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Tegucigalpa Facts
Tegucigalpa is the capital of Honduras, founded in 1536, with a gold and silver mining center which winds around a valley and over the mountains. Tegucigalpa has many exceptional restaurants and hotels, which are priced accordingly.
Tegucigalpa Hotels
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Tegucigalpa Forum
The Tegucigalpa forum is a part of the main Honduras Forum for Catrachos, and is a very active place to exchange ideas, pictures, travel photos and other tips, plus general information and questions about Honduras.
Pictures of Tegucigalpa Honduras
The number 4 most hated airport in the world; Toncontín International Airport, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Over-priced corn chips will be the least of your worries!
When do the most common airport gripes about inefficiency, uncomfortable gate chairs, dirty floors and lousy dining options suddenly become irrelevant? When you’re preoccupied about whether your 757 will actually be able to stop before the runway does.
Nestled in a bowl-shaped valley at 957 meters above sea level, the Toncontín airport ‘s notoriously stubby, mountain-cloaked landing strip was recently lengthened another 300 meters following a fatal TACA aircraft overshoot in 2008.
The Tegucigalpa airport runway’s improvement; however, was not enough to avoid being named the “second most dangerous airport in the world” by the History Channel.
Nepal’s hair-raising Tenzing-Hillary Airport in the Himalayas is the first most dangerous, but receives fewer gripes than Toncontin airport due to its thrill-seeking Everest-bound clientele.
Read more about the: 10 of the world’s most hated airports at CNNGo.com
Videos of Tegucigalpa Honduras
American Airlines landing at Toncontin airport in Tegucigalpa Honduras
Toncontin Airport also claims the number 1 spot for the Worlds most thrilling Airport!