The shortest landstrip in Saba

Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, the Saba’s Ariport, is recognised as one of the most scenic airports (Travel Galleries, Privatefly 2017) and is known all over the world having the shortest commercial runway in the world, only 400m long. Jet aircraft are unable to land at Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, due to the runway length, but small propellor aircraft and helicopters can land there.

The airport’s risky reputation arises from the airport’s physical position: it is flanked on one side by high hills; and on the runway’s other side and both ends, cliffs drop into the sea. Due to the island’s vertical shape, this strip makes for one of the trickiest landings (and take offs) in the world. Simply seeing Saba from the air makes for one of the most fascinating sites in the world, too.

 Just a 20 minute ride from St. Maarten, Saba is worth a visit for the air experience alone.