Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Zion's Hill, in Saba, Caribbean Netherlands. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SAB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SAB
- ICAO code
- TNCS
- City
- Zion's Hill
- State or region
- Saba
- Country
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 17.6453° N, 63.2205° W
- Elevation
- 18 m (60 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 400 m (1,312 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SAB means Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: TNCS. ICAO codes that begin with T belong to the Caribbean. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 17.6453° N, 63.2205° W. It stands 18 metres (60 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Philipsburg, about 46 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Lower Princes, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 400 metres (1,312 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 400 m 1,312 ft | 18 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| F. D. Roosevelt AirportOranjestad | EUX | 30 km |
| Princess Juliana International AirportSint Maarten, Sint Maarten | SXM | 46 km |
| St. Jean AirportGustavia, Saint Barthélemy | SBH | 49 km |
| Grand Case-l'Espérance AirportGrand Case, Saint Martin | SFG | 54 km |
| Clayton J. Lloyd International AirportThe Valley, Anguilla | AXA | 65 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,338 km | 16 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,715 km | 17 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,837 km | 14 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,607 km | 8 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,750 km | 3 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,742 km | 7 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 17,481 km | 21 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,622 km | 16 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,150 km | 19 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.