Landing St. Maarten from Cockpit 747

A view from the cockpit of a KLM 747 landing on the short runway at TNCM.
Mortimersays...

I've seen a lot of photos from the beach at the end of the runway with planes flying low overhead.

It's interesting while watching this video, that after the plane lands, it stays on the runway so long. Looking at aerial photos of the airport, it looks like the plane has to travel back down at least half of the runway to get to the terminal. In busy airports, the planes are usually off of the runway as soon as they have slowed enough to do so to clear the way for incoming planes.

mt256says...

Hey! I've been to that beach at the beginning of the landing strip. They have signs noting that you can get ear damage from low flying planes.

Nice vid.
There's also a beach down the road called Mullet Bay

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