The Most Dangerous (And Expensive) Airports Ever Built

10. Princess Juliana International Airport – Saint Martin

Year of construction: 1942
Risk factors: Closeness of airplanes

This busy airport has a strange feature, where its planes fly barely 82 feet above the beach. In fact, the aircraft passes so close to the ground that the local government has warned tourists to stay at a safe distance during take-off and landing.

Princess Juliana International Airport – Saint Martin @fbraddy1970 / Pinterest.com

This is due to the possibility of a too-close sightseer being thrown into the sea or sucked into a turbine. During its years of operation, this airport has been the site of four accidents that have had devastating consequences.