AT EARLY STAGES IN PILOTHOOD, every new airport presents a unique and interesting challenge. Maybe it has a control tower, or it is bigger or smaller than your home base. As you add hours and ratings, strange new airports no longer seem so strange. Yet the United States is privileged to offer a number of airports whose topography or layout (or both) make them among the most challenging airports from which to land or take off. Should you try? We say yes. These airports are accessible to any pilot. Many are gateways to weekend adventures once you get out of the airplane, too. With proper training and preparation, they will be awesome entries in your logbook, and they will be amazing chapters in your aviation life story. Add them to your bucket list of aviation adventures, and watch your confidence soar. 30 FLIGHT TRAINING JUNE 2020