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Beautiful Maho Beach in St. Marteen. Here is one one the few places in the world where you can spot planes due to the proximity of the airport to the beach. This is really a thrill that should be in your bucket list. Enjoy!!! I Want to be There! Click on image to view larger size Due to the unique proximity of low flying airliners, the location is very popular with plane spotters. This is one of the few places in the world where aircraft can be viewed in their flightpath just outside the end of the runway. Watching airliners pass over the beach is such a popular activity that daily arrivals and departures airline timetables are displayed on a board in most bars and restaurants on the beach, and the Sunset Bar and Grill has a speaker on its outside deck that broadcasts the radio transmissions between pilots and the airport's control tower. Sign warning passers-by about the risks of jet blast. Arriving aircraft must touch down as close as possible to the beginning of Runway 10 due to the short runway length of 2,300 metres (7,500 ft), resulting in aircraft on their final approach flying over the beach at minimal altitude. There is a danger of people standing on the beach being blown into the water because of the jet blast from aircraft taking off from runway 10. The local government warns that closely approaching and departing aircraft can "result in serious injury and/or death". An additional fence has been added recently behind runway 10, in order to prevent people from hanging onto the main fence surrounding the runway to experience being blasted by the jet flow. The beach itself is white sand and has little to no vegetation because of jet blast erosion. Enjoy!!! The Plane...The Plane! Click on image to view larger size |
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