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Gustaf iii airport st.
bart
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4:Gstaf III
Airport (St. Bart)
Gustaf III Airport also known as Saint Barthélemy Airport
is a public use airport located in the village of St. Jean on
the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy. Both the airport
and the island's main town of Gustavia are named for King Gustav
III of Sweden, under whom Sweden obtained the island from France
in 1785 (it was sold back to France in 1878). The airport is
served by small regional commercial aircraft and charters. Most
visiting aircraft carry fewer than twenty passengers, such as
the Twin Otter, a common sight around Saint Barth and throughout
the northern West Indies. The short airstrip is at the base
of a gentle slope ending directly on the beach. The arrival
descent is extremely steep over the hilltop traffic circle and
departing planes fly right over the heads of sunbathers (although
small signs advise sunbathers not to lie directly at the end
of the runway).
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