Planes in St. Maarten

I had one request for my 35th birthday: head to St. Maarten for a long weekend of plane spotting. If you love planes (& tropical locations), this is a bucket list trip! Here are some of my favorite shots from the long weekend.

From Sunset Bar on Maho Beach:

**Air France A340 – the largest plane that current flies into SXM**
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**this little Insel Air was the lowest landing we saw all day**
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**American 757 from CLT**
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**Delta 757 from JFK**
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**United 737 from EWR**
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**American A319 from PHL**
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**Delta 757 from ATL**
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From Sonesta Ocean Point Resort…

**Spirit A321 from FLL**
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**American 757 from JFK**
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**Air France A340 from CDG**
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**Air France A340 – kind of in love with this plane**
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**Air France A340**
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**American 737 from MIA**
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From our balcony at Sonesta Maho Beach Resort…

**Jet Blue A321 (Mint!) from JFK**
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**Jet Blue A321**
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**Sunwing charter carrying many happy Canadians**
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**KLM A330 from AMS – this route used to fly a 747, sad to have missed it!**
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On the runway…

**Air Transat A310 headed to YUL**
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**Jet Blue A321 headed to JFK**
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On Maho Beach…

**in case you were wondering if this is as fun as it looks**
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Comments

Jennifer says
April 22, 2017 at 4:30 pm
It looks like you could touch those planes!
Lena says
April 22, 2017 at 6:02 pm
No ways!!! These photos are just unreal.
I am not sure I could be at easy on that beach with all those planes flying so low right above me :)
- christina says
  April 23, 2017 at 4:32 pm
  It’s definitely not a sun bathing beach – the water has a steep drop off & there are too many crazy people like me running around looking at the planes :)
Tarah Vongbouthdy says
April 22, 2017 at 10:42 pm
We hung out at maho beach and watched the planes fly in and out and what a crazy experience! I swear we were so close to some of those planes! Great place to watch but gets busy!
- christina says
  April 23, 2017 at 4:31 pm
  It definitely gets busy! We visited on a day when there weren’t any cruise ships in port, which was definitely key to the beach not being packed.
Sarah says
April 23, 2017 at 12:11 pm
Those photos are both beautiful and hilarious — and kind of terrifying. But you look happy!
- christina says
  April 23, 2017 at 4:31 pm
  I was SO blissfully happy! It was an adrenaline filled experience, that’s for sure!
Eryn MacGillivray says
April 23, 2017 at 4:12 pm
Those are all such cool photos!!! So impressed right now haha!
- christina says
  April 23, 2017 at 4:30 pm
  It’s a great place!