Adkins Family Blog » airplanes http://adkinsgroup.org/blog Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:30:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Toncontin Airport http://adkinsgroup.org/blog/2009/04/18/toncontin-airport/ http://adkinsgroup.org/blog/2009/04/18/toncontin-airport/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:52:02 +0000 Brian http://adkinsgroup.org/blog/?p=395 “Toncontin International Airport serves as the major airport in and out of Tegucigalpa. The origin of this name is unknown. This airport is frequently criticized for being one of the most dangerous in the world (due to its location next to a sierra, its short runway, and difficult approach, which requires large commercial jets to execute a tight hairpin leftward u-turn turn at very low altititude to land on a very short runway–American Airlines pilots, for example, receive additional, specific training for the Toncontin approach).”

Pilot’s view of approach and landing. Starts slow, you can see the airport at about 2:35.

]]> http://adkinsgroup.org/blog/2009/04/18/toncontin-airport/feed/ 0