Busy TNCM!

[sqdwg8vczr]

Hi! these are a couple shots I managed to take at one busy TNCM this evening. I didn’t check the arrivals, but I know for a fact they must have been over 100. BTW, I flew from SXM-SBH

Here we go!

Me waiting for 10 minutes for taxi clearance as an A350 fills up for a long haul (I hope)

Frontier punishing Ryanair for being at SXM by sniffing it’s apu

Airport was so busy people were spawning at GA ramps as a last resort

Expert Serverrrrrrrrr…

Delta and Aeromexico pose for a picture.

Me fearing for my life as I stand behind a 777.

Watching @tennysoa ’s takeoff roll

Air Mauritius, United, Air France, Austrian, Etihad, and Ryanair pose for a picture

Getting the heck out of TNCm en route to st Barths (the landing was horrid)

Thank you for reading, and I’ll see you in the next topic!

[Cappy]

Great shots..!

[sqdwg8vczr]

Thank you!

[Cappy]

You’re welcome ^^

[sqdwg8vczr]

Also, no one talk about that 4th picture… what is with the es these days?

[ShinanoSky_YT]

Nice photos!

@sqdwg8vczr

Ahh, the classic overlapping.
I knew this will 100% happen considering the limited amount of gates for large aircraft. Also, I would like to express my condolences to those arriving at TNCM with a large aircraft and were unable to park at a vacant gate or got swallowed by another aircraft. (lol)

@sqdwg8vczr

Airport was so busy people were spawning at GA ramps as a last resort

Just a few hours ago I witnessed an A380 spawning at a gate the second the original person who was parked there started push backing! (lol)

[sqdwg8vczr]

Two people spawned in with 737 and a320s at a gate for GA aircraft on either side of me, because of full parking. I myself had to wait 10 minutes for taxi clearance, and even the airspace around was crazy, and I came within 1nm and 500 feet of another c208.

[sqdwg8vczr]

I don’t think an A380 is supposed to be at TNCM…

[United403]

So much unrealism

[sqdwg8vczr]

It’s sad, I know. Shout out to that Frontier A320 guy for sniffing Ryanair’s apu.

[ShinanoSky_YT]

@sqdwg8vczr

spawned in with 737 and a320s at a gate for GA aircraft

Not sure why medium sized aircraft are allowed to spawn there in the first place..

[Anthony_Gulluscio]

Interesting pics! Apu sniffers, Ryanair, a380, anything you can name!

[ShinanoSky_YT]

@sqdwg8vczr

Also, no one talk about that 4th picture… what is with the es these days?

This is unfortunately a common thing on the expert server, especially at small airports when an event is in progress or with the ATC online.
Apart from the unrealism, you really cannot blame them as neither of them would be aware that someone is about to park there or someone is about to spawn at that gate, vice versa.
It would depend on either one to give up that gate.

I did create a topic about that though.

Any ways to prevent this irritating "gate overlapping?"

Hey there IFC. I’m not sure if this should be a features request or not so I’m going to write this here as I just wanted to hear everyone’s opinions. I’m sure many of us have experienced this and became extremely infuriated but have you ever experienced this before? Picture this: You’ve just landed after finishing a short or long haul flight. You’re taxiing to the gate and now all you have to do is park your aircraft at the gate while following the stand guidance (if there is one at the air…

[QFA_12]

This is why i avoid TNCM at all costs its one of the most unrealistic airports in IF especially when there is ATC so many wrong aircrafts and liveries it just makes me want to cry…

[Sahir.G]

I love how in the overlapping pic you can very precisely see the length difference between the 772 and 773 variants

[tennysoa]

Thank you for capturing my takeoff roll