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Princess Juliana International Airport

Sint Maarten, Sint Maarten

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Elevation

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Location

Sint Maarten · U-A · Sint Maarten

Connectivity

58 routes · 33 destinations

Position

18.041°, -63.109° · 13 ft elev.

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Caribbean's famous low-approach gateway on Maho Beach.

Opened

1943

Location

Sint Maarten, Sint Maarten

Princess Juliana International Airport is the main international airport serving the Dutch side of the island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten in the Caribbean. Located near Simpson Bay, it serves as a key hub for regional and intercontinental air travel to the Lesser Antilles. The airport gained worldwide fame for its extremely low aircraft approaches over Maho Beach, where planes pass just meters above sunbathers and spectators on the beach road. This phenomenon made it one of the most photographed and filmed airports in the world. The airport suffered catastrophic damage from Hurricane Irma in September 2017 and underwent extensive reconstruction. It progressively restored operations over subsequent years, working to return to its pre-hurricane capacity of roughly 1.9 million passengers annually.

Terminals

The airport has a single passenger terminal building with separate departure and arrival halls serving both regional and international flights.

Getting to & from

Ground transportation from the airport to Philipsburg and other areas of Sint Maarten is primarily served by taxis, rental cars, and private shuttles, with no public bus service directly at the terminal.

Airlines here

Major carriers serving SXM include American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Air France, KLM, and several regional Caribbean carriers such as WINAIR, which is based at the airport.

Notable facts

›Aircraft on final approach to Runway 10 pass just meters above Maho Beach, creating a world-famous aviation spectacle.
›The airport was severely damaged by Category 5 Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017.
›The runway length is approximately 2,300 meters (7,546 feet), capable of handling wide-body aircraft like the Boeing 747.
›WINAIR (Windward Islands Airways) has been headquartered at Princess Juliana since its founding in 1961.
›The airport is named after Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, who later became Queen Juliana.

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Route map (33 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

Routes

SXM → DOM3S · AT5

SXM → PTP3S · AT5

SXM → SDQ3S · AT5

SXM → CUR7I · M83

SXM → PAP7I · M83

SXM → SDQ7I · M83

SXM → CLTAA · 757 319

SXM → JFKAA · 757

SXM → MIAAA · 757 738

SXM → PHLAA · 332

SXM → CDGAF · 343

SXM → CDGAZ · 343

SXM → BOSB6 · 320

SXM → JFKB6 · 320

SXM → SJUB6 · E90

SXM → SJUBB · SF3

SXM → BGIBW · 738

SXM → KINBW · 738

SXM → PTYCM · E90 73G

SXM → ATLDL · 757

SXM → JFKDL · 752

SXM → CURKL · 747

SXM → ANULI · AT4 AT7 DH3

SXM → DOMLI · DH3

SXM → EISLI · AT7 DH3 AT4

SXM → SKBLI · AT7 AT4

SXM → SLULI · DH3

SXM → STTLI · DH3

SXM → STXLI · DH3

SXM → FLLNK · 320

SXM → SBHPV · CNC BNT

SXM → AXAQ3 · BNI

SXM → ORYSS · 332

SXM → ORYTX · 332

SXM → SBHTX · CNA

SXM → EWRUA · 73G

SXM → IADUA · 73G

SXM → ORDUA · 73G

SXM → CLTUS · 752 319

SXM → JFKUS · 757

SXM → MIAUS · 757 738

SXM → PHLUS · 332

SXM → AXAWM · DHT

SXM → DOMWM · AT4

SXM → EISWM · DHT

SXM → EUXWM · DHT

SXM → NEVWM · DHT

SXM → SABWM · DHT

SXM → SBHWM · DHT

SXM → SDQWM · AT4

SXM → SKBWM · DHT

SXM → YYZWS · 73W

SXM → DOMXV · J32

SXM → EISXV · J32

SXM → DOMYI · CNT

SXM → EISYI · CNT

SXM → SJUYI · CNT

SXM → STTYI · CNT

Aircraft operating here

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Encyclopaedia

Princess Juliana International Airport is the main airport on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. The airport is located on the Dutch side of the island, in the country of Sint Maarten, close to the shore of Simpson Bay Lagoon. In 2015, the airport handled 1,829,543 passengers and around 60,000 aircraft movements. The airport serves as a hub for Winair and is the major gateway for the smaller Leeward Islands, including Anguilla, Saba, Saint Barthélemy and Sint Eustatius. It is named after Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, who landed there while she was heir presumptive in 1944, the year after the airport opened. The airport has very low-altitude flyover landing approaches because one end of its runway is extremely close to the shore and Maho Beach. While Princess Juliana International is the primary aviation gateway to the island, there is also a smaller public-use airport on the French side, in the French Collectivity of Saint Martin, called Grand Case-Espérance Airport.

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