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re: Super small!!
Reply to @Tchoupy63: Small runway but 'regional' airport; only one on the island.
Super small!!
This is a super small airport, and you rank it as a medium airport?
re: "Dangerous" airport
Reply to @david: I feel like the pilots going into St Barts enjoy the challenge. That hill being on approach due to prevailing winds seems utterly wild, but the frequency of incidents here is lower than many other more "conventional" airfields.
"Dangerous" airport
This airport, with its 2,119 ft runway, gets attention as one of the world's (so-called) most dangerous airports, but that's a bit nonsensical. It's more a matter of what plane you're choosing to land there.
A Twin Otter or even DC-3 could handle it without breaking a sweat, and probably leave a lot of the runway unused; a 747 would shoot off the end at full speed and end up as a smoking wreck.
In between those extremes, it's a matter of how close you want to cut it to your plane's maximum performance, as with any airplane and runway.
re: Super small!!
🔗 Sat, 10 May 2025
— @FlyingTom at Saint Barthélemy - Gustaf III Airport, Saint Barthélemy
Reply to @Tchoupy63: Any airport with airline service is "medium" compared to some of the tiny, private fields in this site's database.