Airport departure fees/taxes?Phl->St.Maarten(SXM)->St.Kitts(SKB)->Nevis(NEV)

Landing in St. Maarten (SXM), 2 hour lay-over, then on to St. Kitts
(SKB) wait 10 minutes then take off for Nevis (NEV).

What kind of cash do I have to fork out at these airports (both
directions)? I'm anticipating stuff like some sort of arrival or
departure tax, airport improvement fees, etc.

What's Windward Air like? I notice I'm on a Dehavilland twin otter
from SXM to NEV. Is that a noisy ride? Should I bring ear plugs?

Re: cash type...American dollars are accepted at all your stops

In article <401850A4.1B40B065@Me.com>, Just Me <Just@Me.com> wrote:

> Landing in St. Maarten (SXM), 2 hour lay-over, then on to St. Kitts
> (SKB) wait 10 minutes then take off for Nevis (NEV).
>
> What kind of cash do I have to fork out at these airports (both
> directions)? I'm anticipating stuff like some sort of arrival or
> departure tax, airport improvement fees, etc.

Both ways, except for a departure fee from NEV, no fees- especially if
you go through the "Transients" door in SXM into the departure area.

> What's Windward Air like? I notice I'm on a Dehavilland twin otter
> from SXM to NEV. Is that a noisy ride? Should I bring ear plugs?

"Twotters" are a bit noisy and cramped (carry-on in your lap) but the
trips are short. Winair is like a flying bus: it lands, people get off,
people get on and away it goes.

Enjoy.

--
Paul Sperry
Columbia, SC (USA)

It's 20USD to leave SXM.

--
RotterdamStudents
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(Horatius, "Oden" 4,12,28)


"Just Me" <Just@Me.com> schreef in bericht news:401850A4.1B40B065@Me.com...
>
> Landing in St. Maarten (SXM), 2 hour lay-over, then on to St. Kitts
> (SKB) wait 10 minutes then take off for Nevis (NEV).
>
> What kind of cash do I have to fork out at these airports (both
> directions)? I'm anticipating stuff like some sort of arrival or
> departure tax, airport improvement fees, etc.
>
> What's Windward Air like? I notice I'm on a Dehavilland twin otter
> from SXM to NEV. Is that a noisy ride? Should I bring ear plugs?

Just Me <Just@Me.com> wrote:

>Landing in St. Maarten (SXM), 2 hour lay-over, then on to St. Kitts
>(SKB) wait 10 minutes then take off for Nevis (NEV).
>
>What kind of cash do I have to fork out at these airports (both
>directions)? I'm anticipating stuff like some sort of arrival or
>departure tax, airport improvement fees, etc.

Don't know about SXM, but some islands don't charge
departure tax if you're there less than 24 hrs.

>What's Windward Air like? I notice I'm on a Dehavilland twin otter
>from SXM to NEV. Is that a noisy ride? Should I bring ear plugs?

That's a bit of a hike. It's not so bad, but it's not
luxury either.
--
Ken Tough

"Ken Tough" <ken@objectech.co.uk> wrote in message
news:XQ+24oBYbKHAFwAV@objectech.co.uk...
>
> I enjoyed our otter flight from SXM to Statia. We were sat right
> behind the (open) cockpit, and the only eyebrow-raiser was during
> the landing when some instrument started to speak: "500...300..
> 100...TOO LOW!!! FLAPS!!! TOO LOW!!! FLAPS!!!"

Many years ago I was on a Minerve charter from NYC to PTP by way of FDF.

I was seated near the front and a technician came aboard at FDF and replaced
the cockpit audio warning system. Then he put it through its paces (in its
female voice): "FIRE left engine", "FIRE right engine", "PULL UP, PULL UP",
and so forth. Interestingly, Minerve is/was a French outfit and the pilots
doubtless mainly spoke French, but their MD-8X airplane spoke to them in
English.

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"R J Carpenter" <rcarpen@erols.com> wrote:

>
>"Ken Tough" <ken@objectech.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:XQ+24oBYbKHAFwAV@objectech.co.uk...
>>
>> I enjoyed our otter flight from SXM to Statia. We were sat right
>> behind the (open) cockpit, and the only eyebrow-raiser was during
>> the landing when some instrument started to speak: "500...300..
>> 100...TOO LOW!!! FLAPS!!! TOO LOW!!! FLAPS!!!"
>
>Many years ago I was on a Minerve charter from NYC to PTP by way of FDF.
>
>I was seated near the front and a technician came aboard at FDF and replaced
>the cockpit audio warning system. Then he put it through its paces (in its
>female voice): "FIRE left engine", "FIRE right engine", "PULL UP, PULL UP",
>and so forth. Interestingly, Minerve is/was a French outfit and the pilots
>doubtless mainly spoke French, but their MD-8X airplane spoke to them in
>English.
>
The de facto language for airplanes/airspace/air traffic is English.
Regardless of what language the pilots or folks on the ground speak.

My daughter who was in the AF flying in the Orient said the air
traffic controllers in Korea and Japan were saying either right and
reft or light and left.

"Rosalie B." <gmbeasle@> wrote in message
news:2ffq10llmmlukgmnh77he9gsgbl1l3bl4r@...
> >
> The de facto language for airplanes/airspace/air traffic is English.
> Regardless of what language the pilots or folks on the ground speak.

There's a strong reason for standardization on a single language for air
traffic control, the reason WITHIN an aircraft it doesn't seem so strong.

Anyhow, I see continual complaints on the pilot bulletin boards about air
traffic control in some countries talking to domestic pilots in the local
language. This means that pilots who don't know the local language can't
tell if a mistaken clearance has been given to another plane. Examples of
more than one major European country are given.