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World's Most Dangerous Airports: Dominica's Cane Field

Where: Cane Field Airport, Dominica
December 3, 2009 at 5:15 PM | by | Comment (1)

We're still adding to our list of the world's most dangerous airports. Know a stomach dropping, palm sweat inducing airport we should check out? Send it along.

Thanks to a reader tip, we zoomed our Google Maps eyes down on the tiny Cane Field Airport (DCF) on Dominica, an island in the Caribbean between Guadeloupe and Martinique. Because of the mountainous terrain of the island, the runway was constructed directly alongside the beach. That might sound picturesque, but with crosswinds threatening to dump you in the drink, in addition to a steep approach, it gets to be quite harrowing.

Now, Cane Field is one of two airports on this small island, the other being Melville Hall. However Cane Field is the smaller of the two, mainly used for island hopping, private jets, and the like. With a runway only 3,100' long, it's easy to see why. You will catch the occasional American Airlines or LIAT planes landing at the nearby Melville Hall, but it's Cane Field that holds the most suspense for incoming flights.

Now add to this the fact that both airports on Dominica have no lights for nighttime flights, and the stakes are upped. Better hope that you're not landing on the island on an usually dark and stormy day!

Related Stories:
· Melville Hall Airport [Wikipedia]
· World's Most Dangerous Airports: Saint Barthélemy [Jaunted]
· World's Most Dangerous Airports [Jaunted]

[Photo: Google Maps]

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Melville Hall, Dominica

I flew in there many times. We would fly down the side of a mountain then touch down. You can feel the props reversing making the plan shutter, and hear the brakes. All in trying to stop the 48 passenger plane from running in the ocean. Coming in and dropping like a rock down the mountain was always a little nerve racking. The flights always came in that way as far as I remember. I lived there for over 5 years.
Beenthere donethat on July 21, 2010 at 2:56 AM #Permalink

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