Princess Juliana International
TNCM · TNCM · Philipsburg, · Netherlands Antilles County · map
Princess Juliana International is a public-use airport, 4 miles west of Philipsburg, , 14 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 7,546 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A-1).
Weather right now TNCM · observed 4:00 pm AST (20:00 UTC), 38 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (100°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 6 or more miles
- Sky: scattered clouds at 1,600 feet
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 77°F (25°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:25 pm AST (16:25 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm AST (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm AST (18:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 8 knots, scattered clouds at 1,800 feet
- 40% chance between Tue 2:00 pm AST (18:00 UTC) and 12:00 am AST (04:00 UTC): rain showers, a few clouds at 1,200 feet (thunderheads), a broken layer at 1,500 feet (towering cumulus) MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR TNCM 062000Z 10011KT 9999 FEW///CB SCT016 31/25 Q1012 NOSIG RMK CB SSW
TAF TNCM 061625Z 0618/0718 13008KT 9999 SCT018 PROB40 TEMPO 0618/0704 5000 SHRA FEW012CB BKN015TCU
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TNCM · ICAO TNCM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 1100-0100z utc-4
- Attended
- every day, 11:00 am to 0100z utc to 4
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A-1
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 7,546 × 148 ft | Asphalt and concrete | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 98 ft, 7,447 ft available for landing
- Runway 28: 7,447 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.65 | Juliana |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) · Tower | 118.7 | Juliana |
| Approach and departure | 128.95 | Juliana |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Juliana |
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Aircraft registered in Philipsburg from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Philipsburg, as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Foreign civil government. Landing fees and diplomatic clnc may be rqr.
- Prior permission required for parking unscheduled aircraft.
- UTC-4. Otr times 24 hour prior notice rqr.
- PAPI on right and left.
- Landing permsn subject to ramp limitations.
- Maximum ramp WT nte pcn values or limitations stated in Netherlands antiles aip.
- All jet aircraft landing runway 10 shall make right turn at first turning bay or make a left 180 turn at the end of the runway.
- All B767 jet aircraft and heavier landing runway 10 shall roll out to eor, use the turning bay and make turns to the right.
- Overflight of populated areas below 2,000 feet prohibited.
- Cargo flights ron and open after 1600 (UTC-4) proh.
- Overflight of beaches below 500 feet prohibited.
- Landing runway 28 at night prohibited, vmc by day.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.