Gustaf III Airport
Rémy de Haenen Airport Gustaf III Airport Saint Barthélemy Airport St. Jean Airport Aérodrome de St Jean | |||||||||||
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AMSL 48 ft / 15 m | | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 17°54′16″N 062°50′38″W / 17.90444°N 62.84389°W | ||||||||||
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Gustaf III Airport[3] (IATA: SBH[3], ICAO: TFFJ[1]), also known as Saint Barthélemy Airport, Rémy de Haenen Airport, sometimes as St. Jean Airport (French: Aérodrome de St Jean[1]), is a public use airport located in the village of St. Jean on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy.
Due to its very short runway, very close proximity to automotive traffic on a nearby road, and the necessity of a license to land at the airport,
Overview
The airport is served by small regional commercial aircraft and charters. Most visiting aircraft carry fewer than twenty passengers, such as the Canadian-built
The short airstrip is at the base of a gentle slope ending directly on the beach. The arrival descent into runway 10 is extremely steep over the hilltop traffic circle; departing planes fly right over the heads of sunbathers (although small signs advise sunbathers not to lie directly at the end of the runway). The airport is located at the island's second-largest town,
History
Both the airport and the island's main town of
Between 2003 and 2005, the hilltop at the end of runway 10 was cleared lowered, and the road running up the hill was moved farther left (if looking up the hill from the airport) into this newly cleared area. This meant that cars did not have to drive directly under the approach path to the runway. This alteration of the famous approach came as part of a full renewal of the airport which culminated in its closing for six weeks in late 2004.[6]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Antilles | Pointe-à-Pitre |
Saint Martin, Sint Maarten
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St Barth Executive | Pointe-à-Pitre, San Juan[7] |
Tradewind Aviation | Anguilla,[8] Antigua, Saint Thomas, San Juan |
Saint Martin, Sint Maarten
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Winair | Antigua, Saba, Sint Maarten |
In addition to these scheduled services, charter airlines like Windward Express and Trans Anguilla Airways provide on demand flights to and from St. Barth.
Cargo
Airlines | Destinations |
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DHL Aviation | Anguilla, Antigua, Fort-de-France, Grenada, Nevis, Pointe-à-Pitre, Saint Croix, Saint Kitts, Saint Thomas, Saint Vincent, San Juan, Sint Maarten, Tortola, Trinidad |
Statistics
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
References
- ^ a b c TFFJ – Saint Barthélemy. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Résultats d'activité des aéroports français 2018" (PDF). aeroport.fr. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ a b Great Circle Mapper – Gustaf III Airport (SBH / TFFJ)
- ^ "Short Matters". www.aopa.org. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ Aéroport Rémy de Haenen. St Barthélemy FWI
- ^ "What's New?". www.caribbeanflyingadventures.com. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Liu, Jim (1 May 2024). "ST. BARTH EXECUTIVE LAUNCHES SCHEDULED OPERATION IN 2Q24". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Tradewind Aviation 1Q24 Anguilla Network Expansion". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
External links
Media related to Gustaf III Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Accident history for SBH at Aviation Safety Network