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29th June 2013, 12:55 PM
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USA/Caribbean Trip Part 4: Winair SXM-SBH-SXM (Photos)
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Part 1: http://www.yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=9280 Part 2: http://www.yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=9283 Part 3: http://www.yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=9291 Here is Part 4 of my report. This will include my flights from SXM- SBH and return, as well as what I did whilst in St Barths. ST MAARTEN PRINCESS JULIANNA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT On our 3rd day in St Maarten we flew to St Barths for the day. We got to the airport at 8:30am for the 10am departure. Check-in was easy, we were given an arrival card for St Barths because it is an international flight! We then proceeded through security, grabbed something to eat and sat down at our gate. At 9:40am, Winair announced that boarding would soon commence. The departure time came and went and at 10:30am, employees from Winair walked around finding passengers travelling to St Barths. We were told that due to fires on St Barths the airport was closed and they would try to recommence flights at 12pm. So we had a look around the terminal. Sunwing Boeing 737-800 C-FTOH from Toronto  Sunwing Boeing 737-800 C-FLSW from Montreal  Finally staff announced that St Barths Airport had re-opened. Winair commenced boarding for the 11:20am service to St Barths, so we were just put on that flight. June 6, 2013 Winair WM619 (not sure what the flight number for the 11:20am service was) SXM-SBH PJ-WIJ DHC6 Seat 2A We caught a bus out to the aircraft. Today, PJ-WIJ would take us to St Barths. The Dash 6-300 Twin Otter is a 19 seater, it is quite small inside! I was really looking forward to the flight to St Barths. The flight was scheduled to take 15 minutes. Onboard, there were probably 10 people on-board  Cockpit   We taxied out to RWY10, Sunwing B738 C-FTOH took off before us  Maho Beach   Josh took a video of the takeoff and landing. Here it is… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM8MlFQvK4g Takeoff roll  And we’re up!  Got some beautiful views of St Maarten  En-route  St Barths  Diving into RWY10  Over the road 
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29th June 2013, 12:56 PM
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Down the hill!
 We stopped so quickly we made the first exit rather than using the whole runway and backtracking. Very impressive! The runway at St Barths is 650m long.  Taxiing to the terminal  WIS is here!  Parked at the gate. WIS is ready to go.  The airport terminal  WIJ  The flight only took 12 minutes!  ST BARTHELEMY GUSTAF III AIRPORT We walked to St Jean Beach first, which is at the end of RWY10 (start of RWY28). St Barth Commuter Britten-Norman BN-2B-20 Islander F-OIJS  WIJ taking off on RWY10 after a 5 minute turnaround  Back to SXM  St Jean Beach  Trans Anguilla Airways Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander VP-AAA  Air Antilles Express De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter F-OHJG  St Barth Commuter Cessna Grand Caravan F-OSBH 
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29th June 2013, 12:57 PM
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St Barth Commuter Cessna Grand Caravan F-OSBM
 RWY10/28  We then walked up the hill; you get a great view from up there!   F-OIJS diving into RWY10   F-OSBM diving into RWY10   Awesome view!  Air Antilles Express Cessna Grand Caravan F-OIXJ lining up  WIS is back    We then went back to the beach. St Barths sure is an awesome place! WIS going back to SXM  F-OSBH backtracking RWY10 
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29th June 2013, 12:58 PM
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WIJ back in St Barths
 WIJ departing  Two Twin Otters leaving  We then went to the terminal and checked in for the flight back to St Maarten. We had to fill in an arrival card for St Maarten again. After that we went back up the hill. Busy afternoon!  F-OSBM departing  After that we went into the terminal, no security screening. They have a security officer at the door to the departures lounge and they check your passport. The very modern terminal at St Barths  WIS arrives to take us back to SXM  As soon as the plane arrived and the passengers disembarked, we were on our way out! June 6, 2013 Winair WM682 SBH-SXM PJ-WIS DHC6 Seat 2C Walking out to WIS  Interior  Onboard in Seat 2C, the plane was about half-full  Josh took a video of the takeoff and landing again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfZd5wLoIEM Taxiing out to RWY10  Lining up on RWY10  Over St Jean   En-route 
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29th June 2013, 12:59 PM
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Nice view
 St Maarten   Freedom of the Seas leaving St Maarten    Joining downwind  SXM!  Turning base  Great view!  Turning finals  On finals for RWY10  Over a very quiet Maho Beach  Back in SXM, the return flight was only 9 minutes! Pretty short international flight!  WIJ, WII and WIL! 
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29th June 2013, 01:00 PM
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Cockpit
 Interior  WIS   We got a bus back to the terminal. We passed Insel Air MD-83 PJ-MDF on our way.  The terminal  We walked to the Sunset Bar and Grill for some dinner and then back to the hotel. St Barths was fantastic, beautiful island and the airport is awesome. Really want to go back!!! The flights were great too. Even though it was 12 mins there and 9 back they were great. I was looking forward to flying Winair to Saba a couple of days later. That will be part 5 of the report, I will try to do that tomorrow. Thanks for reading! Brandon
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29th June 2013, 01:33 PM
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Out of curiosity, how much was the fare between the two islands? This is a great trip report by the way Brandon! Keep up the good work...I find myself looking forward to the next episode!
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