltar which is crossed by a city street
So one of the city’s busy streets now passes through the runway at Gibraltar Airport. This transport artery is forced to close several times a day in order to receive or send another plane.
Airport in Gibraltar which is crossed by a city street
Ghanzi Airport, Botswana
The city of Ghanzi in Botswana is experiencing very different problems than Gibraltar. There is a large amount of free space in the vicinity of this settlement, but the local authorities have absolutely no money to build a high-quality terminal at the airport..
Therefore, tourists who often fly to Ghanzi have been surprised for many years by the current airport building in this village, equipped in a construction trailer..
Extremely simple terminal at Ghanzi airport in Botswana
Seimchan Airport, Magadan Region, Russia
The airport of the Seimchan village in the Magadan region of Russia has a glorious history. It was built in 1942 to become one of the intermediate points for the ferrying of American aircraft to the USSR under the Lend-Lease program, when the United States helped our country with goods and weapons..
Seimchan Airport in Magadan Region of Russia
For fifty years, this airport was in full swing, it was used both in passenger aviation and for military, scientific and industrial purposes. However, in 1992, with the collapse of the USSR, this facility began to fall into disrepair..
Seimchan Airport in Magadan Region of Russia
Now Seimchan airport receives and sends rare air flights to Magadan. There are plans to assign the status of a historical monument to a dilapidated, but impressive and unusual building of this transport infrastructure..
BONUS
Worst airport in the world
It may seem paradoxical, but in the past few years, not one of the above-mentioned air terminals has been recognized as the worst airport in the world, but the main airport of France – the famous Charles de Gaulle.
Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris – the worst airport in the world
There are many complaints about the main airport of the French capital. For example, passengers are dissatisfied with the quality of service in it, huge queues even where this phenomenon is difficult to imagine, poor waiting rooms with uncomfortable seats, low quality catering establishments, insufficient number of toilets and many other disadvantages.
Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris – the worst airport in the world
The structure of the airport itself deserves special attention. At the moment, this facility consists of eight terminals, which are located and numbered in a strange way, and therefore there are often cases when passengers are late for their flights, being lost inside the airport..
Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris – the worst airport in the world
In this review, we talked about some of the worst airports in the world, from which you want to fly away as quickly as possible so that you never return there. But the Novate.Ru website also has an overview of the most pleasant and comfortable air terminals on the planet, from where you don’t want to fly at all.
