St Maarten airport

very very great greets from germany
its nice here =)

OUCH!
FACT: {per Wikipedia}
A Boeing 747 needs 11745 ft/3580 meters to take off.
It needs only 7546 ft/2300 meters to land.
THIS airport (St Maarten) is 7707 ft/2349 meters long
ONLY 49 meters to spare on landing?
AND
How the hell to they take off?
Sand getting in someones eyes is peanuts compared to the "other" possibilities.

a 747 is able to land and take off at St Maarten because the aircraft never takes off or lands with full fuel. 747 usually make a stopover somewhere. When taking off without full fuel, the jet's takeoff speed is less so that the jet can takeoff in a much shorter length of runway

747 land and takeoff daily here with tones of room to spare

None of this is true. Length needed has too many variables like weight of aircraft, amount of auto breaking and reverse thrust, runway condition, engine type, etc. Your facts probably come from a fully loaded 747. The 747's at st. maarten aren't fully fueled.

Hey guess what!

You are wrong. They do not have a full tank of fuel and therefore need less runway. KLM stops in Curacao and fills up before crossing the Atlantic.

fuck you youtube for disable audio!!!

God those pilots knows who to handle those things xD

Everytime I see this I think the planes aren't going to make it.

It's a tourist attraction in itself

Fantastic!!!! Amazing!!! greets from Buenos Aires