Imagine the perfect vacation. Sunny weather – check, sand volleyball – check, nice white beach – check, and an airplane is landing right above your head?! That is what you’ll get if you are staying in Maho Beach resort in the Caribbean.
The resort is placed near Princess Juliana International Airport that is considered the busiest airport in the Caribbean Sea. The airport’s runway is so short that the aircrafts must touch down at the very beginning of the runway, and since the the Maho beach is right by, the visitors can almost feel that they can touch the wheels if they jump.
On the gallery show “Rio” in NYC airplanes had a completely different role than take off and land; they were represented like wrestling earthworms.
Illa says
July 26, 2010 at 10:23 amExciting! And these photos are great!
otri says
July 27, 2010 at 7:12 amthumbup….
Alex says
August 2, 2010 at 8:16 amYou forgot to mention where it was. The resort is in St. Marteen.
Jim says
August 10, 2010 at 7:59 pmHow low are the planes actually flying at the fence? The KLM doesn’t look any higher than 100ft..
Nooru says
August 24, 2010 at 2:46 pmAmazing photos ….
RAHUL PATEL says
August 24, 2010 at 5:11 pmman what a place!!!!
thelamest(dot)com says
August 30, 2010 at 1:25 ammental!!! Those pilots are earning every cent
hotz says
September 12, 2010 at 12:21 amWhat do you mean near miss this planes do this every day and by the way is the other way around is a near hit
alireza says
September 26, 2010 at 4:02 pmvery god
scott says
November 2, 2010 at 12:08 pmYes St Maarten There’s a Bar, Sunset Beach . It’s a Hut off to the side of the beach. Fantastic , fun place to hang and watch the Aircraft. Good Burgers too.
Roger says
November 17, 2010 at 5:57 amOh yes St-Martin the dutch side, and the bliss club towards the end of the beach was Amazing…EXCELLENT PEOPLE AND MUSIC… I was there in April 2008, u do get used to the noise of the planes very quickly.. great pictures!
Bryan says
December 5, 2010 at 7:59 pmactually the french side is named St.Martin and the dutch side is named St.Maarten.
Source?? = Born on that island
Paul says
January 9, 2011 at 9:45 pm1st one looks fake – the lighting direction is wrong and where is the planes shadow? Sorry – just don’t buy this.
Manny of Vancouver says
February 16, 2011 at 6:03 pmWow! Being an aviation buff and an admirer of the big commercial jets (I’d like to see the new Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental), this would be like heaven to me, my dream vacation! My wife probably would not like it though. I could sit all day, all week at the beach enjoying the sounds (jet engine noise is music to my ears) and sights. Forget about the girls in bikini – this definitely will get my heart pumping really fast. This is way better compared to my pastime of sitting at the end of the Vancouver International Airport (YVR) watching (and taking pictures of) planes as they take off and land (depending on the wind direction). Really lame in comparison. I’ve searched the YouTube site and there are tons of videos of planes landing at St. Maarten airport.