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Landing At St. Maarten Question  
User currently offlineCOEWR2587 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 603 posts, RR: 2
Posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 50951 times:

I know with some of the bigger widebodies that land at this airport, they have to come in pretty close to make the runway and have enough space to stop, like this KLM 747.

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/photos/photos/4/2/7/1252724.jpg

Just wondering, has anything every happened like damange wise or almost happened to like the area around it, (ie the fence, or cars/ppl around it) or has SXM never had an incident?


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User currently offlineYULYMX From Canada, joined May 2006, 977 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 50922 times:

with 7700 feet of runway SXM can handle most Airlines jet...because they are almost empty on fuel... taking off is another story... B747 need to put 1-2 hours worth of fuel and go to alternate airport... FDF, PTP, AUA, BON and than takeoff to Europe... Only AF343 can make it back SXM-CDG on a regular basis... may be some other charter using A332 and B767 can go back to Europe on that short runway... pretty spectacular place to be to watch planes...

I heard that a C-5 landed there few yr back to deliver something and they back it up to the fence for the C5 to takeoff  Smile

User currently offlineSurfrider1978 From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 292 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 50691 times:



Quoting YULYMX (Reply 1):
I heard that a C-5 landed there few yr back to deliver something and they back it up to the fence for the C5 to takeoff

A c5 would not need that much takeoff space to be backed up to the fence, especially empty. In the 80's when the Lockheed SkunkWorks project was ongoing at BUR, they had loaded c5's carrying pieces of the stealth to PMD for assembly, and using no more than half of the 6200' runway on takeoff.

User currently offlineYULYMX From Canada, joined May 2006, 977 posts, RR: 1
Reply 3, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 50686 times:



Quoting Surfrider1978 (Reply 2):

True, but there is a hill-mountain in SXM to climb over...

User currently offlineKcrwFlyer From United States of America, joined exactly 9 years ago today! , 3627 posts, RR: 7
Reply 4, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 50645 times:



Quoting YULYMX (Reply 3):
True, but there is a hill-mountain in SXM to climb over...

They dont climb over that. All aircraft execute a right turn shortly after departure.

User currently offlineYULYMX From Canada, joined May 2006, 977 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 50608 times:



Quoting KcrwFlyer (Reply 4):

Some of them do ... the B744 from Corsair climb over it like a rocket amazing to see... only 2 hours worth of fuel but still amazing

User currently offlineAAFLT1871 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 2333 posts, RR: 16
Reply 6, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 50585 times:



Quoting YULYMX (Reply 1):
I heard that a C-5 landed there few yr back to deliver something and they back it up to the fence for the C5 to takeoff

Not too much room needed for takeoff for Fred




Where did everybody go?
User currently offlineYULYMX From Canada, joined May 2006, 977 posts, RR: 1
Reply 7, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 50553 times:



Quoting AAFLT1871 (Reply 6):

JUST AMAZING! wow a few feet and up in the air

User currently offlineA380US From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 2358 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 50489 times:



Quoting YULYMX (Reply 7):


JUST AMAZING! wow a few feet and up in the air

yeah that didnt seem like 5,000 feet


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User currently offlineN659AA From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 132 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 50433 times:

Does anyone know where I can find Corsair schedule information. I will be in SXM on Tuesday 29 April and was wondering if Corsai flies into SXM daily. Since it is a charter, their schedules are not in the OAG.

Any Corsair fans out there?

Regards

User currently offlineYULYMX From Canada, joined May 2006, 977 posts, RR: 1
Reply 10, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 50395 times:



Quoting N659AA (Reply 9):

corsair go to sxm from ORY Sunday and Thursday for sure Tuesday ??? not sure

User currently offlineGoldorak From France, joined Sep 2006, 1672 posts, RR: 3
Reply 11, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 50196 times:



Quoting N659AA (Reply 9):
Does anyone know where I can find Corsair schedule information

Just check their web site
http://www.corsairfly.com/corsair/changeLanguage.ts

User currently offlineFlySSC From France, joined Aug 2003, 7312 posts, RR: 61
Reply 12, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 50184 times:



Quoting YULYMX (Reply 1):
may be some other charter using A332 and B767 can go back to Europe on that short runway...

No nonstop to Europe with an A332, B767 or even B777. Not that they can"t do it, but because of the restrictions (as twin) in case of an engine failure on T.O
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