12 minute flight from St. Maarten to Saba's Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (SAB). Large jet aircraft are unable to land at the airport, because the runway is too short (approx. 1,300 ft or 396 m, thus arguably the World's shortest commercial aviation runway). However, smaller airplanes (DHC-6 Twin Otter) from Windward Airlines fly in and out all day long. The danger arises from the airport's physical position. It is flanked on one side by high ...
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