World most dangerous airport landing COCKPIT VIEW

Filmed with GoPro Fusion. COCKPIT VIEW LANDING
World most dangerous airport. UPHILL SHORT RUNWAY.
Pilatus PC-12 flying from Parma to Couchevel.
This is considered one of the World's most dangerous airport, due to its very short runway with a slope of 18% and the fact thet it's sorrounded by mountains.

[@gavinward5448]

A friend trained there for his French mountain rating some 20 years ago. The runway is steeper than the maximum climb-out angle of a Cessna 172, so you're supposed to land at, and maintain full power until you reach the apron at the top. On one occasion he forgot, and instinctively throttled back and got stuck on the runway before the "summit". Fortunately a number of people rushed over and helped push him the last bit to the top. Thank goodness for Cessna struts!

[@thefreedriver89]

Thank you for sharing this experience 😎

[@emansnas]

Re the 172: That makes sense. And I believe it. The Pilatus PC-12 on the other hand is a powerful SEL plane designed with such operations in mind. A Cessna 172... not so much... to say the least... in fact its performance envelope is on the edge of insufficient for this altitude, would be if it wasn't for the cold dense air. Being this video is being billed as "...most dangerous airport landing....", seems the better video in that regard would be the one of the 172. Fact is, the most dangerous airport landing is the one where the pilot is not competent to perform it! Regardless of the particular airport involved. I'm getting very sick of over hyped bullshit

[@sivayamsiva9343]

Natural beautiful mountains scenery and excellent landings experience congratulations 🙏

[@keithminchin1817]

Nice landing. Lukla always seems to get the headlines but this is one I didn’t know about. There are some very challenging strips in New Guinea worth taking a look at including some challenging tropical weather and very remote, unsealed strips.

[@Floatnride]

Having spent a season skiing in Couchevel, I was always amazed at how pilots landed on this runaway. Great skiing area.

[@marjis]

Really great flying!

[@unclelar53]

My landing on Catalina Island, California was spookiest for me. This looks insane. Well done.

[@thefreedriver89]

Thanks 😎

[@dungeonrat]

That is just sick! A daylight only approach where you either stick the landing or something really, really bad happens. 😮🦇

[@sharatsharma8273]

Truly spectacular & amazing video.landing was brilliant.

[@thefreedriver89]

Thanks😎

[@PorterTheFanCollector]

Hey it's the ski resort! I miss the old multicolored Poma gondola. May it rest in peace.

[@MarkRiddellRacing]

Flying this in VR in Microsoft flight sim is amazing!

[@davidgiles5030]

Lukla Nepal is the world's most dangerous airport. I'm a licensed pilot and I've been in and out of Lukla. There is absolutely no room for error.

[@MikeWiggins1235711]

While I agree in many respects with the dangers of Lukla, I still consider the approach and landing at Chagual in Peru as being the most dangerous. With that one you can't even see the airport, as you're descending yet still flying between the mountains, until the last mile. You HAVE to know what you're doing! You finally see the airport as you are making a 45 degree turn to final and 20 seconds from touchdownl!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5bVpKV_n6hrmbM

[@batesady]

You are not wrong about chagual! Good lord!

[@MikeWiggins1235711]

@Michal Lašan Hi Michal! Thanks for the reply. I guess it all boils down to what matters most to you. You are quite correct that the runway at Chagual is much longer than Lukla, is flat and does have a "go-around" possibility. However at least at Lukla you can see the airport from miles away and because of this, at least up to a point about 3 miles away (?, my guesstimate), the aircraft CAN safely abort the landing. But when you have the terrain avoidance system screaming that you're out of your mind for most of the approach, my vote is for Chagual as being the trickiest and therefore the most dangerous. Frankly, I wouldn't want to fly EITHER of them! Cheers!

[@patrickwahle6280]

@@MikeWiggins1235711 But...Chagual has a 1205 meters flat runway and the altitude is 1,200 meters. It makes a big difference for the available power.

[@edp2260]

At least the runway doesn't end in a rock wall, like Lukla.

[@robhobsweden]

Just my thought.

[@sunjetsimulations4976]

It does...

[@advandervelden1588]

Under the snow there are rocks

[@dalegreer3095]

There's a wall, you just can't see it because of the snow. The paved surface is 1762 ft, and the wall is about 40 ft from that. I guess it's not a wall, it's about a 45 degree angle. Fortunately you land going uphill 212 ft from one end to the other.

[@helpstopanimalabuse8153]

Having landed on both this runway & Lukla (8 times) i still think Lukla is by far more terrifying, either landing or taking off. Although the very first time taking off was pure terrifying). This one is more beautiful & you must have got some great video in the colder months. Thanks for posting & 1 new subscriber. Greetings from Sydney, Australia. Not much snow down here.

[@markjessurun1294]

Very nice approach and Beautiful surroundings!! I liked it so much i had 2 check this place out on Google Earth!! Thanks a lot !!

[@thefreedriver89]

Thank you very much for your comment 😎

[@Mudville9atBat]

valerio.l105 is

[@bbrantley9191]

Great Landing!

[@thefreedriver89]

Thanks 😎

[@mqbitsko25]

"Wow, that was a tough landing!" Flying Cowboys: "Hold my beer....."

[@bryanjeske6856]

Mon Dieu !!! Very nice smooth landing !!! The passengers were speaking Italian ? Bella vacanca :)

[@phil-zz5hk]

perfect approach and landing . great weather though . wouldnt like to try bad weather landing . no instruments on strip . sod that .

[@ultralightflyer]

Difficult but not the most dangerous by far. I all depends of the aircraft, meteo and skill. Good landing!

[@blessedbeJesus]

Have you seen the documentary of the dangerous airports in Indonesia?

[@wademullis7377]

That's the most amazing landing I have ever seen.

[@thefreedriver89]

Thanks😎

[@petr-podrouzek]

Super !! :-)

[@thefreedriver89]

Thanks 😎

[@graham2733]

Fantastico

[@sahabatbonsai8864]

Awesome 😎😎

[@thefreedriver89]

Thanks😎

[@sahabatbonsai8864]

@@thefreedriver89 🙏🙏

[@lolafalana2021]

Fantastico!!

[@dubhoven1]

Well, that's nuts!

[@yellowglider]

Bell’atterraggio, complimenti!

[@thefreedriver89]

Grazie 😎

[@gurdevsingh6726]

Nice landing

[@thefreedriver89]

Thanks😎

[@hlynnkeith9334]

The damned fish-eye lens used to photograph the approach and landing made it harder than hell to see anything. The only thing I saw that made the approach dangerous was the the trees on the approach end.

[@tangcanada9381]

And the running water sound is damm annoying....

[@davechapman490]

@@tangcanada9381 Sounds like some guy pissing in a toilet...

[@RahulSharma-ng8fi]

Wow! I couldn't see the airport or runway until finals.

[@arianadiego3709]

sounded like everyone aboard expected to die...

[@ttonypayne5077]

I hate flying anyway, SO watched this with my eyes closed.

[@MrDavidJMa]

Try Mt Cook on the South Island of NZ....

[@albertoarcudi8431]

Bella l'euforia in cabina. Grazie della condivisione!

[@thefreedriver89]

Grazie a te per il tuo commento 😎

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[@willotto9190]

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[@ashrafulhaque8759]

Forget about the runway. What a view!

[@thefreedriver89]

Ahah very nice sorroundings😎

[@RameshBob]

Just viewing itself is like peeing great effort by pilots 🙏

[@Cautela]

Don't understand the urinating sound at the beginning and end of video? 😐

[@onursoyturk7548]

Did you record the video with a walkman?

[@arturo468]

Show us another clip of landing there on a windy day with turbulence off the mountains and a strong crosswind - that would be interesting.

[@robertneven7563]

this is way i always jump out off that amazing PILATUS

[@nagarajarikeri1198]

Ji

[@daviddowling9830]

Nope,I’ll walk thank you.

[@mgfrisb]

Wow!

[@user-dx4rt7xd5m]

КРАСОТА ! СПАСИБО ПИЛОТАМ ! ЕЩЕ ХОЧУ В КУРШАВЕЛЬ !

[@furiosbisa5434]

Wow

[@TheCameraGuy0]

In bad weather, people may change their underwear after the landing. Beautiful mountains!

[@thefreedriver89]

I agree! Thank you for your comment

[@Roger-sn9ov]

When the captain applauds itself.You know thats no easy landing..

[@shamanic1]

"Itself"!? No, he is a natural-born man, with a big, brassy pair; make no mistake!

[@emansnas]

If the pilot felt the need to applaud himself then he had no fucking business landing there in the first place.

[@emansnas]

@Leigh Hobson That's cool... there was a time I'd of had no problem with that:) Edit: Don't understand confidence much do you... no, not ego, just assuredness born of demonstrated ability... if one doesn't have that, wtf are they risking passenger's lives for.... Try to keep it real

[@parthraghav7570]

Beautiful

[@thefreedriver89]

Thanks 😎

[@wxlf228]

Other people: I mean it’s not that hard Pilot: Try it...

[@rdavis666]

Well f**k me pink and call me Rosie, that's one hell of an approach! I didn't even spot the the runway, sorry landing strip, until 4.00'. Hats off!

[@michaelsack6700]

Hallo, warum wird die Landebahn nicht verlängert? , und die vielen Bäume keine 100 Meter vor dem Beginn der Landebahn abgeholzt?

[@annbell6453]

Not going to lie, I'd have my eyes closed, (as a passenger, not the pilot, lol) as we approached where the runway could be seen. Then once down on the runway, would marvel at the beauty surrounding me : )

[@thefreedriver89]

Exactly, thank you for your comment 😎

[@Vulcancruiser]

This is a real deal freaky airport. No go around once you start in on the approach.......land uphill and takeoff like a ski jump downhill.....loads o fun........

[@jozseftakacs2649]

I don't want to take anything away from this landing.It seem to me that there is plenty of room to abort landing in a emergency. Unlike Lukla airport in Nepal where one end of the runway is a sheer drop and the other is the mountain. Look it up...

[@Robbedem]

It was mentioned the landing strip is at an angle of 18,6% Many planes can't climb faster than that, so with an attempted go-around, they would smash into the mountains ahead.

[@karlsjunior466]

I don't think Lukla is as steep tho. I may be wrong

[@patrickwahle6280]

@@karlsjunior466 Lukla is 3,000 ft higher so it makes a big difference in terms of available power, especially with normally aspirated engine. You need turbo-compressed or turbine engines to have more resources in case of missed approach. I have many landings in Courchevel and it's not difficult as long as you follow certain procedures. There are many altiports or altisurfaces with steeper runways without the hard surface you find in Courchevel, Mégève or Alpe d'Huez and many have no missed approach procedures when on final. Glacier landings are much more technical due to absence of familiar man-made objects (trees, houses or poles) but you learn how to read the snow condition and feel the ground effect when you flare before touchdown. Also peripheral vision helps you assess your height over the landing area.

[@abdulrahmanabdullah754]

Alhamdulillah, safe journey and landing

[@RS-pq5mo]

No more dangerous than flying into Lukla - Everest

[@dracula_F1]

COOL

[@thefreedriver89]

Thanks😎

[@suncloudsssssss]

what's that noise at the end? Somebody in the bathroom?

[@nagleys]

I vote for a landing on the Ruth Glacier, on skis, Mt McKinley, Alaska

[@ti994apc]

I think Nepal airport is more dangerous. It has about half that runway and a drop of a cliff at the end of the runway.

[@richardbrooks50]

Lukla in Nepal is almost the same length

[@likklej8]

Chad Snow I agree I flew in to Kathmandu Airport in a twin engine propellor airplane in the early seventies, squeaky bottom time!

[@richardbrooks50]

I think you mean Lukla mate.Kathmandu is on a plateau East of the city

[@likklej8]

richard brooks oh yes I remember bus ride into Kathmandu the Royal Air Nepal used HS748s in the 70s that’s what I flew in from Patna. Thanks for the airport name. I was a bit of a hippy in those days so memory a bit hazy!

[@schaffner]

I think more people have been killed at Lukla than here.

[@jagat48]

Try Paro airport @ Bhutan

[@russcrawford3310]

How much is bus fare? ...

[@TheSuperManR]

Oh hoo simulator map very dangerous

[@elikinder1506]

That was talent that landed that plane.

[@DannyrcModels1579]

most dangerous dangerous airport landing is in la paz bolivia

[@leoddagan]

It's Courchevel not 'Couchevel'. Great landing.

[@asifmahmood4359]

Aircraft carrier pilots are ideal for such runways.

[@einherz]

they have less room on touch, but more room after

[@BillSmith-rx9rm]

Why is there no go around procedure here? It looks like there is plenty of room for it. Didn't look like any mountains ahead.

[@886888aa]

Chagual (SPGL), Peru approach makes this look like I'm landing at LAX.

[@kennethdrayton6243]

WOW!!!!

[@thefreedriver89]

😎

[@michaelknapp8961]

Very nice landing!!!! Now what? Go skiing?

[@thefreedriver89]

Exactly 😎

[@pablodemarcos5379]

CouRchevel... 🙏😉

[@thefreedriver89]

😎

[@claudemercier1226]

Is lukla not the hardest?

[@johnwood551]

Leadville ,Colorado airport is at 9927 ft. They give you a Certificate for landing there.

[@netzer7739]

la licenza del pilota prevede un'abilitazione per i decolli e atterraggi in quota , il pilatus poi è un qualcosa di eccezionale, potenza incredibile, rateo di salita fantastico, turboelica a passo variabile. per quegli impieghi è forse il top in fatto di sicurezza e prestazioni.

[@thefreedriver89]

Esattamente 😎 grazie per il tuo commento

[@toscana58]

"Che figata! Troppo bello, caxxo!!"

[@thefreedriver89]

😂

[@soaringvulture]

An 18% grade on a runway? I can hardly do that on a bicycle. But it should do wonders for your landing distance.

[@SavarkarIASStudyCircle]

उच्च वैमानिक कौशल्य.

[@dennissimo7546]

The nose landing gear must take a beating

[@cristovaodacosta4000]

it is a serious matter landing at this airport! danger all over! God Bless all Pilots!

[@DanSmithBK]

As a pilot, I’ll rely on my training, experience and currency on type, rather than an imaginary sky pixie friend!

[@dennissimo7546]

I take it no night landings?

[@jaykay6387]

Piece of cake. How is that harder than Lukla?

[@raysaircraft]

Even hard to see runway. Nice landing.

[@thefreedriver89]

Thank you 😎

[@beegee22]

Hard to see indeed - I couldn't make it out until he was on short final.

[@SURAJMENDON]

Is it allowed for people to visit cockpit to take videos? In that case the pilot door should not be available

[@thefreedriver89]

It’s a private plane

[@omarfarook9221]

Brave heart !

[@richardcarew4708]

made it look easy;;☆》.. no worries

[@johnfife3062]

Most bush pilots I know: "And...?"

[@BlueOvals24]

I mean they basically don't have a runway half the time

[@johnfife3062]

@@BlueOvals24 Plus they deal with high and hot density altitudes (5,700' is a LOW comfortable pattern altitude around here). And they consider an upward slope a benefit for shorter landings and quicker takeoffs.

[@WornoutRNPARAMEDIC]

I couldn't even see the runway on this video till 4:50 into the video. NO WAY I'd ever go there on an airplane, even if I were young and healthy again.

[@WornoutRNPARAMEDIC]

Looks like no building there, not even an outdoor toilet. Land there and you are on your own. Good luck.

[@TheGeorg007]

@@WornoutRNPARAMEDIC nah it‘s in the middle of a ski resort

[@narendrar5098]

वायु पावन भव

[@tiozorrodelvalle9953]

Ni Julio Verne se hubiera imaginado semejante locura...

[@blessedbeJesus]

I heard Tenzing Hillary was the worst. Then I heard of grassy field airports in Indonesia were dangerous.. short runway, sometimes muddy, and drop off or boulder at the end.

[@thefreedriver89]

Of course there are less conventional airports which are more dangerous 😉

[@aviationaudits]

Remarkable landing, excellent skills!

[@thefreedriver89]

Thank you for your comment 😎

[@tima.478]

It didn't appear to have a high level of danger at all...no more so than a ton of other places...

[@Trenaway]

I thought the number were wrong on this until I looked it up because 5700 feet is low, below Colorado Springs which is not in the mountains. Colorado Springs is over 6000 ft in elevation and sits just below the foot hills of the Rockies or Pikes Peak which stands at 14,000+ ft!

[@patrickwahle6280]

What would you say about landing at Daocheng Yading Airport in China (14,418 ft high with a 14,000 ft runway) or Qamdo Banda Airport also in China (14,219 ft high with a 18,045 ft runway) 1,000 ft higher than La Paz in Bolivia. You increase your take-off and landing rolls by 100% in standard pressure and temperature.

[@kneeman66]

I disagree with the caption. The most dangerous airport in the world is Montgomery County Airport (KGAI) on a windless sunny Saturday afternoon in the summer

[@tiziano316]

They are italian like me, they speak Italian.

[@p.a.reysen3185]

That's a +10 Pucker Factor

[@globe255]

Piece of cake.

[@Coccoluto]

Try Lukla, or Simikot. This is easy

[@bluenetmarketing]

Wind has got to be your biggest enemy in that area.

[@definitiveenergy1]

Yes, that and low visibility.

[@Thomes-Maisling]

Looks hairy but title is clickbait as usual. Lukla Airport in Nepal has Couchlevel beat for scary by some way.

[@MrMogulvogl]

Lukla, Koala Lumpur is the most dangerous no go around, your committed miles away no escape once in the valley