Chris7217 From Hong Kong SAR, PRC, joined Nov 2002, 130 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (6 years 4 months 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1907 times:
I'm pretty sure it's Quito Airport, Ecuador. The airport is located 9,000 ft above sea level in the Andes in South America and after the close of Kai Tak in Hong Kong the most difficult airport to approach.
I guess there's no other airport in the world which is located even higher.
Bobrayner From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2003, 2227 posts, RR: 12 Reply 4, posted (6 years 4 months 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 1835 times:
Bangda = 4334m
La Paz - El Alto = 4060m
Most of the crazy Nepali airstrips are in the 3000-4000m range.
Bangda is in eastern Tibet, and supposedly the approach isn't so bad cos it's on less rugged terrain than, say, Lhasa (3542m). There are various different spellings, it doesn't transliterate easily in English. Try also "Bamda".
Do you mean the tallest building
The control tower at Chek Lap Kok is pretty big
Chris7217 From Hong Kong SAR, PRC, joined Nov 2002, 130 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (6 years 4 months 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 1808 times:
Wow .... I knew Nepal airports are located high above sea level but I didn't know Bangda is that high ! Great info Bobrayner ...
As for the control tower: The control tower of Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) in Malaysia is even taller than the one in Hong Kong. If I'm not wrong the control tower at KLIA is about 90m tall. It's probably the world's tallest ...?
Bobrayner From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2003, 2227 posts, RR: 12 Reply 7, posted (6 years 4 months 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 1742 times:
I think that El Alto counts for the higher intl. Airport.
That's debatable! Just to be awkward, I consider Tibet to be a separate country under illegal occupation by China. Obviously, it's a bad idea to mention such beliefs when visiting.
Sorry for nitpicking though. La Paz is definitely the highest "major" airport, for a given value of "major".
B752fanatic From United States, joined Jul 2003, 918 posts, RR: 7 Reply 10, posted (6 years 4 months 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 1551 times:
El alto y La Paz Bolivia.
Is the highest.
Just to know that the flights that leave Bolivia to the US, or any other place away, they have to do a stop in Santa Cruz, since for the a/c is too hard for taking off with a lot of fuel.
So they continue the flight in Santa Cruz and there they refuel.
Nice example is AA922, it departs to La Paz from MIA, and continues to Santa Cruz, then MIA.
"Truth is more of a stranger than fiction." Mark Twain
GoAround From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2003, 616 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (6 years 4 months 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1507 times:
I believe one of these airports also has the longest runway because of the length of runway needed for a take-off in such thing air. In South America, I believe, anyone know where?
WNfan From United States, joined Jul 2003, 203 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (6 years 4 months 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1357 times:
I've heard that for most airliners to land at La Paz, they have to be adjusted for the low air pressure, as the oxygen masks will deploy for most aircraft at 13,000 feet. Has anyone else heard the same, or can anyone provide confirmation?
I've never been to South America but I certainly would like to visit Bolivia.
Capt078 From United States, joined Jul 2003, 421 posts, RR: 3 Reply 15, posted (6 years 4 months 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1267 times:
pretty amazing about the bolivian airports. the highest airport i knew about before reading these comments was lhasa, tibet, somewhere around 11,000 feet. it's an international airport, in that flights do arrive from nepal and occasionally india.
for those of you who have not flown into high airports, it's pretty cool. upon arriving in lhasa, i proceeded to have a sense of euphoria and dizziness for about two hours, having originated in shanghai, much nearer to sea level.
Bobrayner From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2003, 2227 posts, RR: 12 Reply 16, posted (6 years 4 months 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1161 times:
I've heard that for most airliners to land at La Paz, they have to be adjusted for the low air pressure, as the oxygen masks will deploy for most aircraft at 13,000 feet. Has anyone else heard the same, or can anyone provide confirmation?
It seems likely. Boeing mentioned that this was one of the tweaks they had to make for 757s at the Tibetan airports.
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