The magazine Smart Travel came out with a list of some of the world's most scariest airports for takeoff's & landings. Some airports are classified as special airports by the FAA because of unique challenges from high mountainous terrain, valley's, & short runways. Some East Coast airports for example, contain frequent fog, low ceilings such as Nantucket's Memorial airport which force pilots to consistently fly IFR approaches.
Another example is Yeager Airport that is built on top of a mountaintop with a short runway that ends at a hillside. Laguardia's main runways are extended over water. Laguardia's runway is also relatively short, but not as short as Chicago's Midway field. Also making Smart Travel's scariest list is Gibraltar Airport, Toncontin Airport in Teguciigalpa, Honduras, Paro Airport in Paro, Bhutan, and Wellington International in Wellington, New Zealand. It would be smart for travelers to educate themselves on their local area airports, or your arrival airport when you travel. Flying in, or out of special airports have more unique challenges for pilots. Passengers can increase their margin of safety further by avoiding special airports.