Some of my own particular favourites to get the heart racing are, in no particular order:
- The Carnasie VOR approach, with visual transition, to runway 13R at JFK.
- Landing to the south at Skiathos.
- Approaches when it's windy at Funchal.
- Conducting a baulked landing (i.e. after continuing past the 'MAP', when landing to the west) at night in bad weather at Innsbruck.
- Landing at night at Lasham (I kid you not... don't ask!).
- Landing in / departing from Basra (Iraq)
- Approaches to a variety of West African airports during the rainy-season / bad weather (usually being very tight on fuel to divert).
- Landing at Florence / Italy (in the B737-300 = bugger all fuel can be carried due to the go-around WAT requirements = the lowest fuel I've ever landed with in a jet!).
- Taxying on the ramp during the winter at certain Scandinavian, Icelandic & Canadian airports.
the above not being an exhaustive list I hasten to add!