29 Airports With Special Locations Around The World

AtlasHarbor Updated: 2025-08-14

12. Gisborne Airport (New Zealand)

With a railway line crossing directly over the runway, Gisborne Airport has a wonderfully unique experience in store for air travellers. Correct scheduling is necessary to ensure that a disaster does not occur at this airport as both sides are operational during the day.

13. Madeira Airport (Portugal)

While this airport has the unique feature of having an extension of runway built on pillars in the Atlantic Ocean, this scary addition is not the main challenge of this airport. With strong winds and no landing system to help guide pilots when landing, both commercial and private flights must navigate the limits manually.
This risky airport has a history of flights unable to see the runway to land due to factors such as extensive cloud cover and heavy rain. With low visibility and only a small place for planes to land, you will have to practice your "fetal position" before descent at this airport.