airstrip

Another route is an air bridge of small planes flying from clandestine airstrips in southern Venezuela to landing sites in Central America and Mexico.

Last year, the base imposed a curfew on its personnel because a polar bear was strolling around the airstrip.

Via a Middle East investment company, Assets Group, the Qataris are currently building an exclusive, 40-villa luxury resort there, with an upgraded concrete airstrip capable of receiving executive jets, far from prying eyes.

But it's not just on airstrips that kites can be dangerous.

Because Alligator Alcatraz is housed near an airstrip, he said the facility is intended to facilitate quick deportations.