With its airstrip starting mere meters from the ocean, Princess Juliana has people gnawing their fingernails in the air and on the ground.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Planes landing on St. Maarten fly so low they risk intercepting volleyballs on the beach
- Snowy Courchevel's runway was featured in a Bond film
- Malé Airport, in the Maldives, is only six feet above sea level
- JFK suddenly seems so much less exciting
Arriving at an air terminal is rarely a memorable event.
All the more reason to book a flight touching down at one of these hairy or awesome air strips.
Princess Juliana International Airport, St. Maarten, Caribbean
Vacationers flock to the Caribbean for a laid-back vacation.
But arriving at the region's airports can have the opposite effect -- the compact, rugged nature of many of the islands forces runways to be built in inventive locations.
Perhaps everything feels all the more serene after landing.
On St. Maarten, Princess Juliana Airport -- named after Dutch royalty -- has people gnawing their fingernails in the air and on the ground whenever a plane lands.
The runway starts mere meters from the edge of the ocean, with aircraft coming in almost low enough over the beach to spike a volleyball set.
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