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by sailvi767
Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:39 am
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: STT runway?
Replies: 25
Views: 5523

Sailvi767 - I flew in on a 767 last month (US Air out of CLT). The plane had just come back from a transatlantic - HUGE. We had a full plane. Quite an interesting landing in STT. Seemed to me that the pilot overshot the approach a bit and didn't get the wheels down until he'd eaten a football field...
by sailvi767
Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:55 am
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: STT runway?
Replies: 25
Views: 5523

Re: STT Runway

We flew out on Saturday. Delta flights were delayed. The JFK flight by about 3 hours and the 2:30 flight to Atlanta by about 2. They closed the last 1000 feet of runway, so the large planes could not make it with a full fuel tank. We were on the 4:30 to Atlanta and had to stop in San Juan to refuel...