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Princ. Juliana Airport
Airport Directory » Netherlands Antilles » St Maarten » Princ. Juliana AirportCoordinates: 18°02′27″N 063°06′32″W / 18.04083°N 63.10889°W / 18.04083; -63.10889
Princess Juliana International Airport (IATA: SXM, ICAO: TNCM) assists the Dutch division of the island of Saint Martin. It is the 2nd busiest airport in the Eastern Caribbean, after Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 2005, the airport dealt 1,663,226 riders. The airport assists as a hub for Windward Islands Airways and is the major gateway for the little Leeward Islands, including Anguilla, Saba, St. Barthélemy and St. Eustatius. It is named after Juliana of the Netherlands, who was crown princess when the airport opened. There is also an airport on the French side of the island near Marigot, named Grand Case Airport or L'Espérance Airport.
History
The airport was set about as a armed forces landing strip in 1942. It was changed over to a civilian airport in 1943. In 1964 the airport was reconstructed and relocated, with a new depot construction and control tower. The installations were upgraded in 1985 and 2001.
Modernization
Because of increased rider traffic and the anticipated growing of rider traffic in the near hereafter, Princess Juliana International Airport is being to a great extent modernised coming after a three-phased masterplan, commissioned in 1997.
Phase I was a short-term programme in say to upgrade being installations and better the stage of service at various points. This included continuing, beef up and restituting the landing track, increasing the bearing capacity of the taxi strip, building of a new apron and an upgrade of the (old) depot. Phase I was finished in 2001.
Phase II included the building of a radio detection and ranging installation and a new air traffic control tower, the building of a new and more modern, 27,000 square meter (290,000 sq foot), depot, capable of care 2.5 million riders per yr, and the building of a Runway End Safety Area (RESA) of 150 meters (490 foot), including a 60 meters (200 foot) infest, on both stops of its landing track, to follow with ICAO patterns. The new air traffic control tower and the radio detection and ranging station get down functioning on March 29, 2004, while the new depot opened on November 10, 2006.
If traffic evolves as calculate, Phase III of the masterplan shall be put to death, dwelling of an extension of the new depot construction and the building of a full parallel taxi strip system.
However, the oil price increase since 2003 set about impacting discretionary air locomote in the world by early 2008, and the chance of further price increase menaces to turn the recent enlargement of holidaymaker travel by jet plane which started with the 1980s oil pig out.
Runway and installations
The airport is famous for its short landing track — at only 2,433 meters (7,980 foot), it is just long enough for heavy jet plane to bring down. Therefore, incoming planes go up the island on short final for Runway nine have to wing highly low, going across only 10-20 metres (30-60 foot.) over slow down holidaymakers on Maho Beach. Pictures of low winging aircraft were print in several news magazine in the world in early 2000 and looked so unreal that some were even challenged as postiches. The thrilling draw close and ease of access for hitting spectacular mental images do the airport 1 of the world's favourite locations amongst planespotters. To see international and local ordinances a 150 metre safety extension was claimed.
In early 2007, KLM halt its weekly Boeing 747 voyage to Princess Juliana, (replaced by a McDonnell Douglas MD-11), going forth the Paris-Orly Airport ground French bearer Corsairfly to be the only air hose to function the 747 there. They function one time a hebdomad in low season (April through October) and twice a hebdomad in peak season (November through March). As of 2009, KLM is once again winging its 747-400s dorsum into the island.
Despite the troubles in draw close, there have been no puts down of major incidents at the airport.
Towards the finish of 2008, landing track 09/27 has modified and currently has a new QFU: 10/28.
Apron
The independent apron measure out 72.500 m² with another 5.000 m² on Eastern apron. For cargo managing a committed apron of 7.000 m² is available.
Terminal
The new four narration depot construction offers 27,000 m² floor infinite and is full airconditioned. Available installations include 42 check-in desks, eight transit-desks and 11 boarding-gates. For getting riders ten in-migration stalls are available and five out-migration stalls for going. The construction also characteristics 40 stores and nutrient & drink units -some unique to St. Maarten-, furthered under the retail topic 'So Much More'.
Private air power
To adapt the turning international and local traffic of private aircraft Princess Juliana International Airport does have a Fixed Base Operators construction, offering business office infinite and private lounges with committed Customs.
Tower
Since functionary opening of the new control-tower PJIA Air Traffic Controllers have 2 microwave radar systems at their disposal with a bush of 50 naut mi (93 kilometre) and 250 naut mi (460 kilometre). PJIA air traffic command pull off 4.000 foursquare NM of air space around the airport. Besides furnishing draw close, tower and ground command at PJIA, Juliana air traffic services also supplies draw close command for Wallblake Airport (Anguilla), L'Esperance Airport (Grand Case, French West Indies), Gustave Airport (St. Barths, French West Indies), F.D. Roosevelt Airport (St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles) and Y. Yrasquin Airport (Saba, Netherlands Antilles).
Navigation
PJIA is fit out with VOR/DME and NDB. The airport's functionary opening 60 minutes are from 07:00 - 21:00 hrs.
Gallery
A Piper PA-28 Cherokee visible light aircraft on short final for, at the clip, Runway 09. |
The new Terminal construction from the inside. |
This sign warns mortals that stand up to a fault close to the airport fence on Maho Beach is able to be unsafe... |
In Popular Culture
TNCM is the characteristic airport in the Microsoft Flight Simulator X free present edition.
Many air power partisans and airplane discoverers flock to Maho Beach at the airport for some good pictures of districting aircraft.
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