Toughest Approaches

[fokkers&beer]

Shot the approach into Quito, Ecuador yesterday, the missed is pretty tricky. The thing about Quito is it sits at 9,000' MSL and theres a hill that requires a turn 2 miles from the airport. The high altitude does take a little away from the performance also. The terrain down there looks fairly similar to JNU however, I think the JNU approach is worse, and if you continue with only lights in sight the missed is scarier.

 

[greasy8driver]

I've done Quito several times. If the wx is bad it can be interesting expecially if your a/c doesn't like to stop.

But I think LaPaz in bad wx or Valencia Venenzuela ndb appr. in the middle of the night is worse.

my 2 cents

 

[kilroy]

try the VOR/DME into Tegucigalpa, MHTG

Been there done that one day I did 4 approaches(Full approaches 10 turns in the hold) before getting in. The locals were landing all around me but I couldn't see sh!t