CLIMAT
Sunny and warm-round, with some cooling from trade winds.

The average temperature vary from75° in the winter and 89° in the summer.

The Island is essentially dry with frequent rainfalls.

The most important rains occur between the months of August and November.

AIRPORTS
Princess Juliana Airport, is the International Airport, in the Dutch Side. It receives flights from Europe, North and South America, as well as connections from the main Islands in the Caribbean.
Info: (599)545-5757
Regional Airport Espérance Grand Case, provides connections from St Martin to St St Barth, Guadeloupe, and Martinique.
For other connections, call: 0590 87 53 03

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
Entry requirements
At Juliana International Airport, if arriving by a long distance flight, entry requirements are limited to Immigration formalities.
There is no custom.

General conditions are as follow:
US Citizens
Presentation of a valid passport, or a birthday certificate along with a pictured ID.
Return ticket
Possesion of sufficient found for the intended stay.
No vaccination is required
Pets are allowed in with presentation of a recent certificate of good health.

Canadian citizens
A valid passport and a return/continuing ticket.
Canadian residents require a "Landing permit" with valid passport and return/continuing ticket.

European Community citizens
A valid passport and a return/continuing ticket.

Nationalities that require visas for entry into the Netherlands Antilles
(version: March 1, 2003):

For other countries, kindly contact your the closest St. Maarten Tourist Office.

Before travelling
Be sure that your return ticket has a reconfirmation.
Call your Airline company or Informations at Juliana Internation Airport: (599) 545 4211

Check-in bytimes:
Regional flights: at least one hour before departure.
International flights: at least two hours before departure.

Departure Tax

• A departure tax of US$ 20,00 is due to the tax desk after your check-in at Juliana International Airport.
  
• For islands within the Netherlands Antilles, the departure tax is US$6.00.
  
• No departure tax from Esperance Airport of Grand Case
  
• Some have made provisions to include the departure tax in your airline ticket.
  

When you leave the Island St Maarten is a real ''Duty free'' Island. So it's important to know under what conditions your purchase may be brought to your country. CUSTOMS: For residents of United States European Community and Canada, customs regulation are as follow: USA Residents: After a stay of 48 hours or more, travellers are entitled to an exemption of $US400.00 if they did not use this exemption in the preceding 30 days. This amount is per person and cumulative for family. A four person family is exempted of taxe for US$1600.00. In addition, each person may bring 200 cigarettes and travellers over 21 years old one liter of alcohol. Residents of European Community having been in St Martin are entitled to the following exemptions: €uros 200.00 for travellers more than 16 years old. €uros 100.00 for travellers less than 16 years old. 200 cigarettes (or 100 cigarillos, 50 cigars) 1 liter of alcohol over 22° or 2 liters below 22°. Canada residents having been in St Martin 7 days or more are entitled to the following exemptions: C$ 300.00 Each travellers over 16 years old, are entitled to 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars and 2 lbs of tobacco.