Spectacular landings at St Barts crazy airport - most challenging airport worldwide?

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From airport St. Maarten for a day plane spotting to the famous Airport St. Barts, Gustaf III (SBH) on the Caribbean Island of Saint Barthelemy, for amazing shots of airplane approaches and landings in gusty crosswinds.
Both are among the most dangerous airports in the world. Saint Martin Airport Princess Juliana (SXM) is No. 4 and St. Barth (SBH) is No. 3 and both have spectacular things to offer.
Main Sections:
00:00 Approach and Landing at the hill with roundabout and steep downhill
02:38 Low landing over car traffic
04:06 Close up view Winair Twin Otter with take-off
07:38 Steep landing St. Barth Commuter Twin Otter and tak-off
08:33 Airport runway view from the beach
09:02 ! Change to strong and gusty wind conditions !
12:10 Great landings in the evening sun
St. Barth airport places high demands on the pilots and that's because: the approach takes place over a hill with a lot of car traffic, then a steep descent to the runway RWY 28 with only 646 meters and this ends just before the sea.
On the hill, the planes fly just a few meters above the car traffic and the descent is often complicated by gusty crosswinds.
Most aircraft arrive from St. Maarten with airlines from St. Barth Commuter, WINAIR and Tradewind Aviation - flying 10 minutes and fly De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, WINAIR Twin Otter and Pilatus PC-12/45 aircraft.
Airport name of the French island of Saint-Barthélemy in the Caribbean until October 2015:
Gustaf III Airport or Saint Barthélemy Airport or St. Jean Airport.
New name from October 2015 on:
Aéroport Rémy de Haenen (IATA code SBH, ICAO code TFFJ, officially Aéroport
de Saint-Barthélemy-Rémy de Haenen.
Please check out the short video, Top 5 extreme landings at St. Barth Airport, too:
• Top 5 extreme landings...
and the new short from spectacular Twin Otter landing
• Challenge St Barts Air...
Thanks for watching and if you liked the video, I would be very happy about a like, a comment and especially a subscription to my HvdH-Plane-Spotter channel.
If you are interested, here a link to my 3 specific RU-vid channels, with the most successful videos in each case:
HvdH-plane-spotter:
With the listing of my most successful storm and SXM St. Maarten aircraft videos.
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@bingo7799 Год назад

Can't beat it. A flight with a nice swim at the end.

@user-ej9jq2zf1y 3 месяца назад

It is obvious observing the pilots that are ultra familiar with flying into St. Barts!

@HvdH-Plane 3 месяца назад

Yes, that's right

@Deputy-Seraph Год назад

I am fascinated with planes. As long as I'm not in one. 😳

@swarmeddan1836 Год назад

What's wrong with being in one?

@philhand5830 Год назад

@@swarmeddan1836 heh heh!!

@kermitefrog64 Год назад

I have flown into the St. Croix Airport and that was tight but this is insane 😳.

@resonatingstoriesgo8870 Год назад

I will tell you now, if I saw this live while I’ was driving, I definitely would panic and crash my car thinking it was coming at me!

@PS_testing321... 5 месяцев назад

I have gone there twice. The first time I almost had a heart attack, I did not know. The second time I had more faith. Go on Win, they are the best!

@HvdH-Plane 4 месяца назад

Yes, it is a special, unique place to experience something special

@sammyday3341 Год назад

The pilot(s) of the second plane made a beautiful landing.

@etiennecfourie777 Год назад

Fantastic flying on display here thank you! Would be cool to hear radio comms?

@rodrigopinchiari4027 Год назад

Amazing!

@dennisbrown3274 Год назад

These pilots are good 👍

@philippepetit2316 Год назад

Bravo les pilotes ! Courageux les passagers Bravo !

@patricecerasoli6944 9 месяцев назад

Le second one is perfect !

@E-R-B Год назад

Crazy 😮

@Badhands55 Год назад

Reminds me of landing in zihuatanejo back in the 70’s

@rideshareog Год назад

These same planes land at Lukla.. ..brah, that looks FUN!

@johnhalter8317 Год назад

Guy landing on his nose wheel looked crazy.

@swede5209 Год назад

The good ones make it look easy

@michaeljohn8905 Год назад

Man these guys/gals are good !!

@HuckThis1971 Год назад

Gotta love those DeHavilland aircraft. Land nose down.

@DanielWSonntag 4 месяца назад

St barths is a beautiful place to stay ❤

@HvdH-Plane 4 месяца назад

Yes, You're absolutely right and the airport is unique

@Sweetencourager21 Месяц назад

I can see why large planes can’t land there. That’s one tricky runway.🇨🇦

@johndormer9297 9 месяцев назад

Amazing stick and rudder skills. All potential Naval Aviators!👍🏴‍☠️

@ssnoc Год назад

Now that’s nose down flying

@claudiocosta8147 Год назад

Apesar de perigoso o pouso dos aviões é um lugar muito bonito com uma vista maravilhosa

@leokimvideo 9 месяцев назад

Basically aim aircraft nose down for the piano keys and start to pray 😱

@hb1338 9 месяцев назад

Slowing down helps a lot. Really good pilots get the stall horn immediately after the wheels touch.

@Lungoose 4 месяца назад

Pray there is no fackin spoidars

@orlandocraigg2194 9 месяцев назад

great photography skills

@HvdH-Plane 8 месяцев назад

thank you so much

@hb1338 9 месяцев назад

I have flown both approaches to this airport. Even though it involves a sharp and late turn, the approach to runway 28 is so very much easier, but apparently the hotels around the bay complained to the local council about the amount of aircraft noise, so runway 28 is available only in emergencies. BTW, you need to change the header text - the silly approach is to runway 10, not 28.

@samquinn6427 Год назад

Better than any ride at Disney World. Cheaper too.

@doctauglyd9861 Год назад

That grass super green

@vanallen9453 Год назад

...thanks for sharing..all this very tense and breath-taking.. fun..

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Thank you for this comment.

@Chris-yo3cl Год назад

This is most definitely a forward slip runway!

@thewretched0916 Год назад

How many have gone into the water?

@kasandraverett6220 4 месяца назад

Wow

@HvdH-Plane 3 месяца назад

Thank you

@josephvillari7509 Год назад

I flew into this airport it was one hell of a ride

@donizetesilva1088 Год назад

Donizete Braganca pt SP Brasil

@windworldone Год назад

Nice video I am interested to visit this airport

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Thank you so much

@popgoose7352 Год назад

great video

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Thank you

@ArkhamKratos Год назад

1:49 Almost looks like The Grass is Underwater!

@GEORGIABOY23 Год назад

Thank you

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Thank you for watching

@jesuschrist-alphaomega Год назад

Holy crap. I wanna try that approach. 🤔

@mrsolotraveler8808 Год назад

Great video

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Thanks and I'm glad you like the video

@radusodehnal8623 Год назад

Pěkně blbá přistávací riskantní dráha.

@timcvetic5054 Год назад

The aeroplane landing at 9:26 has a collapsed right main gear?

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

I was thinking the same.

@philhand5830 Год назад

At 0:26, it looks like he's going to land on the grass!

@juniorlatrel Год назад

Em que país fica ? Que lugar e este , tenho que conhecer está praia ! E o aeroporto é claro

@bernardanderson3758 Год назад

This is what I call the Dive ,,, Dip and Flare approach to landing or go around

@hb1338 9 месяцев назад

Go-round is virtually impossible once you are past the top of the hill.

@elliotgillum Год назад

So a nose dive approach over a busy intersection. Awesome.

@Chuck44442 Год назад

I remember taking off from St Thomas. From the moment we ' taxi'd ' we were hauling- butt. I swear, when he turned around..the plane was doing - a - wheeli..on one - wheel !!....and..I could of reached- out AND touched the top of the mountain!!

@goodymob9638 Год назад

That's not a runway, it's a street with lines painted on it. 🤣🤣🤣

@user-jx5og8jp5i Год назад

👏👍

@stevec6455 5 месяцев назад

Nice landing by those Twin Otters.

@HvdH-Plane 4 месяца назад

Yes it is like unique

@bernardanderson3758 Год назад

I’m game to flying into this airport myself in a 208 Caravan

@leigh6113 Год назад

Nice video, good variety of planes, do you see many go arounds on runway 10? Lots of the planes aren't touching down till half way, seems a little risky for runway excursions for my liking

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Thank your very much. I didńt see and go around.

@Jushwa Год назад

It’s cake for the dual engine planes with adjustable prop pitch on both engines plus brakes , they only need half the runway to take off and stop, but the single engine planes seem to have a more challenging time.

@jonasbaine3538 Год назад

I would hate to go around in a single engine fighting those winds and rising terrain. Transition from landing config to takeoff/go around quickly is a skill

@hb1338 9 месяцев назад

All the kamikaze manoeuvring is done after the point where the go-round decision is made. You have to commit, aim at the numbers, get the speed down to stall + a very few, then avoid ground effect as you flare. You do not land at St Barts without a 'ticket', which involves flying a number of approaches in the company of a local instructor - by the time he finished his work, I was actually enjoying the adventure.

@flymachine Год назад

When God made the Twotter He made this approach for her. It also shows just how amazing the PC12 really is, my favourite aircraft of all time.

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Many thanks for your comment

@knarf_on_a_bike Год назад

Perhaps the greatest aircraft ever! Made right here in Toronto, about 10km from my home. How can't you love the Twin Otter?

@patrickferre4867 Год назад

The Twin Otter is an elevator Built by Westinghouse !

@randybaumery5090 Год назад

I jumped from Twin Otters and it was fun..

@As4vo 4 месяца назад

God?

@kskraus2262 Год назад

I’ve landed in St. Barts. You drop quickly and land at the beach, sunbathers right at the runway! Lol

@dominiqueroudier9401 Год назад

Hello mate. You must visit SABA Island. Runway 396 méters . Cliffs on both sides👍

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

May be next time. Will be Interesting to visit the shortest Runway

@martins.7060 Год назад

Actually cliffs on one side,steep drop into the ocean on the other

@hb1338 9 месяцев назад

Saba is easy, so long as your plane can manage the short runway. Easy approach with the runway always in sight, very little crosswind (unlike St Barths) and a well maintained surface.

@strudwickdroneservice Год назад

That airspeed and altitude on short final has to be spot on at idle (pitch controlled).

@philhand5830 Год назад

True that!!!

@hb1338 9 месяцев назад

All the difficulty comes some time *after* the go-round decision point. The greatest difficulty is avoiding getting into ground effect.

@CarlosRodriguez-hw3nt Год назад

Glad the Aztec guy got it right this year.

@johnprendergast1338 Год назад

They should try the Walkers Cay Air Drome in the Bahamas for a thrill ..

@juanmontoya6622 Год назад

Captain: "Please fasten your seat belts, and enjoy Kingda Ka @ St. Bart."

@mickzammit6794 Год назад

Definitely not the worst. I've landed on a few grass airstrips here in Australia with the same mad angles and degree of difficulty.

@williametanner412 8 месяцев назад

Those Twin Otters are simply badass aircraft.

@HvdH-Plane 8 месяцев назад

Yes, they are

@HvdH-Plane 4 месяца назад

That's right, you can also see it in my new short video:ru-vid.comAPevUmq11r8

@smug_cat1 4 месяца назад

Second one was a pro I would bet he has quza few hours

@AhmadDanHamidu Год назад

That Twotter looked like it was gonna do a wheelbarrow-style landing (touchdown in nosewheel before mainwheels). That's gotta be a sign of excess lift-generation by the "blown flaps" wings in landing config.

@elhinchade Год назад

buenardo

@AI-censorship-in-progress 9 месяцев назад

Local administration should lower that hill in about 15 meters. Safety first.

@stewarthill5878 9 месяцев назад

Why don’t the planes land from the water side?

@tomdick693 Год назад

i flew a cessna caravan in there once....it was fun, not really a big deal

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Thank you for your comment and I can imagine that it was a great experience to land at this unique airport. If the weather conditions are good, I think it's definitely not a problem, but if the weather and wind conditions are bad it can be a challenge.

@Sphere723 4 месяца назад

Never seen a airport where the glide slope needs to be mowed.

@HvdH-Plane 3 месяца назад

Yes, this airport is special and unique

@clouddancerticino7006 Год назад

Sagenhaft schön , dass ist Musik in meinen Ohren ! Weiter so 😍

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Danke mache ich und das freut mich, dass dir das Video gefällt.

@jay-rus4437 9 месяцев назад

Nice….if Im not mistaken, there was a couple PC-12 in there, and a slew of twin otters, and an Islander. And I think Cessna Caravans. At first thought they were a Kodiak, bit it was too long for that.

@HvdH-Plane 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for your comment and the details about the planes.

@timstewart4657 Год назад

Catalina island in California is a good challenge

@martins.7060 Год назад

If you think that's crazy, check out the near by island of Saba, The shortest commercial runway in the world.

@philippedefontenoy6876 9 месяцев назад

Ile réservée aux j......fs..........?

@hb1338 9 месяцев назад

Saba is very easy, so long as your aircraft has a short enough landing roll.

@kokomokid4006 Год назад

Made a couple lifts into Vung Tau in a C 130 Hercules back in 1972...i know how they feel...it realy gets fun when they have to abort & go around again & again

@brbob4934 4 месяца назад

...when you wish you had a 75 degree flap setting.

@arnoldanderson1501 Год назад

Which major airport do these aircraft fly from to get here? These pilots have huge cajones!

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Most comming from St. Marten. More details are in the Description

@teymourbayat8266 Год назад

The commercial flights come from Sint Maarten, Saint Martin, Guadeloupe, Porto Rico. On the way from (or to) Sint Maarten they sometimes stop in Anguilla or Saba.

@robertopaula9515 Год назад

Já paguei muita pista ruim mas essa daí tem que ser artista pra fazer um bom pouso. Kkkkkkkkkk

@geomission Год назад

This is the only other airplane footage fitting for "highway to the danger zone"

@darth_patzer 6 месяцев назад

Bonjour, il y a un paquet de terrains qui revendiquent la place d'aéroport le plus difficile au monde. Tout dépend d'abord quels terrains on considère et ce que veut dire "aéroport", les définitions sont assez floues. Des terrains plus difficiles que St Barth sont évidemment légion et la plupart des avions qui se posent à St Barth ne s'y poseraient jamais

@Tdiarocks123 6 месяцев назад

here from RHONY Legacy

@Davi3038849844 Год назад

13:19 bang on the centerline

@ediandwendybenci378 Год назад

Wow, pj-wiu at time index 4.37 What a dangerous toff, completely lost centre line.

@bonnetpascal763 Год назад

Yes i did it years ago, was crazy😅

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

I belive it.

@blimpcommander1337 Год назад

When was the video of the Piper Archer N5352F made? Noticed in made a forced landing in the ocean July 4, 2020

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

December 2018

@tylerdurden6335 Год назад

Reagan always scared the crap out of me as a passenger. Looking into the Kennedy Ctr lights on a bad weather night after flying in between the hotels. Beat taking the train though.

@stefanbaumann4853 Год назад

Not a single Go Around…….would like to see

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Have a Look to this video, it has a lot of go arounds ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x5e7bos0OQc.html

@phauser90 Год назад

Darf ich fragen, wann das Video aufgenommen wurde? (mich interessiert insbesondere ob beim Eden Roc Hotel zur Zeit eine Baustelle im Gange ist ;) )?

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Dezember 2018

@johnlukasik8045 Год назад

I didn't see any Boeing 747's or Air Buses landing or taking off at this air port ? L M A O 😂😂😂 EITHER YOU TAKE AIR, OR YOU TAKE A BATH AT THIS AIR PORT !

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Might be. The four-engine de Havilland Canada DHC-7 is the largest passenger aircraft allowed to land at the airport.

@MAGApepe 10 месяцев назад

i would take the tailwind and land the other way lol

@AndreiTupolev Год назад

Is the runway one way only? Is the wind always in that direction? Would takeoffs in the other direction be possible if necessary?

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Comment from Chris today: This is most definitely a forward slip runway

@teymourbayat8266 Год назад

Take off is only one way (facing the sea), landing is both ways, depending on the wind.

@philhand5830 Год назад

Another puckering airfield is on Terciera Island in the Azores in the east Atlantic Ocean (900 miles east of Lisbon Portugal) with ocean at BOTH ends!!! Landed there several times in the military troop transport and civilian contract passenger jets... unforgettable....

@hb1338 9 месяцев назад

950 miles *west* of Lisbon ! (950 miles east puts you in Sardinia). At least the runway at Terceira is 2 miles long, so there is a fighting chance of stopping the aircraft if you land a bit long.

@jamie514 9 месяцев назад

Imagine being the pilots of TS236 landing their A330 at Lajes in 2001 after dual engine flameout due to fuel starvation knowing its literally their only shot!

@wafikiri_ Год назад

Once, I had to land on a much shorter runway than this, because of very strong lateral winds across the main runway. The runway I landed on with a Beechcraft Bonanza was 100 m long: its construction had begun but then funds were cut off. It had a three m. high step that I should avoid hitting with the landing gear. Middle in the runway run, it crossed the main runway, so I had to land in 50 m. and then turn into the main. Which I did, but overshoot onto grass-covered land by the main runway. It was on my first solo flight in that aircraft.

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Interesting.

@barrettwbenton Год назад

@@HvdH-Plane To say the least!

@sonquatsch8585 Год назад

@@barrettwbenton he said interesting, not "i believe you"

@dlfabrications Год назад

Lukla Airport😁

@Guido_Sarducci007 9 месяцев назад

Rotate... more throttle!...more throttle!....splat.

@poker8193 Год назад

It’s a hard spot to land I fly here all the time. On flight sim

@pleappleappleap Год назад

Isn't there a more difficult approach than this in the Himalayas somewhere?

@HvdH-Plane Год назад

Yes, in Lukla you can't go around there and that's the most dangerous in the world

@patrickferre4867 Год назад

Rock Roll landing, today. It used to be worse a few years back. A shorter runway and a cliff much higher ( called La Tourmente ). A steeper slope, 120 kts approach speed. Retarding power a few seconds and adding max power before touching, would help for a kiss landing. Soft and easy. With a Trislander ( no reverse capability ) with a full load. Many Happy landings while I flew for Air St. Barth in the early 90's. Should I talk about single engine night flights in Gabon, for dramatic medical evacuations, landing on improbable stripes, with trucks on both sides to identify where to Land. Holly Smoke ! I have loved that job. Flying is my second nature. Bless U all. Aviation is a real man's job !

@bernardanderson3758 Год назад

This is either land !!! Air or Sea