TNCM - St Maarten webcam

de biz

Inspired by Sully2010's fantastic pics,see post #3827 and #3828 in the photo thread here's a webcam link:

http://sunsetsxm.com/index.php/webcam

If you cross reference with FR24 coverage you can view landing traffic.

The LiveATC link for TNCM:

http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=tncm

28°C just now:)

Xpro

Im going to treat myself one day hopefully and visit the place:)

lord lucan

Xpro wrote: »

Im going to treat myself one day hopefully and visit the place:)

That's my plan also, convincing the other half may be a problem though!

coin

Me and my wife were very lucky few months ago. Were taking a tour around St Maarten and the tour guide kept talking about the KLM flight.
Eventually to prove that the 747 does land there he drove us and the rest of the tour gang to the bar at the end of the runway and low and behold 5mins later the KLM arrived, absolutely unbelievable to watch.

Some people are crazy in how close they want to get to the plane though!

sully2010

It really is a great beach to spend the day.

Cheapest route to St Maarten is always through the US, some good deals can be found on Kayak and Skyscanner, book in advance and you can get €600-€700 return. May involve spending a night in the US. Air France via Paris can be anywhere between €1100-€1300 and the KLM return leg involves a stop in Curacao which would be annoying.

Plenty of other things to do on the island too to keep the other half happy and its 28 degrees all year round;)

owenc

I've wanted to goto the Caribbean for ages. But I think if I went there i'd be going via America, I don't like being over the ocean for 8 hours.

Tenger

lord lucan wrote: »

That's my plan also, convincing the other half may be a problem though!

I'm one step ahead of you in that the missus has already given me the green light to go there.....now to ditch the kids and get the cash together........

cjk photos

would love to go but Vegas first

weisses

lord lucan wrote: »

That's my plan also, convincing the other half may be a problem though!

Telling her you taking her on a trip to the Caribbean should be enough

billie1b

cjk photos wrote: »

would love to go but Vegas first

Soon for me, very soon

DublinKev

That's fantastic.

Just watched AFR499, a gorgeous A340 appear in shot, turn and take off. No sooner had it left but it appeared on FR24.

Sweet work de biz!

coylemj

Here's a link to the (Princess Juliana) airport website which shows arrivals and departures.

Local time is UTC-4.

http://www.sxmairport.com/

billie1b

Should be a westjet 737-700 landing in about 10 minutes

coylemj

billie1b wrote: »

Should be a westjet 737-700 landing in about 10 minutes

Just managed to capture it, it was a 737 (from Montreal) so came in relatively high, guess it doesn't need as much runway as the KLM 747s .....

de biz

Best viewed full screen!

http://youtu.be/7GZ3fSDFevE

Tenger

The OCD in me doesn't like the editing by the video maker.
PH-BFM was pushing back,
PH-BFE was taing off,
and it was PH-BFY that was filmed landing.......

Blue Punto

This is one of the best videos I've seen outta St Maarten
I too have it on my bucket list
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu91oZ2_Vag

sully2010

This recent one is ridiculously low, hes either showing off or made a balls of it. Or both.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Embraer/Embraer-190LR-(ERJ-190-100LR)/2585593/L/

Tenger

sully2010 wrote: »

This recent one is ridiculously low, hes either showing off or made a balls of it.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Embraer/Embraer-190LR-(ERJ-190-100LR)/2585593/L/

I think there's an element of optical illusion here, photographer lower down than the crowd in front?

sully2010

Tenger wrote: »

I think there's an element of optical illusion here, photographer lower down than the crowd in front?

There is a bit of that yes(not much) but hes still way low I think when you look at others. The barman at the beach was telling me some do like to show off on landing especially the privates, and some roll down the window when turning for takeoff and give a wave. Adds to the buzz of the place.

Marcusm

Xpro wrote: »

Im going to treat myself one day hopefully and visit the place:)

I'm heading there at the end of April for a week add on to a holiday in Antigua. THat beach is one of the attractions.

sully2010

Marcusm wrote: »

I'm heading there at the end of April for a week add on to a holiday in Antigua. THat beach is one of the attractions.

I'd recommend going over to Anguilla for a day or two, 20 minute boat ride. The beach at Cap Jaluca, Cove Bay and Rendevous bay are stunning. In fact all the beaches on Anguilla are stunning. Completely different island, a lot less populated and commercialised.

de biz

http://youtu.be/W4aTET2uwSc

A Dub in Glasgo

Tenger wrote: »

I think there's an element of optical illusion here, photographer lower down than the crowd in front?

http://youtu.be/r6gThx91A_4 :eek::eek:

lord lucan

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

http://youtu.be/r6gThx91A_4 :eek::eek:

Some of them nearly got a skidmark on the head as a souvenir, that was very low!!

sully2010

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

http://youtu.be/r6gThx91A_4 :eek::eek:

Thats a video of the photo I posted above, brilliant. That was very low, no optical illusion there!

Heres another, its almost a fence clipper...one of these days;)

A Dub in Glasgo

sully2010 wrote: »

Thats a video of the photo I posted above, brilliant. That was very low, no optical illusion there!

It certainly is, just a pity the person taking the video did not turn their phone sideways :mad:

pajoguy

I was here in 2009 on honeymoon as part of a cruise. Plenty cruise ships stop here on eastern carribbean trips.

Its some buzz. Planes normally take off towards the mountain. Made mistake of standing in the jet blast of an AA 737 and got sand blasted. The planes create a mini tsunami on the beach by pushing out the water and then it comes back in. Some peoples belongings get a good wash to say the least

My wife took these pics while i stood under the flight path. Some rush to get.

Tenger

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

http://youtu.be/r6gThx91A_4 :eek::eek:

I stand corrected indeed....thats was a bit tight.

Reminds me if the video from Waddington last summer