Taxi procedures for heavies at TNCM
This is for anyone who has been to TNCM in a heavy, particularly a 747:
What are the real-world taxi procedures for TNCM for heavies? I've been asking around and looking around and I'm still not clear where the heavies turn around. Apparently they all go to taxiway Charlie, then backtrack along the runway to get to the start of runway 9, but I don't know if they take that little taxiway near the 09 end for their 360 to line up, or whether they backtrack all the way to the end of the runway and then turn around in the tiny space provided on the north side. Which procedure is used in real life? Or is the real-world procedure something entirely different?
Likewise, for landing, what's the usual procedure for large aircraft? Do they go all the way to the end of 09 and then backtrack to Charlie, or do they stop at that intermediate point where there's a space to turn around, or what? I have quite a bit of difficulty turning a 747 on either spot; with the tiller hard over and lots of brakes on the right side I can just barely squeak by, although the brakes are usually excessively hot on that side by the time I reach the gate.