In article ,
(Scott Lowrey) writes:

Anybody have experience with truly bizarre runways (not including
carriers)?

St Barts, in the Carribean. The approach has you aiming about 50 feet agl
through a "saddle". (hills on both sides of you as you decend) After crossing
to the other side, you dive to where you pick up the approach end of the
runway, with about 5%+ downslope. The usable part of the runway is less than
2500 feet. Kill the lift asap, and hit the brakes. (The ****ters I watched
there have the props in flat-pitch even before the wheels are on the ground)
Departure is almost as interesting; taxi to the uphill side, and zip on down
the hill. At the other end of the runway is a beach. After you're over water,
you immediately turn left while climbing to avoid the raising terrain on the
other side of the cove. As a reminder of the cost of failure here, there's a
pile of about a half-dozen wrecks litterally stacked one on top of the other.
(as usuable space is limited)

John