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More: Yakovlev Yak-40
More: Khorog (UTOD)
More: Tajikistan, 1980
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Khorog field in Tajikistan about 2000 m above sea. One of the most difficult approaches of the world. Runway is 1840 m long and 49 m wide. Only one side VFR.
More: Petr Rezac
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A visitor from United Kingdom posted Mon July 6, 2009:
It's unbelievable! More than Indiana Jones :) !!!

A visitor from United Kingdom posted Tue May 5, 2009:
Wonderful picture! The beauty of the scenery, the tower... people walking on the strip... a feeling of magic.

A visitor from Belgium posted Sun May 11, 2008:
Check the "tower". tnx for this pic ;)

A visitor from United Kingdom posted Wed April 2, 2008:
Superb

A visitor from - posted Wed March 26, 2008:
This is TRUE aviation!

A visitor from United Kingdom posted Thu March 20, 2008:
There is a nice smell of old time in this picture.
Congratulations !

A visitor from United States posted Mon November 26, 2007:
I can almost see bruce lee clearing through the towers front window... i love to discover crazy little airports like this one!

A visitor from Netherlands posted Thu August 30, 2007:
Impressive mountains, I can imagine that this airfield has one of the hardest approaches in the world. Respect for the Aeroflot pilots who managed to bring their Yak 40s in there.

A visitor from Austria posted Tue August 7, 2007:
Wow: remote place, remote times... recalls scenes from 80's action movies (Rambo, James Bond or something)

A visitor from Russian Federation posted Fri July 27, 2007:
I don't what to write. This photo is incredibly beautiful. Thanks, Petr!

A visitor from United States posted Fri July 6, 2007:
This place is unbelievable. It looks like someplace out of a James Bond movie!

A visitor from Russian Federation posted Thu July 5, 2007:
Cool!!!

A visitor from Tajikistan posted Tue February 6, 2007:
Thank you for the excellent photo. It the most difficulties place for pilots to get this airport. Indeed the best place in the world – Pamir. The peak Somoni ( former Kommunizm) – 7 km 495 m.
Thank you very much for your photo

A visitor from United States posted Thu January 4, 2007:
A wonderful, yet almost surealistic view. It's almost hard to know what to think about when looking at this.

A visitor from Germany posted Wed January 3, 2007:
SUPERB!!!

A visitor from Sweden posted Sun December 3, 2006:
Buisness airport?=P 5 stars

A visitor from United States posted Fri December 1, 2006:
Awesome!!!

A visitor from Brazil posted Fri December 1, 2006:
You really don't want to miss the runway approach... not the best place for a go-around.
Simply superb photo.

A visitor from Australia posted Mon November 6, 2006:
I love this shot. I know it' sbeen up for a while now but I just keep coming back to it.

A visitor from United States posted Sat October 28, 2006:
At a loss of words to describe this shot. Never seen anything like this.

A visitor from United States posted Mon October 23, 2006:
Outstanding photo! Never been to Tajikistan, but spent lots of time in Uzbekistan...flying in the Yak-40 and the An-24! Great airplanes!

A visitor from Russian Federation posted Wed October 18, 2006:
I remember USSR. I am crying. Thay were great professionals

A visitor from Russian Federation posted Fri September 15, 2006:
Khorog: 37°29'12.22"N 71°32'59.43"E look in google earth. good photo and pilots

A visitor from Sweden posted Thu September 14, 2006:
Just incredible! Beutiful picture!

A visitor from United States posted Sat September 9, 2006:
WOW! What are the go around options at this airport???? does that Yak even have reverse thrust??? amazing!

A visitor from United States posted Wed September 6, 2006:
One of the best pictures I have ever seen on airliners.net! Wonderful!

A visitor from Spain posted Wed September 6, 2006:
Just impressing!

A visitor from Canada posted Wed September 6, 2006:
Just suberb. probably the shortest control tower in
the universe.
excellent work.
thanks for not adding the watermark.

A visitor from Russian Federation posted Tue September 5, 2006:
If I am not wrong these peaks are more than 7 km high

A visitor from United Arab Emirates posted Tue September 5, 2006:
Very nice

A visitor from Russian Federation posted Tue September 5, 2006:
Great, romantic shot!

A visitor from Switzerland posted Tue September 5, 2006:
S'wonderful!
Fear that another paradise lost.
Thanks Petr for sharing this moment with us.

A visitor from United Kingdom posted Tue September 5, 2006:
Looks great place

A visitor from Australia posted Tue September 5, 2006:
> I would like to go back... and see
> how much the area has changed
Most likely not much :(

A visitor from Switzerland posted Mon September 4, 2006:
This is an airport! Not like full sercice, and ILS from all side, and approch, and tower, and ground and I don`t know what! This place look good to lern to fly!!! SUPER!

A visitor from Netherlands posted Mon September 4, 2006:
Look likes seven years in Tibet:-) Very Nice!!

A visitor from United States posted Mon September 4, 2006:
Supper!

A visitor from United States posted Mon September 4, 2006:
Love it!!

A visitor from Australia posted Mon September 4, 2006:
'This picture is simply remarkable. I would like to go back there now and see how much the area has change.'

No more snow due to Global Warming :-)

A visitor from Greece posted Mon September 4, 2006:
WOW... This one look like National Geographic photos from expeditions in Karakoram and Pamir and the 80's. Just look at the colours+feel... Well, I expect to see it in many future books "Aviation in the 80's" etc etc

Congats!!

A visitor from United States posted Mon September 4, 2006:
This picture is simply remarkable. I would like to go back there now and see how much the area has change.

A visitor from Spain posted Sun September 3, 2006:
I agreee the visitor from France, it's really a picture of another time. The romantic side of the aviation world

A visitor from Hungary posted Sun September 3, 2006:
The greatest pic on a.net

A visitor from Greece posted Sun September 3, 2006:
Definitely 5 stars from Georgie P. Greece!!!
Fantastic to see turbofans using such rwys, in so dangerous and challenging at the same time locations!!!!

A visitor from Russian Federation posted Sun September 3, 2006:
Great Shot Peter!
Russia Wpered!

A visitor from Spain posted Sun September 3, 2006:
There's an NDB antenna on the control tower. On nice days it must be good to sit on that chair on the towers' balcony.

A visitor from France posted Sun September 3, 2006:
Thank you Petr for this picture really of another time !!!!

A visitor from Portugal posted Sun September 3, 2006:
Amazing shot!

A visitor from United States posted Sat September 2, 2006:
Might be one of the best pictures on a.net!

A visitor from Australia posted Fri September 1, 2006:
Fantastic shot! Thanks, Petr. For the first time in six years I want to change my desktop 'wallpaper' :)

A visitor from United Kingdom posted Thu August 31, 2006:
Composition is superb - just cries out Soviet State! Stunning piece of photography.

A visitor from Brazil posted Thu August 31, 2006:
It looks as a peaceful place... and should be one. Congratulations for so beautiful perspective!

A visitor from Germany posted Thu August 31, 2006:
It looks like a secret base behind the fogs of the unknown mountains ...

A visitor from Venezuela posted Thu August 31, 2006:
Beautiful place, I hope land in those airfiel some day... amen. Thanks Petr. Hermoso lugar, espero aterrizar en esa pista algun día... amen. Gracias Petr. Julio César

A visitor from Netherlands posted Thu August 31, 2006:
Really a fantastic atmospheric photo. This spot looks soooooooo remote :D

A visitor from Italy posted Thu August 31, 2006:
That's why I love center-russian old-looking photos! Many thanks Petr

A visitor from Poland posted Thu August 31, 2006:
Really fantastic one...

A visitor from Netherlands posted Thu August 31, 2006:
Fantastic!! Like many mountain areas, the sheer beauty of the place conceals the many and invisible dangers of mountain flying. Great composition and lighting. Respect for these Yak pilots who fly into and out of this place (and survive). Well worth five stars!

A visitor from France posted Thu August 31, 2006:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank airliners.net, and of course all of it's spotters who make this website so great. Thank you all!
Thanks for this picture, simply amazing !

Keep the legend alive !

A visitor from Singapore posted Wed August 30, 2006:
Very nice photo, and just to think it would be difficult to go to such places...
However, this photo reminds me of a sad accident here, CCCP-87995, a Yak-40 crashed on 28th August 1993 at this airport, after gunmen thratened the pilots and placed 80 persons on board, more than twice overloaded, and the aircraft crashed without becoming airborne, killing 82 out of 86 on board. Just to think of it would be bone-chilling...

A visitor from United States posted Wed August 30, 2006:
Wow, what a gem. Is that security surrounding those birds? VIP trip?

A visitor from United States posted Wed August 30, 2006:
Heavenly

A visitor from United States posted Wed August 30, 2006:
Nice shot....Looks like the set of a James Bond film.

A visitor from Argentina posted Wed August 30, 2006:
Interesting!! A clasic image of former Soviet Union.

A visitor from Norway posted Wed August 30, 2006:
Amazing shot. Respect to the pilots of those Yak's

A visitor from United States posted Wed August 30, 2006:
This photo captures the difficulty of mountain operations. It is a great photo because it shows the planes, buildings, and terrain providing a total picture of this very remote airport.

A visitor from United States posted Wed August 30, 2006:
What a shot those moutians make a wonderful backdrop

A visitor from Germany posted Wed August 30, 2006:
Awesome!

A visitor from Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of posted Wed August 30, 2006:
Wonderful foto, speaking million words. Imagine haivng to perform an emergency landing of a fully-loaded widebody here - at night! They better have some cold beer there...

A visitor from Russian Federation posted Wed August 30, 2006:
Great picture. my dad used to be a yak-40 pilot in 1980 in Uzbekistan and he flew a couple of times into this place. In his words, it was indeed very difficult.

A visitor from Sweden posted Wed August 30, 2006:
WOW...spectacular scenery.

A visitor from Mexico posted Wed August 30, 2006:
Nice old shot

but hey...are those planes getting ready for a drag race?(joke)

A visitor from Canada posted Wed August 30, 2006:
Great composition!
EF

A visitor from United States posted Tue August 29, 2006:
Spectacular scenery. Cool that they fly jets into a little airstrip like that also. Must be an interesting approach.

A visitor from United States posted Tue August 29, 2006:
This is like another world. Its a nice composition with a close-up of one of the world's shortest towers on one side and those imposing peaks on the other side.

A visitor from Russian Federation posted Tue August 29, 2006:
Fantastic Shot! Great Thanks!
Slava

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