Originally Posted by captjns
The photos are legit. St. Maarten's ruway sits just meters from the beach. The runway is short too. Very few aircraft especially the heavies cross the threshold at 50'... thus that's why the aircraft are lower than they should be.
Sorry but I have landed there as B747 FO and A340 Captain many times and am not afraid of a dry 2358 meters runway's length for a safe landing without flying 50 feet under standard path at runway's threshold.