Talk:Maho Beach

Hearing damage?

Many photos show planes passing right over people lying and walking on the beach - surely there must be reports of hearing damage caused by this proximity, never mind the jet blast. 70.72.211.35 (talk) 18:07, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Details of low-altitude

There is a lot of nonsense on the web about the airplanes that fly low over the beach and the road. Yes, there are low flying aircraft. An example from the article: "Arriving aircraft must touch down as close as possible to the beginning of Runway 10 due to the short runway length of 2,300 metres (7,500 ft),[1] resulting in aircraft on their final approach flying over the beach at minimal altitude."

No, there is no requirement that "aircraft must touch down as close as possible to the beginning of Runway 10". The runway is a bit short, but not unusually or extremely so. The touchdown point is about 1200 ft from the runway threshold, which is pretty much the same distance you'd find on a 15000-foot runway. What's notable here is that there is an open public space that's so close to the runway. The only unusually short distance is the distance from a public road and beach to the threshold of an active runway, not the runway's length.

Also, there are wild claims about how low the planes are, even ridiculous claims that they are only 20 feet above the beach. In reality, on a normal approach to Runway 10, the planes will be about 95 feet above the shoreline when they cross. As the plane decends, at about a three-degree glide slope, the land beneath rises from sea level at the shore to maybe about 8 feet at the fence. The planes are typically no lower than 90 feet above ground level when they cross the fence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.68.134.1 (talk) 14:05, 9 September 2015 (UTC)