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Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Serves
  
Elevation AMSL
  
60 ft / 18 m

Code
  
SAB

Phone
  
+599 416 2255

Operator
  
Location
  
12/30
  
400

Elevation
  
18 m

Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport

Address
  
Zion's Hill, Caribbean Netherlands

Similar
  
Princess Juliana Internatio, Gustaf III Airport, FD Roosevelt Airport, Saba University School of, L'Espéra Airport

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Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (IATA: SAB, ICAO: TNCS) is an airport on the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba.

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Overview

The airport, named after the Aruban Minister Juancho Irausquin, has one of the shortest commercial runways in the world, only 400 metres (1,312 ft) long, flanked on one side by high hills, with cliffs that drop into the sea at both ends. Although the airport is closed to jet traffic, regional airline propeller aircraft are able to land there under waivers from The Netherlands Antilles' Civil Aviation Authority. The most common aircraft to land there are the Twin Otter and BN-2 Islander.

Facilities

Jet aircraft are unable to land at the airport, because the runway is too short, but smaller STOL airplanes (such as the DHC-6, BN-2, and helicopters) are common sights there. A small ramp and terminal are on the southwest flank of the runway. The ramp also has a designated helipad. The terminal building houses offices for Winair, immigration and security, a fire department with one fire truck, and a tower. The tower is an advisory service only and does not provide air traffic control. Aviation fuel is not available on the island of Saba.

Airlines and destinations

The only airline currently providing scheduled services to and from Yrausquin Airport is locally owned Winair, which operates daily flights to Sint Maarten aboard a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter. On average, flights to Saint Maarten last no longer than 15 minutes.

References

Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport Wikipedia