Welcome to Saba...

I remember it clearly, even though I was there back in 2000. They sell
T-shirts proclaiming "I Survived the Saba Landing". It looks more
frightening than it is, though. The Twin Otter has at least 25 metres to
spare after coming to a stop.

Regards,
Herman

"Ron" schreef in bericht
...
.. you just landed on the shortest commercial runway in the world!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RU_fk6zNmc

Ron
--
Non urinat in ventum

Herman says...
I remember it clearly, even though I was there back in 2000. They sell
T-shirts proclaiming "I Survived the Saba Landing". It looks more
frightening than it is, though. The Twin Otter has at least 25 metres to
spare after coming to a stop.

Its just a matter of coming to a stop before you fall off the other
end...

Where abouts is that runway..? Just so I can look it up in Google
Earth!

Martin Hooper wrote
Where abouts is that runway..? Just so I can look it up in Google
Earth!

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Saba (pronounced "SAY-ba") is the smallest island of the Netherlands
Antilles, located at at 17°38'N, 63°14'W. It consists largely of the
dormant volcano, Mount Scenery (888 m), the highest point of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands.

Saba has a land area of 13 km² (5 sq. miles). At the 2001 Netherlands
Antilles census, the population was 1,349 inhabitants, which means a
population density of 104 inhabitants per km². In 2004 the population was
estimated at 1,424 inhabitants.

Bob Moore says...
17°38'N, 63°14'W


According to the GE measuring tool the runway is only 0.25 miles.

I guess there is only so many types that can actually land there...

Martin Hooper wrote in
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Bob Moore says...
17°38'N, 63°14'W


According to the GE measuring tool the runway is only 0.25 miles.

I guess there is only so many types that can actually land there...

....more than once...

Bob Moore says...
17°38'N, 63°14'W


Heres a small webpage about the airport...
http://www.georgiajets.org/Links/FWI...a_airport.html