Princess Juliana International Airport in the Dutch part of the island
of Saint Martin. It is the second busiest airport in the Eastern Caribbean. The
airport is famous for its short landing strip — only 2,180 metres/7,152 ft,
which is barely enough for heavy jets. Because of this, the
planes approach the island flying extremely low, right
over Maho Beach. Countless photos of large jets flying at 10–20
m/30-60 ft over relaxing tourists at the beach have been dismissed as fakes
many times, but arenevertheless real. For this reason as well it has
become a favourite for planespotters. Despite the difficulties in
approach, there has been no records of major aviation incidents at the airport.
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