Most Difficult Landing in the World (Peru)
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2013
- Chagual (SPGL), Peru proves to have one of the most impressive approaches in the world.
S7°47.85' / W77°39.09'
Elevation: 3967.0 feet MSL
Dimensions: 3937 x 59 feet / 1200 x 18 meters
Runway 14/32 - Auta a dopravní prostředky
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The Pilot is my Father, Cap. Carlos Cateriano Martínez, former Fighter Pilot of the Peruvian Air Force.
Is the flight this video is based on a regular scheduled flight into this airport?
Hi Bill. This Chagual Aerodrome is used every week to transport personnel of a gold minning in the north part of the Andes High Mountains in Perú. ATSA Airlines is the airline that used to go to this aerodrome due a contract with that minning company named "La Poderosa" (The Powerful in english). ATSA means in spanish Aero Transporte S.A. (Aero Transport Anonymous Society). I flew with my Father 3 years in ATSA, from 2007 (when I left the Peruvian Navy) to 2010 when I decide to go to fly for Star Perú Airlines. Since january 1st., 2020 I am flying for ATSA again. The last 6 years I was flying as a E190 Captain for Copa Airlines and living in Panama City with my family. But due to the pandemic we decide to the retired and continue working in my small bussiness in Panama but in the next months I received a call from a ATSA Manager from Perú and I accept the ATSA proposal to start flying with them again. Normally we used to fly to Chagual the Piper Cheyenne III, but now a days ATSA flies the B200 for that purpose.
Buen dia. Tengo una duda, como entra tu papá en ese avión tan pequeño considerando el tamaño de las tremendas bolas que tiene? Porque para hacer ese aterrizar con esa calma debe tener los cojones más grandes del Perú.
@@JoseRodriguez-cl8ow gracias por el comentario... antes a esos vuelos le decíamos el Salario del Terror, por motivos obvios. Chagual debe ser el o uno de los lugares más difíciles del mundo. Lástima que no hay un buen video del despegue que también es de suspenso. Saludos 👍
@@gonzalocaterianomuniz5159 Yo conozco otros que son bien fuertes tales como Merida, Venezuela.. Madeira, Portugal. Pero este es mucho más complicado que el de Mérida por ejemplo y ya el de Mérida tiene una fama complicada en Venezuela.. Que ilusión me dió ver este vídeo en serio.
It’s the Stache that gave him the confidence to land that like a boss
You got that right.
That and those massive balls.
I'm actually surprised he could see anything after forgetting his aviators.
Balls of steel.
It's what keeps him alive.
I love how he puts it down fifty feet before the line, plenty of precaution, enough time to change your mind for a high altitude go-around. What a nice approach!
Might have been 50 yards even....🤐
That's called a displaced threshold. You're not supposed to land before the numbers. If you do, you're risking not clearing obstacles on final.
@@toldt As well as landing on tarmac not designed to withstand the load.
@@JohnBaleshiski A displaced threshold has full strength pavement like the rest of the runway, and is approved for all operations except landing. Its purpose is to ensure proper obstacle clearance. I definitely felt like this approach was a bit low, and this feeling was confirmed when touchdown occurred before the displaced threshold.
@Shad rocks Its probably comparatively large for what that airport serves. I'd imagine a little 2-4 seater single prop could land there without too much problem.
You earned my respect. To the casual observer recognize both sides of the canyon walls have differing air currents updrafts, downdrafts, then the ground temp and air. Very skilled
With that stache I’m surprised the hills didn’t start moving out the way
@@vlz.matthew ??? I dont think you read it right ??? Try removing that stick up your ass for once and realise he complimented the man.
@@jonathanleclerc2788 Absolutely.....
@@jonathanleclerc2788 he’s obviously making fun of his stache u dumbass
@@vlz.matthew Snowflakes take everything personnal. Sad
@@vlz.matthew hes litteraly writting that a mustashe so manly would make even nature recognise that he is the alpha.
You know it’s a rough airport when you have to silence terrain alerts just to approach.
Bro had to Top Gun this one out
Capt., I just saw this video. You sir are a flying GOD. I could only wish to have your skills. It would be an honor to have you pilot an aircraft I was lucky enough to be in . I can only hope that the people that you fly have any idea how skilled you are. They are lucky to have a protector like you . I WISH YOU THE BEST IN LIFE. Mike from Mass. USA
8 years to Recomend that, Best Vid Ive ever Seen.
Pilot is Gangster AF
Love 2 Peru ❤
The mustache ruined the suspense!
We knew it was a successful landing as soon as we saw it. No spoilers next time!
yea those mustache bars are good for some extra lift in the thermals
Yall know that mustache is on the preflight check
Probably wouldn’t get down without ‘spoilers’.
Kitchen with arif
Lol nice
The greater the mustache, the greater the responsibility :)
Or is it the other way around🤔
Much nahee tau kuch nahee
😁
With a great mustache comes great responsibility.
Not to be taken lightly.
@@sohailnomani dari nahee to Gari nahee
I love how the runway just continues and becomes the main road into the nearest town.
Clever. 👍
Incorrect
@@timwilson7326 sure looks like it does.
@@alitlweird no, it's the taxiway off the active runway. Would not be an approved runway if it shared the road. You're guessing and making up your own story
This will come in handy sometime in the not-so-distant future.
Where are you from? Where I live any road is a runway as long as air control knows.
Screw the threshold...we're not going around haha
fancy seeing you here
didn't know you were in aviation too
Haha Tedward awesome
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Can you pin my comment on that night drive m3 video :(
That mustache told me everything would be ok if i were in it.
+Maurice Toonen )) Me too. That mustache is important part of captain's pocker face. Good luck and thanks for dizzy video! You're the artist man! ))
Yes, when I saw the mustache, I knew this would be no problem and all would be well. First thing I look for when I board a commercial flight, is to make sure the pilot or co-pilot have a mustache! Thankfully, mustaches are prevalent at the higher echelons of commercial aviation.
If you can rock a moustache, you can drive 10 to 800 people around.
Correct, mustache means business.
1:00 mustache
That approach was insane, almost no room for errors
right .. wow .. crazy close
I don't even think you are allowed to use the word "almost" here.
Would not want to attempt that in any kind of weather!!!
That approach was insane! Kudos to the pilot!
Very nice approach and landing. This video proves to the whole world , without any doubts, that your father is an excellent pilot and a fine example to follow in that profession. Keep up the great work guys.
Now that is the moustache of a Man who fears neither short runways nor unexpected gusts of tail wind! That is the moustache of a pilot I would entrust my life with. Excelent landing. It's just amazing how calmly he negotiates that meandering deathtrap of a valley and turns final just, like, inched from the threshold. Kudos to you!
Nothing is as scary as landing in Detroit and having to walk to your car
Comment of the week
Try it in Caracas
Mike Are you from Detroit ?
Are you from detroit
Bahaha
Flying through the valley like it's a GTA V... Simply stunning views and amazing piloting skills!
And l thought Alaska had some crazy airstrips. Insane approach. Such skill and confidence. Much respect to such a pilot(s.)
Copilot: Freaking out, recording everything.
Instruments: Freaking out, alarming at everything.
Pilot: *Looks like he's reading a romance novel.*
But the instruments are not freaking out
The pilot isn't freaking out either, the fuck is this kid smoking
@@fakename287 are you dumb dumb or stupid
noone freaked out
The copilot wasn't freaking out, he was just showing the instrument panel.. You are a drama queen hoping for likes.
Whatever they pay that guy, it's not enough!
Pretty sure there are some nice white powdery perks for that pilot.
Is paid alot by the coca producers
man vie
It isn’t funny
He gets paid in pussy.
@@azmagaref Also charges for mustache rides after flight.
Insert "no time for caution" as the BGM, another level of experience while watching this.
*I'm writing this before it happens.
Outstanding flying. Indeed, that’s a crazy place to land. Thank you for sharing.
Peace
Please come to God and be saved. Life is unpredictable but God can save us and take us to Heaven. This is the only way. May God bless you and lead you in his loving perfect Truth!
Pilot: Where's the airport
Tower: In between the mountains look for crashed planes you'll see it....
jajajaja
@Emmanuel Lagace Your last sentence should have been:"It was an amazoniang experience".
🤣 yeah 👍👉right!
Easy landing. Nice tarmac though.
Jajajaja
Emmanuel Lagace k
Well, maybe. In about '03 I met a chap called Mike. I was a taxi driver and flying enthusiast. He was a pilot and new arrival in Australia. We ended up day / night driver on the same car, so I chatted with Mike. Mike told me he'd come from Afghanistan, and had been the personal pilot of El Presidente - before the Russians arrived. He was a qualified 747 captain, and had flown into & out of Kabul with the boss aboard, often. I mentioned in conversation that the RAAF sends pilots to PNG for experience, because "It's the most hostile flying environment in the world."
"Really?" he said, "Why's that?"
I listed geography and landscape, weather & climate, lack of modern equipment and facilities, and many local people who might not be hunter-gatherers themselves, but were two generations removed at best. He answered me by pointing out that local tribal people in PNG don't have Stinger missiles and a strong desire to use them. Then he described the geography around Kabul, and what an approach or departure involves in a 747, including the bit where the pilot & all other crew watch for smoke trails or other signs of SAM launch, while the pilot flys HOTAS, ready to chop to flight idle on 1 sec warning, and then deal with whatever that does to flighspeed and terrain and such.
"Did you ever have to do that? Chop power and avoid a SAM?"
"Yes. Several times."
"So, is that the toughest place you've ever had to go?"
"One of them. But I don't think it's quite as bad as Aspen."
"Aspen!? Like, Colorado? In the US?"
"Yeah. That's my least favourite airport in the world."
I'll cut this short and go to a bullet list.
Altitude.
Weather conditions, including low visibility and icing.
Terrain.
Traffic - lots of it, and some of that is professional regular service airlines, some is professional charter pilots and such, and some is private pilots in their own aircraft. Nowhere in the world are you more likely to meet the doctor about to die in his V-tail doctor killer, than Aspen. They take advice / instructions from ATC the way they take alternative medical advice. Obedience is not their first instinct.
So, that's it in a nutshell. I have it from the ex personal pilot of the Afghan president, that getting a 747 into Kabul is second on the frightening list, to flying charter Learjets and KingAirs and such into and from Aspen. Make of that what you wish, but I think it was funny.
Boring
and then you guys made love....
I know about a doc from the news, whose aircraft wondered into restricted airspace and had one of its wings cut off clean by a steel cable from a tethered Air Force blimp....
@@renzoreba
Prognosis: poor.
lol Afghanistan didn't have a 747 for the president
My palms are sweating! My heart is thumping like a disco. This pilot has a HUGE pair. I'm gonna pour myself a drink now. Greetings from Alaska.
Crazy approach but great skills! Nice landing in Peru! Fly high and safe and often!
I saw the displaced threshold and I was like, “I don’t care what the regs say, I’m putting her down before the displaced threshold”. Then he did it.
I was thinking the same thing. Likely much safer in this situation.
@@kslats916 it would be hard to have a safety chat with a pilot at this airport. They're clipping hedges for a few miles on the way in
Yeah, this is not a place for lawyer-pilots. Layers aren't God and their laws don't override neither laws of physics nor technical specs, so - sometimes one needs to pick between doing something the legal way, or in such a way that actually works. Not many such situations in the well-developed world, but a place like this is a good example.
Its also a down sloping runway, and if youd just flown that youd wanna be on the ground asap too hahaha
This airport shouldnt even exist lmao, fuck a displaced threshold get the airplane on the ground
Thank you for posting such a nice video. The shot of the instrument panel was great! That told me so much more than even 5 minutes of narration. :-)
I spent 22 years flying on the North Slope of Alaska (PAUM) and love a nice challenge.
Blue skies, my friend.
Shawn
Now that's an approach ! Dude did it literally perfect as well bravo !
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@@chanceweslowski7792 stop harassing people.
It actually looks much much safer than being a pedestrian in my city.
*FARTS*
This pilot probably lost count of all the sweaty handshakes he had from relieved passengers.
I do not always land in Peru, but when I do I grow a mustache.
The skill of the pilot makes it so smooth, it almost looks easy... Respect!
Only thing missing is a checkerboard painted on the cliff face.
Lovetoseetypeoflanding
They need a dartboard painted on it
passssshhhh, I landed in downtown Los Santos.
Lmaooooooooo
LMFAO
Kraken Fodder Hudson River. Drop tha mic.
GTA ?
Kraken Fodder up in the building hahahaha
Note to self: Go to this airport immediately when I get Flight Sim 2020.
Note to self. Go to this airport immediately, because I have the beta preview. This looks amazing.
@@Felix-ix3qe I simply applied when applications were being accepted.
Copy
Look for Papua New Guinea Airfields czcams.com/users/results?search_query=new+guinea+airstrips
Looks a little lack luster in MSFS2020
The weight of his massive balls really brought that plane down alot quicker than I thought, but he definitely made it look smooth and easy.
@@JohnnyLegato6M go be a p.c principal somewhere else
@@JohnnyLegato6M Yes. They are so original. And boring
This looked so real, I thought it was a flight simulator until the pilot came into view. Nice flying and landing. 👍
"Wait, what? Is that a runway or a car road?"
"Yes"
That pilot was awesome - nerves of steel! I have flown that route a few times in MS Flight Simulator and it looks remarkably the same as the real flight - but wow ... that was epic!
Hey any chance you can give coordinates, really trying to fly this myself 🤙
@@srgfrost99 It was in one of the early Challenges in the game - I can't remember the name exactly, but it should still be in there
Nerves of steel? Various other steel stuff as well...
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@@chanceweslowski7792 Agreed. Allah bless us all.
This was indeed a crazy landing. Hats off to the pilot for executing it so brilliantly
That pilot is my father. Sergeant Gustsvo from the Bolivian air brigade.
The airline gives all passengers a change of shorts when they land.
Far more meaningful and practical than a bag of peanuts.
Or bicycle clips !
Al Smith 😂
They recently started giving adults sized pull-ups during boarding. It's less messy and miraculously the smell is greatly reduced
Yeah well I almost soiled myself just watching the video.
In1958 my dad and I flew out of Toquepala, Peru to Tacna, Peru. There, we caught a feeder flight to Loma and the next day I caught the first 707 out to Miami Florida by myself to a private school.
The guy that flew us out of that dirt strip looked like he had done it a thousand times before. What a trip for a 13 year old kid!
Couldn’t even see the lz until you are right up on it, well done.
Very impressive. I have a funny feeling this was not the first time Pilot landed at this airstrip. He made a very challenging task seem routine! :-)
That pilot has ice water running through his veins and balls of concrete. Very impressive.
Not balls of steel?
That seems unlikely. I believe he would be unable to survive with those conditions.
Thats my dad ☺️
Shouldn't they plant a tree in the middle of the "runway" to make it a little more challenging?
Perhaps, but maybe suicidal.
Brilliant. Well done. Awesome. Marvellous. splendid. Fantastic. Breathtaking. Unbelievable.
(refer to dictionary for more similar words)
Or let's create another dictionary... we need more words like that...
Sadik Meah Or google define: (word) tap "more" -> select synonyms -> tap "more" and boom: instant thesaurus 😎
Sadik Meah like he was on rails!
Well done
Seriously doubt it
Reckless and unnecessary low flight
Landing right at the edge of runway
Not professional at all
Let's see him do that at night, THAT will impress me!
Beautiful country! I imagine the climb out is interesting too!
Now I've been on thousands of flights throughout the world (and also in Peru), but this one beats them all ! WOW, what a skill !
What about lukla landing?
@@AlphaWitcher Up to me, no. Also depends on the weather conditions off course
He landed on the displaced threshold!!!
I thought that too!
Its wrong, but I van understand his anxiety to get on the asfalt !
You are right, basic aviation knowledge. Nice approach and landing but at wrong spot. He would fail If this was a check ride.lol
Absolutely, it was way early, but look how far it took to brake. Based on the accurate approach, he flies that everyday and knows where to plant it to stop in time. Boy Scout? nope. Skilled? yup.
You are right, he should be fired
Airport runway engineer: " I have an idea. Let's put a runway deep inside a steep mountain valley and find a location adjacent to a river that probably will flood a few times a year"
Doubt water levels rise several hundred feet lol
Never been a big fan of displaced thresholds myself ;-)) Great approach and landing sir!
I think I’d want a Dornier 228, or GAF Nomad for such a job. Excellent work by the pilot!
Great landing, considering how dangerous that approach was, that’s one excellent pilot.
I can only imagine the first time going there you could have to have somebody who's been there before with you to just barely clear the top of that mountain isn't something someone's going to do unless they have to
I guess the traffic pattern after a go around is huge... 🤔
The pilot looked very calm. I wouldn't fancy trying that at night.
Engine failure on take off must be a worry.
Ohmigosh!!! I didn't think of THAT!! The takeoff view is probably even MORE frightening. Yikes! Great comment~
*****
er... well, full moon you can see pretty good. But there is no way that runway is going to be "safe" under the best of conditions.
they only fly during the middle of the day, fog in the morning and the wind is howling up the canyon mid-afternoon, great for landing but complicates the downwind takeoff.
and engine out would mean certain death, you have a 20 knot tailwind on a down inclined strip, and then you need to immediately start climbing at a minimum of 2,500FPM in plane that was not weighed but full of mining parts, people, and gold
Yeah, most airports are OK to have engine failure at takeoff, not here though, good point.
This pilot is incredible! That's Skill and Confidence!
Nice runway, expected a rough gravel-patch!
Magnificent! Now I would like to see the take off from that strip! :)
Dude - you nailed this like a champ!!! Hire this guy - somebody - quick!
Great pilot. Thanks for the video.
No room for error. Looked like at any time the wingtips might hit the side of the mountains. Great skill.
WOW, that's truly a tough one! Kudos to the pilots!!
I had a nice landing once: At the summit of Mt Tarawera Volcano in Newzeland. A SHORT runway, only about 200 meters long, but UP HILL for landing, DOWN HILL for take off. Cessna 152.
Now we're talking difficult
Entre genialidad y locura. Impresionante
Sure wouldn’t have wanted to have lost either of those engines on that approach. Very nice!
Wow! Crazy approach to that airport. That would make for a fun Flight VLOG!
R Diaz qq
Is he flying a royal turbine Duke?
Es un turbo....
No doing that one in the fog
Technically this IS a flight vlog
Thanks to the camera operator for showing the pilot with nerves of steel. Cool and solid as an ice cube.
What a nightmare! Nice job Capt.
So cool, brought it in like a champ!
I keep shifting my body to help the airplane turn around!!!
I missed the f, thought it was a t, in shifting.
Great dedication, concentration and confidence from the pilot. Love his trustworthy looks 1:00 :)
That was a damn carrier COB approach! Never seen an "off ramp" at the end of a runway like that... pretty cool.
I had to wonder, is that going to turn in to a road?
Captain Mustache laughs at the displaced threshold. Awesome!
I can't even imagine how stressful this might be.
Looked awesome and that was in ideal conditions. Respect.
That was awesome. Very close to the mountains.
I have been on a plane that flew into and out of Lukla in Nepal and this makes Lukla look like a major international airport. The runway is better looking than Lukla's, but getting to it is just nasty scary.
I have flown into some cities going to Mexico not as a pilot, sometimes going through mountain ranges, but nothing like this. Holy crap, nice job.
Dang! That looked like David Crosby at the wheel landing up in the mountains to pick up a kilo of snow. "Marrakesh Express" indeed.
Wow! That was amazing! Brilliant pilot!
a landing strip between needled mountaintops! definately one of the hardest in the world...but the pilot's amazing skill makes it look easy!!! he might be able to land a Boeing 373 there as well with his skill...it seems like an airport only meant for light aircraft and propellered aircrafts, turbojets will find this place almost impossible to land...
another thing that is amazing is how smooth the airplane cuts through the mountains there, with not too much turbulence, because air can become very turbulent between mountains like those...and up and down drafts can make airflow patterns very unpredictable between mountains, for instance if you fly on an upslope mountain side the wind might convex under the wings forcing the aircraft upwards, lessening necessary angle of attack, and once you are over the peak or ridge of the mountain the wind might have a downdraft forcing the plane down to fall or causing rapid anticipation of the angle of attack for the pilot...you must have nerves of steel to fly there, and artistic level of skill!!!
And that, my friend, is why you aren't getting a gram of coke for less. Stop complaining.
Lol no kidding huh ...
hahahahahahahaha
best explanation of this video yet!!
+screamengine sheet that funny as hell men I lough my trip out...lol
Now imagine this happening on a very windy day. Canyon winds can be nasty.
Then is when they have to return or take a chance for a crash.
or rainy or snowy or at night.......
@@brianingell3174 If they are flying visual, they shouldn't fly in those conditions.
Listen out for those news reports "left and hasn't been seen since"
That pilot was way too damn close to that mountain for comfort. I would never fly on that line again, one bad gust of wind and the wing is slamming right into that mountain. Terrible
Just incredible skill! Bravissimo!!!!
Wowww. Ice cold nerves!!!! What a landing blind approach, one-pass landing!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😮😮😮
this pilot knows what he is doing.
DJ Las, yes, good pilot.
DJ Las
Clearly not since he landed short of the threshold.
What about the two stall warnings at approach? Maybe it’s just to scare the passengers a little.
@@jimarcher5255 time stamps?
Awesome work on that landing.
I was getting nervous just watching ;)
Try some rum and coke (cola) before watching. You enjoy the vid and otherwise tend not to give a shit.
@@MikeNaples Thanks for advice, it was an outstanding Landing in my opinion. Credit where credit is due.
Great pilot landing anything downhill. I have seen some island landing that looks harder on flight sim with a plane 3 times that size. Very hard to do.
Beautifully done, mate.
Dang he landed on that displaced threshold like a boss
You have skill sir. Nice landing! :)
They say that it was the mustache 〰️
Is in command tho 😋
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Awesome approach and amazing landing
Respect 💙
Stuck that landing hard , sounded like cameraman lost his wind ( I know he didn’t) . Crazy approach !
Most insane landing strip ever seen, must be nuts to even attempt it! This pilot was fearless an on the mark!
Well, he could have touched down a bit further on, but given the approach route I can totally understand why he wanted to be on the ground as soon as possible! 😅
Wow. I thought Telluride, Colorado had a crazy airstrip. That one in Peru is substantially worse! At least in Telluride, the approach through the valley is straight!
Now that is one hell of an approach and landing! You get only one try and you better nail it or you're done.