You don't run red lights at Gibraltar airport

Wyczochrany · 6 months

Google maps view http://maps.google.com/maps?q=google+maps+gibraltar&ll=36.150229,-5.346308&spn=0.013861,0.033023&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&channel=np&hnear=Gibraltar&gl=pl&t=h&z=16

geonetix · 6 months

It's almost better than St Maarten's airport:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kxPG6y8Qctk/SpgPUsLk9XI/AAAAAAAALVA/a9B946ARnsI/s400/st-maarten05.jpg

But both are ridiculous :D

mofoyo · 6 months

Number two on the Top Ten most dangerous airports to land at. I'm a pilot and I approve this message.

Vanilla62 · 6 months

Can anyone confirm that commercial traffic intersects a runway?

EDIT: thanks for the out pour of proof/confirmation

unreal_slim_shady · 6 months

My hometown's airport in Croatia was in the similar situation until recently when the road was closed (the underpass is being constructed). See pic on wikipedia

EDIT: a better pic

madproof · 6 months

They close the runway about 15 minutes before a plane is supposed to land/take off. It's not too busy, maybe 1 flight per hour when I was there.

Here I am pretending to be a plane, because, you know... what else would you do walking across a runway?

SpermWhale · 6 months

Bitch, I'm an Airbus.

AtlasJQ · 6 months

It seems like an insanely dangerous situation as vehicle traffic could leave debris and detritus on the runway in the path of the plane (either accidentally or maliciously). A nail or sharp object could potentially mess up a tire on takeoff or landing and cause a serious problem.

People flying in and out of there have balls of steel.

JohnW64 · 6 months

Having lived in Gibraltar in all my life, this is the only place we could've put an airport. In fact, I can see the airport from my window. On the other side of the airport is the border to Spain. I should mention that a tunnel is currently being built so cars can drive under the airport. AMA if you want.

TheCannon · 6 months

Flipping off an entire plane full of people might take a while.

Omofo · 6 months

You don't run red lights at Gibraltar airport, they run you!

link287 · 6 months

Because waiting for trains, is so 1900's

Flany · 6 months

I've been there...it's a pretty cool feeling walking across a runway to get into Gibraltar (which is an even cooler place). Gibraltar is an amazing place, and yes this is the only way in or out. I went with a group of students when we were studying in Spain, and it was an awesome time to spend the day in Gibraltar.

2 girls in our group almost got smacked by the big beams they put down when a plane is coming to stop foot traffic haha.

dysoco · 6 months

I went there last summer... damn monkeys.

facetiously · 6 months

More like "you don't run red lights twice at Gibraltar airport."

nashmore · 6 months

Would hate to see what happens if the lights go on the blink

micahshell · 6 months

At Tampa Bay airport the landing way is right next to a highway. I didn't know this and when I saw a airliner 50 feet above my head I shit myself.

PrivateSkittles · 6 months

Uhhhhh... this is your captain speaking. Uhhhh... we are experiencing some minor technical difficulties. Uhhhh... we're looking at about a 2 hour wait on the tarmac here. Uhhhh... to keep yourselves entertained you can look out the right and left windows to watch all the motorists who are going to be waiting there for a while.

Inamanlyfashion · 6 months

I want to see this airport in a car chase.

whiskey06 · 6 months

A Vancouverite would still blow the light.

Loki-L · 6 months

Just be glad that the British compromised on driving on the correct side of the road on Gibraltar or that intersection would be a lot more interesting.

ctesibius · 6 months

There used to be a bit of the road around Heathrow that could be closed to get aircraft to the maintenance hangers. I used to fly a lot and used that route to get home, so I've sat in the queue watching a Concorde and a Nimrod being towed across in front of me.

cyrusuncc · 6 months

was anyone else hoping this was an animated GIF on exactly why you shouldn't run the red light?

28aoh · 6 months

Oh, Golly! I went there this summer, drove over that runway in a bus full of Icelandic people.

jetBlueberry · 6 months

As an aviation management major, I should not be saying this, but...... CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

lambdaknight · 6 months

This needs to be in an action movie car chase.

futuretoday777 · 6 months

Larger Pic

Benners · 6 months

Well this would be interesting during rush hour for those douchebags who block the intersection... Wait till there's room on the other side, people!

bobstay · 6 months

The temptation just to turn right and hit the gas must be overwhelming.

jaketessem · 6 months

You shouldn't run a red light, PERIOD. It doesn't matter if there is a plane there or not.

Fieel · 6 months

wtf?!

edit: isn't it a bit ...uncomfortable?

TheAlcoholocaust · 6 months

That thing is almost as big as the old Suburban we used to have...

ellizit · 6 months

seems like that would make for a bumpy runway

Ravage123 · 6 months

I was on the Rock once, and a plane landed. My dad was freaked out.

Alxe · 6 months

Everytime I go there, I just hope I don't have to cross that runway by foot. It feels way too long to be healthy.

SuperSaiyanNoob · 6 months

Doesn't the Arizona airport have something similar, but it's a bridge going over a road?

imataqito · 6 months

That seems rather inconvenient.

OldSkoolGamer · 6 months

I remember a while back, traffic was held up real bad because a fire engine was chasing a dog up and down the runway. We were there for like 20 minutes...

DangerAndy · 6 months

man iv been there running across that runway is FUUUUUUUUUUUN!

lordxakio · 6 months

What kind of city planning is that? Don't they have drunk drivers there? Cuz we got plenty over here, and shit like that is a recipe for disaster!

jrgndk · 6 months

Where is Gibraltar, Spain or United Kingdom?

theguywhodidthething · 6 months

I used to have to drive over that road every Saturday to get to Football practice... And yes it's awesome as HELL

Foxxz · 6 months

I'm stationed at RAF lakenheath and we have one on base where fighters go through.. Just be smart enough for the jet to go pass the 2nd gate before you cross.. :P

orobsky · 6 months

Has anyone turned onto the runway by mistake? That seems like a reasonable mistake to someone that isn't from there...

DrDebG · 6 months

I was entering Gib for the first time on the bus from La Linea, when we stopped dead and just sat there. I was just about to ask the driver WTF, when a British Airways jet swoooooooshed across the road ahead. It made me glad I'd used the restroom at the border crossing!

pauldoubleyou · 6 months

I used to work in Gib and didnt know about it. You have to drive over the airstrip to get to the rock, and literally all is there is a set of traffic lights and i think a barrier. I was there with the Navy in 2000, pre 9/11 so probably beefed up stuff since.

ucbsuperfreak · 6 months

As if Gibraltar wasn't already weird enough to visit, they had to put a fucking landing strip right in the middle of it.

Yan-e-toe · 6 months

In a population of 30,000 what are the odds of finding a Gibraltarian redditor? I am the 0.00000001%

ithrowfruitatpeople · 6 months

Is that because it's only a 20 second yellow?

RommMittney · 6 months

... unless you're piloting the plane

palinomics · 6 months

A fender bender at that intersection could cause some serious problems

randumnumber · 6 months

I had a simcity 2000 map that looked kind of like this.

windy444 · 6 months

I bet you would get one hell of a fine for running a red there.

Yunners · 6 months

I flew into there a couple of times. One of the most terrifying airports to land in. If the pilot misses the runway even by a couple of meters, you are either in the sea, tearing through cars or in embedded in the side of a mountain. Fun stuff to start a holiday with.

PressureChief · 6 months

This photo is good tilt-shift fodder . . . if someone was so inclined to doctor it.

yeeuup · 6 months

I do not know much about air ports other than what I've experienced from flying to and from. However, I was wondering if this is a high security issue. Anyone know?

Erasmus92 · 6 months

I would be so tempted to pull of onto the runway and have a drag race.

grahampositive · 6 months

I am really shocked that road debris left by cars don't cause more problems for the jet intakes. Do they clean this road frequently?

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jokubolakis · 6 months

http://imgur.com/a/xiiXz

Here are some pictures of Gibraltar and it's monkeys :)

Hidesratheism · 6 months

The Polish would

Mikulicious · 6 months

I don't think i'd want to get hit by that big airplane shaped bus... ;(

KPace19 · 6 months

Challenge Accepted

Gamill · 6 months

This seems safe.

[deleted] · 6 months

This would be an awesome setting for a jason statham movie

nmosc89 · 6 months

One of my favorite/scariest travel experiences was flying into Gibraltar...not a lot of room for error on that runway.

mamjjasond · 6 months

Harbor Drive in San Diego CA used to have a similar setup.

(Technically it still does, with a traffic light that only changes for a plane crossing - which hardly ever happens, like less than once a year.)

rat22 · 6 months

ever heard of a tunnel?

samiisexii · 6 months

Nor do you jaywalk.

hatebing · 6 months

why dont they just build a tunnel under the runway like in many other places. ?

EpicFishFingers · 6 months

My mate's from gibraltar. He says if you do run those gates, you get shot at

123rune20 · 6 months

You could...you know...turn the runway ninety degrees.

osin144 · 6 months

I live near a "golf port" that has a stop sign that says look up on the road

jigby61 · 6 months

The weirdest game of red light,green light I've ever seen.

sirlal7 · 6 months

there is this thing called a tunnel. wonder what that is?...

GoGreenMSU88 · 6 months

Anybody else notice on the map, just south of Gibralter in Morrocco, there is a tiny Spanish exclave called Ceuta? Reminds me of Kaliningrad in Russia. Interesting.

dustygator · 6 months

Speaking of awesome airports

Madeira airport

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