Knot-in-your-throat airports to land at.....

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. Skiathos, Greece

"The runway is characterised as 'short and narrow'." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiathos_Island_National_Airport

Only 5,341ft long (about 2/3rds of St. Maarten's), with sea at both ends. If the wind changes direction a bit, the pilots have to abort and come from the other direction:

For takeoff, the procedure is to fill up with just enough fuel to get to the mainland (because the fuel required to get to, say, the UK, would mean your acceleration is too slow). Sit at one end of the runway with the brakes full on, wind the jets all the way up to full power, and only then let go of the brakes. Once you're in the air, you can start preparing to land on the mainland about 100 miles away.