This is one of the most challenging approaches in the American
Airlines system
at
Look how close the aircraft comes
to the mountain, and then the road just before
the runway (which looks like an aircraft
carrier).
Then, look at how much of the
runway it uses and what the crosswinds do. In
addition the runway is only 5,800
feet long, the size of
a 1% down slope with a cliff at
the end.