TAKE OFF FROM THE SHORTEST RUNWAY IN THE WORLD | SABA TO ST. MAARTEN | DHC-6-300 | TRIP REPORT

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THIS TRIP REPORT IS OF A WINDWARD ISLANDS AIRT TRANSPORT COMPANY (WIN AIR ) FLIGHT I TOOK FROM JUANCHO E. YRAUSQUIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SABA TO PRINCESS JULIANA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SAINT MAARTEN. I FLEW ECONOMY ON THEIR DHC-6-300 SERVICE. IN THIS VIDEO I WILL BE SHOWING THE TERMINAL OF SABA AIRPORT AND THE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE.
Princess Juliana International Airport (IATA: SXM, ICAO: TNCM) is the main airport on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. The airport is located on the Dutch side of the island, in the country of Sint Maarten. In 2015, the airport handled 1,829,543 passengers and around 60,000 aircraft movements.[2] The airport serves as a hub for Windward Islands Airways and is the major gateway for the smaller Leeward Islands, including Anguilla, Saba, St. Barthélemy and St. Eustatius. It is named after Queen Juliana, who landed here while still only heir presumptive in 1944, the year after the airport opened. The airport has very low-altitude flyover landing approaches, owing to one end of its runway being extremely close to the shore and Maho Beach. There is also an airport on the French side of the island, in the French Collectivity of Saint Martin, called Aéroport de Grand Case or L'Espérance Airport
The Saba airport, named after the Aruban Minister Juancho Irausquin, has the shortest commercial runways in the world, only 400 metres (1,312 ft) long, flanked on one side by high hills, with cliffs that drop into the sea at both ends. Although the airport is closed to jet traffic, regional airline propeller aircraft are able to land there under waivers from The Netherlands Antilles' Civil Aviation Authority. The most common aircraft to land there are the Twin Otter and BN-2 Islander.
ESTE INFORME DE VIAJE ES DE UN VUELO DE LA COMPAÑÍA DE TRANSPORTE AÉREO WINDWARD ISLANDS (WIN AIR) QUE TOMÉ DESDE EL AEROPUERTO INTERNACIONAL JUANCHO E. YRAUSQUIN, SABA A LA PRINCESA AEROPUERTO INTERNACIONAL JULIANA, SAINT MAARTEN. VUELO A LA ECONOMÍA EN SU SERVICIO DHC-6-300. EN ESTE VIDEO MOSTRARÉ LA TERMINAL DEL AEROPUERTO DE SABA Y LA EXPERIENCIA DE VUELO.
El Aeropuerto Internacional Princess Juliana (IATA: SXM, ICAO: TNCM) es el principal aeropuerto de la isla caribeña de Saint Martin / Sint Maarten. El aeropuerto está ubicado en el lado holandés de la isla, en el país de Sint Maarten. En 2015, el aeropuerto manejó 1,829,543 pasajeros y alrededor de 60,000 movimientos de aviones. [2] El aeropuerto sirve como centro de conexión de Windward Islands Airways y es la principal puerta de entrada para las islas de Sotavento más pequeñas, incluidas Anguila, Saba, San Bartolomé y San Eustaquio. Lleva el nombre de la reina Juliana, que aterrizó aquí mientras todavía era su presunta heredera en 1944, un año después de la apertura del aeropuerto. El aeropuerto tiene aproximaciones de aterrizaje de sobrevuelo a muy baja altitud, debido a que un extremo de su pista está extremadamente cerca de la costa y la playa de Maho. También hay un aeropuerto en el lado francés de la isla, en la Colectividad francesa de San Martín, llamado Aeropuerto de Grand Case o Aeropuerto de L'Espérance.
El aeropuerto de Saba, llamado así por el ministro de Aruba, Juancho Irausquin, tiene las pistas comerciales más cortas del mundo, de solo 400 metros (1.312 pies) de largo, flanqueadas en un lado por altas colinas, con acantilados que caen al mar en ambos extremos. Aunque el aeropuerto está cerrado al tráfico de aviones, los aviones de hélice de las aerolíneas regionales pueden aterrizar allí bajo exenciones de la Autoridad de Aviación Civil de las Antillas Neerlandesas. Los aviones más comunes para aterrizar allí son el Twin Otter y el BN-2 Islander.
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[@Andy1076]

Just watching how the runway vanishes on the turn around alone would make me nervous lol! What a sound though!

[@RUNWAY05]

Yes, it was an interesting experience:)

[@aryadesai7685]

Good one, Keep it up 👍

[@Softstring]

Thank you great video.

[@johnschroeder7528]

Well, it is definitely short but far from the shortest in the world....

[@brucemcpherson8832]

Foula airport in the Shetland islands is shorter en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foula_Airfield

[@aeroair4724]

2 things: 1) Wow Saba Airport changed a lot last time I saw it 2) @7:43 you can see the "10" on the runway moved. Was the runway slightly shortened?

[@RUNWAY05]

I am not sure if they shortened it but I know they are expanding it or trying to

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