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Princess Juliana International Airport

ICAO TNCM18.0410°N 63.1089°W4 m / 13 ftLarge airport
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Princess Juliana International Airport (IATA: SXM, ICAO: TNCM) is a large airport in Sint Maarten. It opened in 1943. It has one runway, 2,300 m (7,546 ft) long, asphalt. In 2018 it handled 793 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1943–1970
1943
OpenedPrincess Juliana International Airport opens.
02 MAY 1970
DisasterALM Flight 980.23 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Princess Juliana International AirportGeneral AviationSignature Aviation
10/28096° / 276° · LIT
LENGTH2,300 m7,546 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2005–2018
1.7M
1.6M
1.7M
1.7M
1.6M
1.6M
1.6M
1.7M
1.7M
1.8M
793K
0506070809101112131418

Routes

30 destinations · 21 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 mi4,000 miSBH · St. Jean Airport · 32 km / 20 miSAB · Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport · 46 km / 29 miEUX · F. D. Roosevelt Airport · 62 km / 39 miSKB · Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport · 91 km / 57 miNEV · Vance W. Amory International Airport · 108 km / 67 miEIS · Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport · 158 km / 98 miMNI · John A. Osborne Airport · 170 km / 106 miANU · V. C. Bird International Airport · 172 km / 107 miDOM · Douglas-Charles Airport · 338 km / 210 miSLU · George F. L. Charles Airport · 501 km / 311 miSVD · Argyle International Airport · 582 km / 362 miSDQ · Las Américas International Airport · 694 km / 431 miJBQ · La Isabela International Airport · 728 km / 452 miPOS · Piarco International Airport · 850 km / 528 miBON · Flamingo International Airport · 859 km / 534 miCUR · Hato International Airport · 904 km / 562 miAUA · Queen Beatrix International Airport · 963 km / 598 miGEO · Cheddi Jagan International Airport · 1,387 km / 862 miFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 1,968 km / 1,223 miPTY · Tocumen International Airport · 2,020 km / 1,255 miJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 2,712 km / 1,685 miBOS · Boston Logan International Airport · 2,806 km / 1,744 miYUL · Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · 3,205 km / 1,991 miYYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport · 3,244 km / 2,016 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 6,739 km / 4,187 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 6,933 km / 4,308 miPTP · Maryse Condé International Airport · 259 km / 161 miEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 2,732 km / 1,698 miSJU · Luis Munoz Marin International Airport · 309 km / 192 miMIA · Miami International Airport · 1,968 km / 1,223 miAMSCDGYYZBOSPTYFLLGEOAUAPOSJBQSLUYULJFKDOMSJUANUBONSVDEISCURPTPNEVSBHSXM
Year-round26
SBHSt. Jean AirportSt. Barthélemy · Winair32 km20 miSABJuancho E. Yrausquin AirportCaribbean Netherlands · Winair46 km29 miEUXF. D. Roosevelt AirportCaribbean Netherlands · Winair62 km39 miSKBRobert L. Bradshaw International AirportSt. Kitts & Nevis · Winair91 km57 miNEVVance W. Amory International AirportSt. Kitts & Nevis · Winair108 km67 miEISTerrance B. Lettsome International AirportBritish Virgin Islands · Winair158 km98 miMNIJohn A. Osborne AirportMontserrat · Winair170 km106 miANUV. C. Bird International AirportAntigua & Barbuda · Winair, Liat Air172 km107 miDOMDouglas-Charles AirportDominica · Winair338 km210 miSLUGeorge F. L. Charles AirportSt. Lucia · Winair501 km311 miSVDArgyle International AirportSt. Vincent & Grenadines · Winair582 km362 miSDQLas Américas International AirportDominican Republic · Arajet694 km431 miJBQLa Isabela International AirportDominican Republic · Air Century728 km452 miPOSPiarco International AirportTrinidad & Tobago · Winair, KLM850 km528 miBONFlamingo International AirportCaribbean Netherlands · Winair859 km534 miCURHato International AirportCuraçao · Winair, Z Air904 km562 miAUAQueen Beatrix International AirportAruba · Winair963 km598 miGEOCheddi Jagan International AirportGuyana · KLM1,387 km862 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways1,968 km1,223 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines2,020 km1,255 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways2,712 km1,685 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways2,806 km1,744 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · WestJet3,205 km1,991 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada3,244 km2,016 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France6,739 km4,187 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM6,933 km4,308 mi
Most destinationsWinair 15KLM 3JetBlue Airways 3WestJet 2Air Canada 2Air France 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SXM. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Princess Juliana International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers793K (2018)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#916of 3,974 · #221 North AmericaLongest runway2,300 m7,546 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,041of 29,823 · =651 North AmericaElevation4 m13 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,021of 43,341 · =18,964 North AmericaAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =1,078 North AmericaRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
APPJULIANA APP128.950
TWRJULIANA TWR118.700