The Ten Best Cockpit View Landing Videos in 2023

[@Squirel]

The Peruvian one for me - that flying up the river valley was really cool.

[@CinemaDemocratica]

They were *crazy* short -- but I assume there's literally no go-around. Probably they were fully committed to land before they had visual contact. :P

[@chrisberg3648]

@@CinemaDemocratica Yeah, I was thinking that was a displaced threshold and they shouldn't have been landing before the solid line but in a situation like that I'm not sure I'd want to go around. 😂

[@ermesdalponte9701]

Beautiful, but please do not put elevator music, and, at least for the landing let the true speed.

[@paulmartos7730]

I'd rather listen to elevator music than that repetitive, incredibly annoying noise accompanying an otherwise excellent video.

[@Roucasson]

Even in an elevator, this could not qualify as « music »…

[@markcarey8426]

Love the music. Perfect accompaniment.

[@MurrayJoe]

I also hate this music, very loud and annoying, that’s why I give it a thumbs down. It might be alright if it wasn’t so loud, any music should always just play quietly in the background, I did here KZbinrs often play loud music and sped up some videos to try and get around copyright infringement. Now I’ve written this comment, I’ll see if a can make it to the end.

[@Fenderak]

he can't, because he stole the videos from their original posters, if he didnt speed them up and put music over it, he could get claimed

[@najia3661]

😃 Thanks for sharing.

[@unclelar53]

Some of those approaches must be done nearly perfect, every time. As a retired pilot, I have done a few "tricky" ones myself, and I can say they are the most fun, as well. Thanks for sharing!

[@jimmymurphy7789]

The only music I want t hear in an aviation video is the wheels squeaking on the runway during a safe landing - nothing else.

[@michelledauvergne6830]

Lukla. And thank you for sharing !

[@ingenear]

07:40 how the windscreen wipers move with the beats! LOL

[@LeighArredondo]

OMG that's hilarious!!! I didn't catch it my first viewing...and now it's stuck in my head:)

[@xneapolisx]

😂😂😂

[@marchills4131]

A very enjoyable video. A carrier landing during a heavy weather would be a nice addition to this type of video.

[@stevencgall]

The airport in Peru was the best . Great video

[@obp6891]

A good aviation video doesn't need some kind of background music to make it beautiful.

[@borsi99]

Great video - thank you!👏🏼

[@renejean2523]

Nice selection. Love the Space Shuttle landing. A Concorde one would be great too.

[@alexpaylor1365]

Great video, and the music fit perfectly. That Peru approach was something else.

[@ronaldmessina4229]

Great landing on all the videos, how i wish I could be there for all of the landings 😊

[@patreciawinburn6922]

That was fun to watch! We had a small plane in Alaska when I was growing up

[@Yadro767]

The River Visual to 19 at KDCA was always fun to fly.

[@beboboymann3823]

Good job! All of them very interesting. And I liked the music. Very professional.

[@thomasrottmann5578]

2:23: "Terrain, Pull Up!" Wo needs a stabilized approach? :-) Awesome!

[@wallacesmallwood7059]

I love flights into Philippines. Thank you for your patience ❤️.

[@enziogehrig9425]

As a young private pilot 45 years ago I found Bad Dürkheim /EDRF) in Germany with its 400m runway with the railroad track in front of the threshhold quite challenging but of course it's nothing compared to Lukla or Saba. As a passenger, the only approach that really scared me was Rarotonga (NCRG). The runway is so short that the 747 could land there only half loaded and the intense braking in the middle of the night scared the hell ouf of me! .

[@fibbs01]

#2 co-pilots face in that 727 landing 🤣

[@CinemaDemocratica]

The guy in the back with his arms crossed is my favorite. :D

[@111mcivor]

Looking at how bumpy the 2nd landing (Mogadishu) was I’m thinking they must have been shot down rather than landed. Even the captain didn’t look to know what was happening 😂😂

[@CinemaDemocratica]

My personal theory is wind shear at the threshold. The sea breeze would have made things pretty tricky in a full, equatorial sun. ;-)

[@GeneBrotherton]

Former airline pilot here. Retired for some time. 1) I still feel like landing at Kai Tek, the old HK airport was one of the funnest things you could do with a big airplane. (I flew fighters in the Navy). 2) Not being in the cockpit, really hard to figure out what happened in the hard landing, but am reminded of my 727 days.....NEVER chop the power on a 27 until the wheels are on the pavement!

[@tomlee7956]

@@CinemaDemocratica He was way too slow and chopped the whatever power he had, too early, when the plane was still a few feet up...the approach as a whole was very flat and slow...

[@guymachiels6583]

Totally agree, chopped the power too early, definitely a hard landing inspection required

[@patriley9449]

Thank God for all of the worlds highly trained pilots. This is a high-stress job that I could never do even with the best of training.

[@nickmilakovic7532]

Don’t underestimate yourself. All you have to do is apply yourself. Retired captain, instructor, and check airman.

[@ULTRAMAGADEPLORABLEcultmember]

Very nice.

[@granadahills1017]

Sorry, the music destroys the cockpit sounds, ...and thereby drops this video from a 9, to a 6.

[@sloboat55]

Excellent

[@3073Sean]

Thank you for the list of all the airports I am NOT going to.

[@CinemaDemocratica]

:D

[@lenyancey5236]

For sheer beauty I still like KSFO on a sunny afternoon. Though, I'm not a world traveler.

[@markcarey8426]

Brilliant. Thanks. (cruisy music)

[@FlyingShotsman]

Two more great ones (there are videos of both here on KZbin): 1. Harbor Visual Runway 29 in Portland, Maine (preferably on a sunny day in the fall when the trees are in full color). 2. Down the Gastineau Channel to Runway 26 in Juneau, Alaska.

[@36TRecords]

I enjoy the music, as it makes for an uplifting (pun not intended) video. I appreciate the work You put into each unique/bespoke video, & overall production qualities.

[@CinemaDemocratica]

Back-timing each clip to time the touchdown with the musical bridge was some of the most fun I've had.

[@NLuxurious]

omg the second one lmao

[@jw4620]

Fascinating!

[@dianemedeiros6823]

loved the music...keep it up, thanks...

[@JoJoGunn1956]

Thanks, Mom!

[@camesv]

Beautiful

[@LeighArredondo]

Well I actually loved the music:)! Recommend Milford Sound (STOL operation) and Queenstown (gateway to Milford, but also standard single-aisle jets with great approaches), both in NZ, and RIO Santo Dumont via the Sugar Loaf approach.

[@davecreelman]

Great Videos! Loved the music...

[@larou14]

Windshield wipers are crazy: just looking at them, I would crash the plane for sure! 😯🤣🤣

[@keng1043]

I'd much rather hear the cockpit conversations than the music. Otherwise, great videos.

[@jimhutchins6980]

Great music

[@dingo8babym20]

Captain on the Mogadishu knew he had done a carrier landing.

[@fergywurst]

Yeah, he looked over to the copoliot like you didn't see that.

[@hongsienkwee537]

Leh, Ladakh is also a spectacular region to land in, and at a height of 3500 meters

[@davidvasquez6920]

Very nicely done. 😄

[@flemingcourt]

No, it's not!

[@magnificentmuttley2084]

Great video. Thank you so much for posting. Very interesting. It’s a pity that in the final approach at Lukla, it’s not possible to see the gradient of the runway. For those that don’t know, I am pretty sure the runway slopes upwards at nearly 12% gradient!! This means only small fixed wing planes and helicopters can land there - weather dependant, of course.

[@NWPipeSmoker]

I like the music - it works! -Tom

[@TheScillycam]

Try the isles of Scilly Skybus short runways and otters

[@AndyPerry1972]

One of these days I will manage to land "normally" at Paro. On flight simulator of course 🙂 You could say I have got the plane on the ground but not sure if the passengers would have survived.

[@marcoroth7879]

2 suggestions....LOCH is a private airfield in the alps Tirol and LFLJ Courchevel in the french alps...similar to Lukla but not so high... But thank you for your compilation!!!

[@bobsmith6079]

"Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement. You can't learn from experience if you don't survive the experience." Two pieces of wisdom I heard from a stovepipe jockey who flew in the Korean War.

[@brahmdempers1005]

landing nr3. funny how the left window wiper keeps perfect beat with the music!!

[@leoblakehernandez9913]

I am a pilot and love this "transitional flight" ! YOUR KIdding about the music ! It is awesome ! (This is the Day, The Lord has made, Rejoice and be Glad, Rejoice and be Glad). Love the stuff.

[@hepphepps8356]

This takes the «most confusing reply on KZbin 2023 prize». Makes NO sense. And no, You’re not a pilot. You might honestly believe you are.

[@leoblakehernandez9913]

@@hepphepps8356 Transitional flight is landing. I have 360 hours at Ohio State University Flight School. My second comment was about the music in the video. You do know what music is ? Right. It does not make sense to you because you don't know your Bible. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS GRAVITY !

[@TheFalconJetDriver]

The music is a distraction, it would be good if you listed the airports iCAO code in the more section.😁🛫

[@rolandrosinus]

Peru 😮

[@ebenwaterman5858]

Yeah...but these are great too. :)

[@Spook277]

Great video but how about Queenstown, New Zealand?

[@jaimenbadia2358]

Lukla, Nepal with such incredible short landing way

[@craigcampbell1710]

Queenstown New Zealand - the planes have to weave through a tight mountain passage.

[@LloydWeeber]

WLG from the north in a southerly is always 'interesting' and the views on either approach at ZQN are spectacular

[@mansurexpress]

please try to watch landing in Skardu, Pakistan. It is definitely one of the best you'll ever witness

[@xSUBIACOx]

Balls of steel.

[@rexmyers991]

#2 was a Boeing 727. I was an Engineer then co-pilot and, finally, a Captain. It is impossible to make ten good landings in a row. Never did figure it out. Great Video but please add the aircraft type for each clip

[@CinemaDemocratica]

When I was a little kid I flew unaccompanied between New York LaGuardia and Indianapolis. The first time I was terrified but the second time, before pushback, I was sitting there sawing away at full volume about how this is a 727 and last year it was a DC-9 and I know because of this, and this, and this .... All of a sudden I look up and here comes the lead flight attendant, looking right at me. She got me up from my seat and I honestly thought I was being thrown off the plane for talking too much. But instead she put me in the jump seat. She said, "Now you can sit there for the whole flight -- as long as you DON'T SAY A SINGLE WORD." And I will honestly never forget it. As such the 727 occupies a really weird place in my personal mythology. A Saint Bernard with overhead bins. And yes, landing was terrifying.

[@mliittsc63]

Douglas-Charles (formerly Melville Hall) in Dominica, WI, is a fun one. Bhutan is my favorite of these. The ramp at the top is like pulling into your driveway at home.

[@jamesschrom317]

Good video but I agree no music if possible. One other airport that was missed is Saba.

[@zaveve18]

Amusing the vídeo ❤❤❤ I liked the music.

[@juanriquelme6965]

Chagual ist a wonderfull landing

[@jjohnston94]

7:09 Did they take that hill down to make the approach at Tegucigalpa easier?

[@wilsonia1000]

Courcheval - been a front seat passenger for a landing there. Also, I have been checked out to fly into Culebra.

[@Itsoktobenice]

I live 2 block offs San Diego approach. Scenic, but not much maneuvering…..just a steeper decent

[@JRBG696]

SUGGESTION: Forget the music, let's hear the cockpit sounds....Thanks!

[@michaelchartres]

How about Khark Island in the Persian Gulf a small island with a short runway.

[@mrglen0904]

Princess Juliana airport in St. Marteen and maybe a sunset video coming into Honolulu.

[@BriarDrive]

Great video! "Edit: IF ONLY SOMEONE OUT THERE WOULD TELL ME HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE MUSIC! :D :D :D " >>> IMHO, would prefer no background music. Only ATC and aircraft sounds. But that's me.

[@skirolf]

You should also include Sandane in norway

[@billcomerford3021]

I think the approach to San Diego is very interesting.

[@togacruiser]

On the 727 landing in Mogadishu jacking the wheel back and forth does not flap the wings for more lift. Let the plane do the flying and all you just have to do is gently guide it. Some real good pilots on the 10 landings.

[@hambone4402]

Think the Peru landing was the most interesting. Some of these pilots have to factor in the weight of their balls when calculating fuel load.

[@CinemaDemocratica]

You just won the thread.

[@leitfie3579]

Lovely film - but why the mind-numbing, endlessly repetitive music?

[@heinzklausthiesen1373]

Flight sounds would be better than this music

[@chuckpilcher6231]

Juneau, Alaska, is interesting coming in from the NW. Until sometime in the late 1980's or so it required a low-level (~400 ft) left turn followed immediately by a lower-level (~300 ft) right turn, both within 1/2 mile of touchdown. After some re-landscaping of the approach, the left turn was eliminated, leaving only a low-level right turn that still has to be perfectly timed to hit Runway 8 on the mark. This video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4jWon6IZcmriMk) would be a lot better from the cockpit. The approach from the SE is scenic and close to mountains but not quite as challenging.

[@SRM_NZ]

I believe Wellington, New Zealand on a 'breezy' day is an exciting landing...as for those who call the music 'elevator music'...I suggest they invest in decent audio for their computer or smart TV....with good audio, awesome music.

[@M_MTsc]

Great video but I would add Cape Town and Hamilton Island (Australia)

[@CinemaDemocratica]

I'm not familiar with either one -- will check them out!

[@lorendjones]

#8 landed before the displaced threshold. Tsk, tsk....

[@janvaneck6758]

Nothing more useless than the runway behind you!

[@griam7641]

Aspen or Telluride

[@jryan1024]

Saba?

[@MarcPagan]

With the annoying music, this video is like putting ketchup on the best chocolate gelato. ..both are great, but together they just don't work. Also reminds me of DJs at non-dancing event, like a lawn party for grandma, ....trying to be the center of attention by playing too loud.

[@KU84dh37]

Excellent viewing, crappy music, Luckily for me, I can 'mute' the sound and continue watching!!! JMS

[@thistletown19]

YVR on a nice day.

[@leecowell8165]

can do without the music. also most of these were not very clear. Lukla didn't hardly see the runway.

[@schlankae]

Sedona, AZ

[@rustyicepick8462]

San Diego please.

[@billtucker7216]

Pasto, Colombia

[@blueshowlar]

I agree on the music for sure 100%. It's terrible.

[@Hallands.]

No reason to upload in 1080p when the quality is only 360p

[@5packplus2]

Hong Kong, St. Maarten?

[@jsr8884]

Lukla was blind landing. Couldn’t see the runway for most part😊😊😊😊😊

[@anthonypropst1818]

This is strange but the pilot riding as co-pilot about 2:09 reminds me of Paul Reynolds (paul_reno) of Flock of Seagulls fame. 😆

[@assafnaor5752]

Great but the music is annoying

[@paulnoble3075]

Yes Gibraltar with heavy wind sheer

[@kencochrane8795]

Hasent Kai Tak been closed for 20 years?

[@darrylsmith4610]

I fly 150's what a major diff. View