Gibraltar Airport - The Runway With A Road Crossing

While walking across the runway at most international airports would get you arrested, it is actually encouraged at Gibraltar Airport. Here, the main road in and out of the British Overseas Territory crosses right over the runway.
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[@DOMINICAAVIATION]

This is like a super cool and dangerous runway at the same time.

[@mileshamilton3483]

@@d83wt HAHA i feel you we all hope for the tunnel, but they are so dumb they will never build it😂😂

[@mileshamilton3483]

@DOMINICA AVIATION never been an accident they are pretty conservative about people crossing close to the landing time

[@josephodonnell8982]

Not dangerous at all

[@mdlyonn0035]

Would only be dangerous if they didn’t close it for passing foot and vehicle traffic. It’s not dangerous at all.

[@juangilberto1979]

It's probably the coolest walk I've ever done. You can even feel the difference in temperature crossing the runway once an aircraft has departed

[@bikewheel5835]

Ye it is rlly cool but if u try and do it when it's windy it is legitimately difficult

[@mileshamilton3483]

Oh my god the felling when you get back to the shelter of the barriers in the wind is so good

[@juaneduardovitoria]

I visited Gibraltar last summer and just after I crossed the runway by foot, traffic was closed and an easyJet A320 backtracked and took off from RWY 09, it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

[@sulaiman2375]

No shit.

[@emcdavee]

@@sulaiman2375 You're hard

[@iValkyrie46]

"... It is currently delayed..." -here is another one affected by the covid "... by the start of 2009." -wot?

[@clems_first]

The recession I suppose ? (Lack of financing due to financial crisis)

[@coopa2002]

It was actually delayed due to a government dispute with the company building it, it was then handed to another company and work resumed

[@Top10Aviation]

That moment when you're trying to enjoy the city and there's bloody Airbus crossing your way 😳

[@sladanawex2343]

Imagine the noise when you've stopped at the traffic light waiting for an A320 to takeoff 10 metres away 😤

[@Top10Aviation]

@@sladanawex2343 Fr haha, but the view though 😍

[@Brick-Life]

it could be a boeing tho

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

Unlikely to be a Boeing, to be honest. Both British Airways and easyJet use the A320 family, and Royal Air Maroc uses the ATR 72. - TB

[@samshepcap4918]

@@sladanawex2343 10m? You ever been? It's a tad more than 10m away and runway is outside the city so unless you happen to live close, it really isnt that bad 😁

[@iwbarke]

Went on a flight into Gib a few years ago. The flight had been delayed so it was dark on arrival. All seemed very much usual. Aware of the approach, but being over the sea hadn't any idea how much further to go. Then all of a sudden the floodlit rock was right alongside, looking far bigger and MUCH closer than I had imagined. Then once that had registered, and a few seconds after touchdown, the filling station beside the road went past the window. What a great place! That was my daughter's first flight, she was 6 at the time and had listened attentitively to the pre-flight safety briefing. When we were about to get off the plane she said, "Dad, we never got to use those masks they showed us"!!!

[@awesomedarkstalker4991]

Tell her shes lucky

[@sarthsingh3271]

Goa international airport in India too has a road passing through the runway. The road not used by many. It is used by residents of navy colony near the airport premises. There are signals prior to the runway

[@bidhanchandraroy5524]

Lol

[@anshulsharma5353]

Same in jamnagar gujrat but for air force personal only

[@arvinp9365]

I've been to Gibraltar once and my mate was puzzled why I was too excited. Then I said about the road that cuts right through the runway. It's an absolute experience seeing the famous road and the Rock of Gibraltar out of my window seat.

[@giannivandenbosch7864]

watch out when actually going there, there's a scammer at the roundabout in spain (to the runway) he says "Gibraltar?" (you say 'ehh sure') "Ye thats 20 euro's". I called him out, cursed at him, got outside my car and scared him away. dont fall for the guy with the "traffic vest"

[@spxzzo]

Tons of those in gin. Once some guy was outside of the parking lot at eastern beach and told me I had to pay ten pounds to park

[@JetBOY320]

Even in Goa (India) we have this kinda runway try to cover it too! Even it seems quite interesting. As always your video is good 👌

[@tejgaonkar6208]

Hey a fellow Goan! Ya I have been to Goa and landed on the runway with my flight sim. It’s kinda hard but not too hard.

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

Thanks for the feedback. - TB

[@michaelcorleone6852]

this is more civilized

[@mohammedazmi9850]

i Knew there is a crossing inthis airport but i didnt know the name until now. thx for making such videos

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

Thanks for the feedback! - JS

Walked there a few times. It always feels like you are doing something extremely illegal.

[@harrycole5244]

Been across there many times. Shocked at how many people drop rubbish (crisp packets, cigarette butts, etc) as they cross.

[@grayman999]

Yes both in my RAF days and whilst on holiday drove across the runway crossing point 😊

[@ChilliJonCarne]

If you walk across too slowly you told off by loud speaker. At least I did anyway

[@bee_sart793]

I have lived in gib 4 years now and crossing the runway never gets old

[@spxzzo]

bee_sart. I lived there for four years too. Left to Georgia less than a week ago

[@JustinLHopkins]

I walked across this road and it was awesome. Landing in Gibraltar is quite a sight to behold as well. Africa is only a short 8 miles across the water.

[@aviationandmemes1627]

they should make a bridge

[@aviationandmemes1627]

@TheRenaissanceman65 well i mean if their is enough money i wasnt even thinking about it

[@ant2312]

@@aviationandmemes1627 why would anyone want a bridge to Africa, especially north Africa

[@aviationandmemes1627]

@@ant2312 maybe more easier to trade more tourism more money

[@dalejuliancelecia7110]

I live in Gibraltar and I can tell you having the road across the runway is a pain in the rear lol

[@j1reprezent]

Switzerland has the same with Payerne airport! Smaller volume of both cars and jets though...

[@ollytech1161]

I live here in Gibraltar, the tunnel under the runway is only for traffic heading to the border with Spain, If you are driving to the airport terminal or housing estates you will still be able to cross the runway. The same goes for buses and pedestrians.

[@gb9727]

Traffic now takes the tunnel, but people can still cross the rumway. Imagine if it was like Shibuya on thete

[@o.k_aviation5732]

I've walked across the runway at Gibraltar, very special :)

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

It's a great experience! - TB

[@tejgaonkar6208]

This is a pretty amazing airport! Wish I could visit it:(

[@frglee]

It's a pretty amazing place to land and take off from as well. Amazing as in 'terrifying'. You often get thrown about a lot due to turbulance, the airspace between Spain and 'The Rock' being a notorious wind tunnel. Regular travellers are used to it, but newbies often scream in terror when it's bad. ;*) Think of it as a free switchback ride.

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

Could always fly to Malaga and hire a car! - TB

[@Al-hb2wo]

I feel like one of the main reasons why Gibraltar has so many tourists is because of that airport. and also Gibraltar Airport must be one of my favs too

[@shaunpierce4174]

I did this crossing several times when I stayed in La Linea 3 years ago, it's a pretty cool experience

[@tomstravels520]

Been here. One of best holidays, and yes I took a photo in the middle of the runway

[@federicosarria6978]

That should be exting

[@exsandgrounder]

The airport runway at Sumburgh, Shetland has a road that crosses it, albeit at one of the ends of it, too

[@andrewcodes]

I am from Gibraltar, it becomes normal very quickly but I can see why it’s different to people who have not lived here 🇬🇮

[@Cookie1994UK]

Know it quite well. I’ve never been across the runway on the road but I’ve been across the road on the runway several times. Always amazes me, watching the swarm of cars and bikes enter the runway, once we’ve parked on the apron. I also have a great picture, taxing in the background of a football game. Gibraltar was playing Ireland in a EURO qualifier and the pitch is right beside the runway.

[@jamesupp3]

Gisborne Airport in New Zealand has railroad tracks, which are still used, that cross the middle of the runway!

[@DarrenMalin]

They have been talking about and building the tunnel for years. Most of us in Gibraltar think it will never be finished.

[@lieslrust4760]

Was there once when a plane landed, amazing to watch it land whilst I stood at the barrier

[@paleoph6168]

Something similar is done in an airfield in Baguio, Philippines, but it's no longer operational (Baguio is a mountainous region and is sometimes foggy, some planes have crashed) so vehicles don't have to wait for any aircraft. They just enter through a gate, drive through the runway, and exit through another gate on the other side of the airfield. I've been there once.

[@RuiPlaneSpotter]

Gibraltar Airport ❤️❤️

[@lordcutlerbeckett9357]

Loakan Airport in the Philippines have a road crossing also, not a busy airport serve mostly private planes but it's nice to walk there

[@masterimbecile]

When I was there in 2016, the runway closed twice a day: once in the morning, and once in the afternoon. The approach to Gibraltar is truly breathtaking, since the plane makes a gentle turn to give you a full view of the Rock the whole way down (if your seat faces the correct side, that is).

[@brianbeach3024]

It’s actually that way because the land is contested between Great Britain and Spain, so Spanish authorities don’t allow flights to enter Spanish airspace (which just so happens to be a few hundred feet to the North of the runway).

[@s_acostamuniz]

When I found out that in Google Earth 8 thought it was an error of the map. Unbelievable, but awesome!

[@admiralversio]

I’ve flown to Gibraltar 🇬🇮 with BA it was really cool

[@Adrian-jn9ov]

Welche 2/3 Farben hat denn das Flugzeug?

[@sheldonswift4729]

I remember how much gibraltar airport crossing was strange to me when i first moved here from the UK

[@JonathanChan212]

People: Let's enjoy here! Planes: Hold my fuel.

[@jeffwilliams5987]

Yep, driven across it, probably in the eighties. From memory had to wait a bit but worth it.

[@patjackmanesq]

Here's a story for ya. Decades ago I was going out with a Spanish girl who was friends with an airline pilot who worked out of Gib airport. We went to visit him and his lovely wife one day. A couple of days previously a plane had taken off when there were still pedestrians on the runway, so we asked him about it. "That was me!" he laughed. Turns out that for years the tower had been giving clearance to planes once the barrier across the runway had been closed. Because the pedestrians took some time to cross it meant that the planes usually had to wait a number of minutes for the pedestrians to cross before they could take off, despite getting clearance. This was a source of much frustrations for pilots for years. So, on this particular day, once this pilot got clearance he hit the throttle and started down the runway. He told us, with much laughter, how everyone on the runway had to scatter, including a large of Spanish lady with several large shopping bags in hand who ran back and forth in front of the oncoming plane in terror. 😂 When asked if he was worried about getting into trouble he said "a) I'm nearly retired so I don't care and b) I had clearance". The nett effect was that the gates were now closed five minutes before takeoff. Thought I'd share...

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

Thanks for sharing! - TB

[@gerardfrancia2464]

Ive been there once.. and its really awesome

[@stevebees3992]

I'm the Senior Air Traffic Engineer here, so I am aware of something going on outside of my office! :)

[@ketchupc1051]

Been there twice. Amazing runway for people to walk across.

[@lindsayfreeman217]

Landed and took off from there in 1960 when my father was posted there.I went to St Christopher's school there,

[@MrEricSir]

Los Angels International (LAX) has had a tunnel under the runways since the 1950's. It's entirely possible -- even in places with earthquakes.

[@nickwithout_a_z4695]

Damn this world is a special place 😁

[@DarkwerefoxRed]

Of course I knew LXGB...due that high mountain beside it, and the habor, it is one of the most challeging airports in Europe...so every Simmer has gone there at least once. ;3) Also no ILS Actually a fun fact, sometimes on the way to the gate, the planes have to wait fur the car-traffic being held...as u mentioned. ;3)

[@hazrussel7395]

Want to visit this airport one day

[@matthewnirenberg]

Essendon Airport (Melbourne, Australia) has a road going across it as well. They call it a 'plane crossing'!

[@samuelmcneill2816]

What about gisborne airport, New Zealand, with a railway running through it

[@anophelesnow3957]

At 1.08 you can see Eroskie supermarket, the biggest food shop in Gibraltar, which is the other side of the runway from most of the the country. It's fun, it's a good walk. Ignore the people who say we need a tunnel, there are too many cars already. Dissuade them.

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

I went in there when I visited! - TB

[@Tyler-rr6yy]

I’m from Gibraltar 🇬🇮 lol it came up on my recommend

[@Loki_God_of_Multiverse]

Mom - Why are you so late?! Me - Plane is crossing the road mom

[@kk-transport]

Very interesting x

[@williamcosgrove3552]

Same thing in Ometepe in Nicaragua but a lot smaller.

[@SilenceSerene]

You never know what material are the car tyres having , even the people can throw something on the runway and the authority may not even realise , its freaking risky

[@petervaughan9111]

Sorry, did you really mean the new tunnel was due to be completed but the end of 2009 or perhaps 2019?

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

No, originally due to be completed in 2009 is correct. - TB

[@petervaughan9111]

@@SimpleFlyingNews good lord, that's seriously late! Did they halt construction or is it just going slowly?

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

Peter Vaughan I believe the contract fell through and it wasn’t taken over by the new company until 2013, and now that project is also delayed. - TB

[@petervaughan9111]

@@SimpleFlyingNews thanks TB, appreciated

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

No worries :) - TB

[@inezfragasmith763]

Wheyyy Gibraltarrr. Why is this recommended to me when I live here 😭😭

[@alexanderfoster3628]

The main airport on Shetland also has this set up.

[@elijaha773]

A taxiway at Ted Stevens Anchorage crosses a road. But it is a GA taxiway.

[@magnussansberg5395]

Yes I knew, been there and its pretty cool.

[@S162-v3k]

I live by this airport and can see planes land and take off from my balcony. It's quite cool. Especially when its a big army transport aircraft.

[@kerenbanget1]

other countries: Waiting for a train passing by at crossroad Gibraltar: hold my wing

[@emaheiwa8174]

Us playing with toys as kids but in real life

[@dave8599]

I used to drive across a taxi way to get to work I found out how far back one must be behind the jet exhaust. It is pretty far.

[@ChrisZoomER]

That’s pretty crazy!

[@janellek21]

How many flights have been delayed by old ladies crossing the street?

[@merrickkent9116]

Not that many, flight delays in Gibraltar rarely happen because of Gibraltar airport. We do have a lot of go around though as the rock is large and wind builds up around it, henceforth too much crosswind for the aircraft

[@벨라-i6u]

Me and the only good thing about it is that everybody who is near they can see a plane land or take off which I would love to watch all day

[@sebastianreilly]

Watching this while walking over the runway

[@Karabintree3]

Remember walking there in the highway of Gebraltar that actually cool

[@emiliapains5527]

This isn’t on the right channel it should be on Insane Flying. There’s nothing simple about this haha

[@spxzzo]

EmiliaPains it’s quite simple actually. Like ridiculously simple idk how you think this is insane or complex.

[@Doughnut123]

Yes i do know about Gibraltars runway, i live there/here...

[@bikewheel5835]

Same my guy

[@ant2312]

cool story bro

[@federicosarria6978]

Thats a weird city a road crossing a airport and a giant rock in the midle of the city good vid by the way

[@federicosarria6978]

@TheRenaissanceman65 really interestong thabks for the explanation!

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

Thanks for the feedback Federico. - TB

[@tonylancaster8704]

I have been over this runway its seem a bit strange but also cool

[@aidan_newman]

How do they deal with debris?

[@Alex22351]

anyone else just trying to find cool airports for MFS2020?

[@RmsTitanic59]

This is a train crossing to the next level

[@siddhanth9484]

Goa also has the runway with a road!

[@peterkaye6665]

walking across an active runway just tremendous

[@buddybuddy8913]

they could have just make undertunnel for the cars?

[@JosephByrne]

First time I flew into Gibraltar I collected my bag and jumped in a taxi. Next I'm thinking, "What the hell, this guys driving on the runway. Is this GTA?"

[@odette4059]

sooo what if a plane tryna do an emergency landing and they crossing?.......

[@spxzzo]

Better get out of the way then I guess

[@el_gordo.5845]

Kio bro I live in Gibraltar where’s my gib gang at

[@vexraiz3n602]

No where no one lives there

[@Jeracraft]

@@vexraiz3n602 Yeah well I do =]

[@orzo_1443]

i have an idea for the next video ! The Atlantic diversion airports

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

Thanks for the feedback. - TB

[@FlyGuy1]

I’ve been to Gibraltar

[@tschetatsch]

This runway is 200m from the border which if many people go to Gibraltar and there is Landing plane... traffic jam

[@euthypro8531]

A problem with runways are that there might be say a coin on the runway, isn’t there a fear that people could accidentally drop a coin or a smiler object and potentially put the lives of hundreds in danger?

[@shamrock141]

If there ever was such an incident the crossing would likely then be closed off to civilians and motor vehicles but I don't think they'll do it before

[@spxzzo]

Tf a coin gonna do dumbass

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

Hey A Duck, please be respectful of others in the comments. - TB

[@Musical00Minecraft]

When we visited Gibraltar, we stood on the Rock and watched a plane take off 😀 watched them clean the road off first too

[@crliewtsn]

Trains: BuT YOu DiDNt HaVe TO cUT Me OFf

[@jklmnopski7421]

How do they maintain airport security?!?

[@jordanaward717]

Showing my country everywhere i live in gib

[@Deadshot123z]

Someone could get hit by the plane, drive on the runway and attempt to hyjack it, to many security risk in my opinion

[@TisLasagnus]

Nobody from the ground is going to jack a moving plane going 50 kts

[@Deadshot123z]

Lasagnus I’m taking about when it’s not moving

[@TisLasagnus]

Deadshot nobody has the time for that. also, you can’t hijack a parked plane, too complicated to most people unbeknownst of the controls and the fact that they would be caught very easily. also, the police would drive up to them and arrest them if they go into the field itself. only that portion of the airport is allowed to pedestrians

[@spxzzo]

Lasagnus also has to be feuded and whatnot. Plus what would happen when you are in the air? No ones in it so kamikaze isn’t really something that would happen. And well landing a hijacked plane isn’t exactly easy. Unless like a field.

[@markjeason]

I was going to write very obvious comment about making a tunnel, but thankfully they are already on it

[@magmanek1508]

I actually was there and was looking at plane arriving (I believe I also crossed it with a car) and it's actually good to see but bad for safety and planes who need to land

[@15sixmedia]

Bloody hell. Imagine living right next to the runway like that. No thanks.

[@macedonia365]

We have one of these at an airport near jfk

[@NoFallToggled]

Time to write this down in my travel book! * opens page 2534 of book *

[@nihugaming2457]

i live in gibraltar

[@FinlandGuy747]

Is the runway still open for pedestrians? I heard the tunnel was completed in 2023.