Challenging Airports – Gilgit, Pakistan (OPGT)

As an avid hiker, it isn’t unusual for me to spend hours poring over maps, admiring the topography represented by the contour lines that tell the story of elevation and slope. Taken together with my flight simulation hobby, topo maps have led me to discover some interesting airfield locations that I otherwise might not have stumbled upon. Due to the combination of rising terrain and a narrowing valley, departures are made to the east off Runway 7, climbing out along