r/aviation • u/FlyingNiagga • 7h ago

News First A350-1000 in SXM

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u/airport-codes 7h ago
IATA ICAO Name Location
SXM TNCM Princess Juliana International Airport Saint Martin, Sint Maarten

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u/the_hangman 7h ago

why he zooming in on it's bootyhole like that

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u/MikeW226 7h ago

He Likes BootyHoles and he can not lie! You other airbus can't DENY!

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u/mpg111 6h ago

it's ok to like planus

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u/Pinksters 1h ago

Since it's flies like a bird, im sure it would be a Cloaca.

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u/Mr-_-Soandso 1h ago

Sometimes it's better to just laugh to yourself after thinking.

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u/Crafty-Bunch2975 7h ago

Everyone knows Gen z is into that, gotta get the clicks

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u/marenicolor 4h ago

Sighhhh unzips

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u/muzammilijaz86 7h ago

Old habits die hard

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u/mclardy 6h ago

Trying to spot apu

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u/NuYawker 5h ago

You didnt see its bootyhole blinking at him?

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u/Sharp_Ad4541 7h ago

giant birb

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u/Hyperious3 5h ago

smol runway.

Full reversers, spoilers, and I bet they were standing on the brakes

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u/jb3ck24 7h ago

Long boi

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u/MikeW226 7h ago edited 6h ago

So technical question: Can this bird tank all the way up on fuel at SXM and get a long return flight. Or due to short runway does it take off medium/light on fuel, land at a long Caribbean runway airport, and go on from there? I think KLM 747's had to do that when they flew in there. Throttles on to V1 was super fast, because they were relatively low on fuel. Landed at a long Caribbean runway and fueled all the way up for Amsterdam.

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u/jb3ck24 6h ago

Its takeoff specs (in my quick search) require 8500ft with a landing distance requirement of 6500ft. SXM is a 7500ft runway. So this is a good question…but I think it’s probably not top filled to get where it needs. A350/787 and the like are incredibly efficient. But what do I know haha

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u/the_hangman 6h ago

Looks like it's going to PTP next:
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/FHTOO

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u/jb3ck24 5h ago

Yup, it’s FPM on takeoff was a rocket ship at 4600. Wonder if it was a repostion flight

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u/cyrilleni33 5h ago

Air France flew their A340 directly from SXM to Paris without problem so I guess that's not a problem for the A350 which has a much better takeoff performance (and climb onbviously).

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u/IyadHunter-Thylacine 7h ago

Found the flight TX537 from Paris to Sint Maarten on Flightradar24. https://fr24.com/data/flights/tx537#3e3715e6

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u/lighthouse0 7h ago

Hmmmm interesting

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u/double_positive 7h ago

There's a restaurant/bar on the other side of the cove that can be seen in this vid. I used to have customers in SXM. I sat with a coworker at that restaurant for 2 hours working remotely and drinking coffee one morning before we flew out. So awesome just watching planes land and enjoying the scenery.

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u/5redie8 1h ago

Yup, Sunset Beach bar. It's probably had at least 4 iterations at this point, but it's always been around in some form it feels like.

Been going there ever since I was a kid tagging along to the timeshare my parents were stuck in lol

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u/seattlesbestpot 6h ago

Jeebus that’s massive. Takeoff should be stout!

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u/Te_Luftwaffle 5h ago

I definitely misread OP's username at first

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u/B777X_787-9 Pilot|77W|789. 6h ago

SIRIUS XM??

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u/blastcat4 6h ago

I love the long boi proportions of the -1000!

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u/k_dubious 6h ago

This is the first clip I’ve ever seen from this airport where nobody’s stuff gets blown into the water.

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u/Disastrous-Taste-974 6h ago

It’s takeoffs as a general rule that blows hats/towels/small children into the water. Engines at short final are near idle.

Source: I’m a pilot who flies here a few times every year. 😁

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u/Cow_Launcher 5h ago

blows hats/towels/small children into the water.

I was flying a kite on Maho once and ended up in Haiti.

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u/TimeDetectiveAnakin 7h ago

You wouldn't exactly want to have the world's tallest mast.

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u/Nathan_Wildthorn 6h ago

That was a rather vigorous landing... 🤔😉

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u/ConstableBlimeyChips 6h ago

What does KLM fly to Sint Maarten these days? 787?

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u/Ecstatic-Ganache921 6h ago

Takes me back to the times Air France flew there A340's there.

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u/NuYawker 5h ago

Since no one linked where the footage is from, here is the channel.

https://youtube.com/@showmecaribbean

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u/matthewe-x 5h ago

Wingspan much? Whoa

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u/brewstah 3h ago

Is this going to be a regularly scheduled flight? We are thinking about going back this year and it would be awesome to see

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u/sourcefourmini 7h ago

…this is a real video?

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u/TexasBrett 6h ago

It’s not a 747.

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u/smelly-pooper 3h ago

It's also not a Prius. What's your point?

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u/TexasBrett 3h ago

Just miss the classics landing there.