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refactor/1517 - Minor tweaks to airport guide
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### SADP
El Palomar Airport
658.505 passengers in 2018
658,505 passengers in 2018
13nm North of SAEZ

El Palomar Airport was a military airfield located 18km West of Buenos Aires. The airport was temporarily used for commercial flights in 2010 while Aeroparque Jorge Newbery underwent runway maintenance and was converted for permanent commercial use in 2018, although military operations still take place daily. It serves as a hub for low-cost airlines FlyBondi, JetSmart, SKY Airline and Norwegian Air Shuttle, making it the first and only low-cost airport in Latin America.
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## Airports of Interest

### TFFG
Grand Case-Espérance Airport
Grand Case-Espérance Airport
5nm Northast of TNCM

L'Espérance Airport, also known as Grand Case Airport, is a public use airport located in Grand Case, on the French side of Saint Martin. The airport is mainly used for flights to Guadeloupe and Saint Barth, as well as private aircraft. It is the second and smaller airport of Sint Maarten, after Princess Juliana. Due to the short length of the runway, larger aircraft, such as the ATR 72-500, are forced to powerback after lining up on the runway for departure.

### TQPF
Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport
Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport
10nm Northeast of TNCM

Formerly known as the Anguilla Wallblake Airport, the Clayton J. Lloyd Airport is a small international airport located on the island of Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. The airport is located very close to The Valley, the island's capital, and was also a featured airport in one of the Flight Simulator X game demos

### TFFJ
Saint Barthélemy Airport
Saint Barthélemy Airport
17nm Southeast of TNCM

Saint Barthélemy Airport is a public use airport located in the village of St. Jean on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy. The airport is also known as Gustaf III Airport, Rémy de Haenen Airport and St. Jean Airport. The short airstrip is at the base of a gentle slope ending directly on the beach. The arrival descent is extremely steep over the hilltop traffic circle, making it a famous approach within the Flight Simulation community.

### TNCS
Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport
Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport
25nm Southwest of TNCM

The airport, named after the Aruban Minister Juancho Irausquin, has the shortest commercial runway in the world, only 400 meters (1,312 ft) long, flanked on one side by high hills, with cliffs that drop into the sea at both ends. Although the airport is closed to jet traffic, regional airline propeller aircraft are able to land there under waivers from The Netherlands Antilles' Civil Aviation Authority. The most common aircraft to land there are the STOL-capable de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter and BN-2 Islander.

### TNCE
F. D. Roosevelt Airport
F. D. Roosevelt Airport
33nm South of TNCM

F. D. Roosevelt Airport is located on the island of Sint Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands. It was opened as "Golden Rock Airport" in 1946 and subsequently named after Franklin Delano Roosevelt. As of 2012, the only commercial aircraft that serves the island is the DHC-6 Twin Otter, although the runway can accommodate larger turboprop aircraft and some smaller jets.
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