Shortest runway in the world?
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Uploaded by Kezller on Mar 15, 2007
Is this the shorestest commercially served runway in the world at 1150ft useable? This is the island of Saba, TNCS, in the Carribean, about 26 miles SW of St. Maarten. Tell me...
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"hit your dang it breaks!"
"...but we just landed a half second ago!"
"DO IT OR START SWIMMING!"
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help you self jump to 1:04
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wow
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so there is a med school i am applying to there...they said it take 15 minutes from St. Martaan by plane of 90 minutes by boat...as long as the boat doesn't have a hole on the bottom I would take the boat...or just stay in the US with longer runways....
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@Kezller can a BD-5J land there?
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@Moelander1 No, the ICAO is TFFJ (or G I dunno which)
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The locals claim that Saba's runway is the shortest commercial airport runway in the world. It is 400 meters (1300 feet) in total length. The span of runway between the white lines demarking the "usable" runway length measures just under 1000 feet. There are not any overrun areas on either end of the paved runway where shear cliffs immediately drop off over 200 feet into the sea. Officially, the runway is permanently closed to all air traffic as is designated by the "X" on each end. However
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woah! hold your breath and braaaake!!
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airplane??
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big k.nackers
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And the code is TNCS. TFFJ is St. Barths. K
Kezller 2 weeks ago
Bananas1386, enjoy the ferry, it sux. Aviation2001, that BD-5J may be small, but that don't mean it can land short. K
Kezller 2 weeks ago
Well actually, the world's shortest runway is in Fiji.
CockatooDude 4 months ago
@CockatooDude which one? I can't find it....
Kezller 4 months ago