PILOTS - Please reveal your favorite approach views from the air

[Sunroof]

Okay, back in the 60's I soloed in a Piper Tri-Pacer and went on to log 58 total hours but never got my license. My flying these days goes as far Flight Simulator of which I am still trying my best to land a 747 on a carrier (where in the hell is the hook switch anyways)?! I am always looking for a new and beautiful approach location. Recently it was Sitka, Alaska.

In today's Wall Street Journal (8/16/12) there is a great article on pilot's favorite views from the air (majority were mostly on approach).

Some pilots noted their best and scenic approaches as follows:

New York's LaGuardia "expressway Visual Runway 31
Washington's Reagan National....Potomac River Run
Portland Maine - Runway 29 Harbor Visual approach
Juneau Alaska's Gastineau Channel approach

Anyone add to the list..................

Thanks

Bob

[Seahawk]

Reverse angle:

[Sunroof]

Nice.....Sorry Seahawk............no offense to chopper pilots. My favorite helo approach was when I almost went out the door on a Huey during a rough landing in Vung Tau, Vietnam!!!!

Bob

[Porsche-O-Phile]

I've done this one once or twice. Never gets old.

Final Approach into Sedona Airport. - YouTube

[cashflyer]

Hows this one?



Runway 10 at SC82.

[carreraken]

Not a pilot, but used to enjoy the approach to Kai Tak in Hong Kong.

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

I've done this one once or twice. Never gets old.

Final Approach into Sedona Airport. - YouTube

POP,

I was based at Sedona one summer years ago flying tourists on tours of the area. Loved the area, its absolutely beautiful there but a real difficult airport when the winds pick up...

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by carreraken

Not a pilot, but used to enjoy the approach to Kai Tak in Hong Kong.

I was lucky enough to get to fly into Kai Tak before it was closed. Aiming for the "Checkerboard" then making the turn onto final was a lot of fun but still it was a handful if windy.

If we are tossing wartime experiences out of this, guess that the airport at Innsbruck would be high on my list. Situated in the valley between two very tall mountain ranges, its pretty "sporty" to fly into when there are any clouds or weather in the area. They "s-turn" you back and forth on the approach to get you down and only once you shoot the same approach in the clear do you realize just how close you are really getting to the mountains...

This is what you see when you finally break out of the clouds. Note the mountains surrounding everything in the area:


Also have to mention Samadan (St. Moritz airport) for being difficult. Its at almost 6000 ft elevation, smack dab in the middle of two mountain ranges and almost impossible to get into when there is weather in the area.

Samedan Airport Rwy 21 Approach & Landing - YouTube

[Jrboulder]

Lake Pend Oreille with a float J-3 cub is about as good as it gets in my book.

[MT930]

Bernard U54 Short Final

Middle Fork Of The Salmon



Cabin Creek I08
Big Creek Drainage

[rattlsnak]

I have a few of these lying around..
Louisville

Atlanta

Sedona

Sedona

Sun Valley, Id.

Marthas Vineyard

Chicago, or TRON as I call it...

LaGuardia

[crb07]

St. Barts, I was right seat.

[psjoe]

23 KDYL.
First solo in a C152. (But not my pic.)
Great day, went by too quickly.

[Brown747]

RWY 25 at Kodiak , Alaska PADQ



RWY 30 at Dutch Harbor, Alaska PADU
737 in and out of 3900FT!