<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">Facilities Princess Juliana International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Runway</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport has a single runway numbered 10/28, measuring 7,546 ft x 148 ft (2,300 m x 45 m). It was renumbered from 09/27 in late 2008.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Pilots guided by GPS take a more efficient approach than those operating under VFR. Local airport rules prohibit aircraft from flying lower than 500 feet (150 m)</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Apron</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">The main apron measures 72,500 square metres (780,000 sq ft) with another 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft) on Eastern apron. For freight handling a dedicated apron of 7,000 square metres (75,000 sq ft) is available.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Terminal</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">Designed to handle some 2.5 million passengers annually, the new four-story terminal building offered (at least until the arrival of Hurricane Irma) 30,500 square metres (328,000 sq ft) of floor space and was fully air-conditioned.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>General aviation</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">To accommodate the growing international and local traffic of private aircraft, PJIA has a fixed-base operator building, offering office space and private lounges with dedicated customs.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Tower</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">Since official opening of the new control tower, PJIA air traffic controllers have two radar systems at their disposal with ranges of 50 nautical miles (93 km) and 250 nautical miles (460 km). PJIA controllers manage 4,000 square NM of airspace known as the Juliana TCA around the airport, roughly between 25 nautical miles (46 km) and 42 nautical miles (78 km) of the St Maarten VOR-DME.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Navigation</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">PJIA is equipped with VOR/DME and NDB. The airport's official operating hours are 07:00&ndash;21:00.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Princess Juliana International Airport is the main international airport serving the country of Sint Maarten, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. The country is located on the island of Saint Martin, which is home to the Dutch-speaking country of Sint Maarten and the French-speaking, French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin.</p>
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