On the island where Napoleon died, the most useless airport in the world is idle

St. Helena Island in the South Atlantic Ocean is famous for the fact that Napoleon Bonaparte ended his days here. But he also has one more remarkable feature. The most useless airport in the world is located on the island of Saint Helena.

The island, which has a volcanic origin, rises above the surface of the water 1800 kilometers from the west coast of Africa. In the southern part, you can see several extinct volcanoes up to 800 meters high.

This overseas territory of Great Britain also includes the tiny islands of Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The capital is the port city of Jamestown, squeezed between the slopes, with a population of about a thousand people.

Jamestown is home to about 20 percent of the island's population. To get out of the city and get to the neighboring villages, you need to overcome 669 steps.

Three years ago, Britain forked out 285 million pounds to build a modern airport on the territory of St. Helena. However, it soon became clear that due to design miscalculations and strong crosswind, the airport could not accept large aircraft.

And small planes rarely come here. The last one to date arrived six months ago. Flight from Johannesburg with 78 passengers. So the airport gained the fame of the most senseless in the world.

While there was no Suez Canal, the island was a strategic point for ships on their way to the Indian Ocean. Now, mainly tourist vessels enter the port.

Tourists are attracted by the person of Napoleon, who was sent into exile to St. Helena after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and was buried here. The photo shows the house where the disgraced emperor lived.