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27 of the World’s Most Beautiful and Shocking Runways

15. Princess Juliana International Airport, Saint Martin

27 of the World’s Most Beautiful and Shocking Runways

Named as Caribbean’s most spectacular airport, it has very low altitude flyover landing approach because one of its runways is extremely close to a tourist beach. Regular instrument checks are done to ensure correct landing altitude is maintained over the water. At take off, pilots must take a U-Turn to avoid crashing into the mountains looming at the end of the runways.

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