From the Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira airport in Portugal, to the Tenzing Hillary Airport in Nepal, these airports have been home to more plane crashes and near misses than any traveler would want to risk flying to. These are the world’s most dangerous airports.

Special thanks to the incredible Maria Pettersson who shared her expert opinion on what it takes to land in the most extreme airports in the world.
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