Only about fifty pilots are allowed to land there: this airport is considered one of the most dangerous in the world.

Un avion à l’approche de l’aéroport de Paro, au Bhoutan. imageBROKER.com – imageBROKER/Lothar Kurtze

The training of airplane pilots is increasingly strict and rigorous in order to ensure maximum safety for passengers. But an airport stuck between mountains is particularly feared by pilots.

Every day, there are thousands of takeoffs and landings all over the world. If piloting an airplane is already a very specific task and not given to everyone, only about fifty people in the world can land on the tarmac of Paro airport in Bhutan.

“It's a challenge to the pilot's skills”

Bhutan is a country of” ;Asia which is located between Nepal, Tibet and Burma. This small country of barely 800,000 inhabitants has a very specific relief, since 97% of the territory is mountainous. Note that the forest also covers 72% of the country , specifies Ouest France.

Although the landscapes are magnificent and attract a large number of tourists, landing is particularly complicated. Why? ? First of all because of the altitude at which Paro airport culminates. The latter is located 2,250 meters above sea level and this height has an impact on the flying conditions.

"At higher altitudes, the air is thinner, so the plane has to fly faster through the air. Your actual speed will be the same, but your ground speed is much faster. To land at Paro airport, you really need to have acquired the skills and local knowledge,", explains Chimi Dorji, a training pilot for 25 years, at CNN.

Indeed, the Paro track is only visible at the last moment, after the aircraft slaloms between the ridges, which requires great vigilance . "It’is a “It's a challenge to the pilot's skills, but it's not dangerous, because if it were dangerous, I wouldn't fly,” says Chili Dorji. p>