And now for something completely different: Hong Kong’s Kai Tak airport was closed in 1998 but the approach to its runway 13 was interesting:
Upon reaching a small hill marked with a checkerboard in red and white, which is being marked as a middle marker in the final approach, the pilot needed to make a 47° visual right turn to line up with the runway and complete the final leg. The aircraft would be just two nautical miles from touchdown, at a height of less than 1000 ft when the turn was made.
On YouTube is a cockpit video of the approach, and another from the hill of it going a bit wrong.
Hairy! I’ve linked to this at Transport Blog.