http://www.stmartin.com/beaches.htm (search for airport beach)
Princess Juliana Airport, located on the Dutch side, is small but quite busy. The approach to the airport is interesting because a popular beach is right at the runway threshold. Planes pass very low overhead and land at just the other side of a fence. A sign on the beach warns of physical danger from landing planes and the possibility of jet blast from planes taking off. Air France has 747 service from Paris and it would have been really spectacular to see one of those pass a few feet overhead.
http://www.experiencestmaarten.com/sports/bythesea.htm ;
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/stmartin/0183010030.html ;
http://www.scheuern.com/stmartin/ ;
http://www.cap-caraibes.com/orient-beach.htm ;
Don’t think someone would go to the extent of building all these websites just to fool us, and oh, there are more sites, what say mave???