Fly into or out of Gibraltar and you may find your plane’s takeoff or landing has an unexpected hazard: highway traffic. As seen in the below TikTok video, the runway at Gibraltar Airport actually intersects with a normal road to create what just may be the world’s most unique 4-way intersection.
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The Gibraltar Airport was built in 1939, and as both the airport and the city that surrounds it have grown in the decades since, the runway was expanded and, with nowhere else for it to go, it intersected with Winston Churchill Avenue. Of particular note here is the fact that this highway is the primary access point for drivers coming into and out of Gibraltar. That means that not only is the road in use, but that it’s in heavy use. In order to prevent plane-auto collisions, the road is shut down for 10 minutes each time a plane arrives at or departs from the airport.
