- Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport has the shortest commercial runway in the world
- The airport is on the island of Saba and is surrounded by cliffs and ocean
- Its runway is 400m long and is a challenge for the most experienced of pilots
Take-off and landing during any flight can be a nail-biting experience for some.
But how would you feel when you knew the run way was just 400m long and a sheer drop and crashing waves awaited you at the end?
This is the case for pilots landing on the Carribean island of Saba at Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport – the shortest runway in the world.
Footage shows the tiny landing strip on the tropical island moments before a plane lands.
The runway teeters on the edge of the island and is surrounded by cliffs and water making the landing even more impressive.
In the video a small plane swoops into land and appears to bring the aircraft in with ease despite the risk that lies ahead.
Footage shows a plane landing on the runway of Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport airport on the Carribean island of Saba which boasts the smallest commerical landing strip in the world
The runway has been voted the most scenic place to land a plane in a poll due to the clear blue ocean – despite a challenging approach.
In the video the plane takes just ten seconds to land on the tiny strip.
To put the challenge into perspective Heathrow runway is 3,900m long making it ten times longer than the landing strip on the island of Saba.
However Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport only allows small aircraft and helicopters to land which is probably a good thing due to its lack of airtraffic control.
The runway is just 400m long and is surrounded by a sheer drop of cliffs and crashing waves which make landing a plane a risky ordeal