re: #707 Occasional Reader

My “favorite” in the nailbiter category; Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which is wildly close to the city center. On the approach for landing, you can look out the window at the adjacent skyscrapers, and pretty much see what people are having for breakfast.

My wife tells a similar tale flying into Quito (I think) Ecuador. Instead of skyscrapers, it is mountains though.