Princess Juliana International Airport
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| Princess Juliana International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: SXM - ICAO: TNCM | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | public | ||
| Operator | Princess Juliana Int'l Airport Holding Company N.V. | ||
| Serves | Sint Maarten | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 13 ft (4 m) | ||
| Coordinates | 18° 2' 27" N
63° 6' 32" W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 09/27 | 7,708 | 2 349 | Asphalt |
Princess Juliana Airport (IATA: SXM, ICAO: TNCM) serves the island of Sint Maarten (also known as Saint Martin) in the Netherlands Antilles. The airport has a single runway of about 2300 metres. Due to its length larger aircraft must make a low approach over Maho Beach. For this reason it has become a favourite for planespotters.
The airport was started as a military airstrip in 1942. It was converted to a civilian airport in 1943. It is the second busiest airport in the Eastern Caribbean, after Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was named after Juliana of the Netherlands, the former Queen.
Airlines
- Air France (Paris)
- American Airlines (Miami, New York/JFK, San Juan)
- American Eagle (San Juan)
- BWIA West Indies Airways (Kingston)
- Caribbean Sun (Charlotte Amalie, San Juan, Tortola (Beef Island))
- Continental Airlines (Newark)
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
- KLM (Amsterdam, Willemstad)
- LIAT (Basseterre, Bridgetown, St. John's, Tortola (Beef Island))
- US Airways (Charlotte, Philadelphia)
- Windward Island Airways International (Tortola (Beef Island))
External link
- Official website
- Article on low approaches (Russian)
