Catch 22 Runway


So many airplanes have landed at the phoney Catch 22 runway on the Mexican coast of Baja, that the Mexican aviation authorities have had to put a disclaimer in their own Airport Facility Directory reminding pilots that this is NOT an airport and it is unsafe to land there.

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I wonder if it's in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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Well...

It's quite clear what you're saying (its not an "official" runway), but the runway was used repeatedly by the B-25's and numerous other aircraft during the filming of "Catch-22," and apparently many times since, so...it really isn't "phoney," is it?

I guess the (what looks like asphalt) runway has deteriorated considerably since 1969-70.

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