Princess Juliana International Airport(IATA: SXM, ICAO: TNCM) (also known as Saint Maarten International Airport) is the main airport on the Caribbean island ofSaint Martin, located on the Dutch side of the island in the country ofSint Maarten. The airport serves as a hub forWindward Islands Airwaysand is the major gateway for the smaller Leeward Islands, including Anguilla,Saba, St. Barthélemy andSt. Eustatius.
It is named after Juliana of the Netherlands, who ascrown princess landed here in 1944, the year after the airport opened. The airport is perhaps best known for very low-altitude flyover landing approaches due to one end of its runway being extremely close to the shore and Maho Beach. Source: Wikipedia
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