Princess Juliana International Airport (also known as Saint Maarten International Airport) is the main airport on the Caribbean island of
Saint Martin, located on the Dutch side of the island in the country of
Sint Maarten. In 2007, the airport handled 1,647,824 passengers and 103,650 aircraft movements. The airport serves as a hub for
Windward Islands Airways and is the major gateway for the smaller
Leeward Islands, including
Anguilla,
Saba,
St. Barthélemy and
St. Eustatius. It is named after
Juliana of the Netherlands, who as
crown princess landed here in 1944, the year after the airport opened. There is also an airport on the French side of the island, called
Aéroport de Grand Case or L'Espérance Airport.