Editing Saint Martin (island) (section)

==Transport==
[[File: Airport SXM.jpg|thumb|[[Air France]] [[Airbus A340]] landing at [[Princess Juliana International Airport]]]]Public buses are the primary mode of transportation for visitors staying on the island.<ref>{{cite web |date=22 June 2015 |title=Bus transit Saint-Martin |url=http://www.stmartinisland.org/st-martin-st-maarten-travel-information/getting-around-st-martin-island.html#bus |access-date=6 November 2016 |publisher=stmartinisland.org |archive-date=5 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105023447/http://www.stmartinisland.org/st-martin-st-maarten-travel-information/getting-around-st-martin-island.html#bus |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Border checks===
Neither side of the island is part of the [[Schengen Area]]; full border checks are performed when travelling in and out of the island. Passport controls are also exercised when taking the ferry from Marigot or Princess Juliana International Airport to [[Anguilla]]. There are rarely checks at the border between the two sides of the island.

In 1994, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and France signed the [[Franco-Dutch treaty on Saint Martin border controls]], which allows for joint Franco-Dutch border controls on so-called "risk flights" arriving from off-island and only admitting foreigners having permission to travel on both sides of the island. After some delay, the treaty was ratified in November 2006 in the Netherlands and subsequently entered into force on 1 August 2007. Its provisions are not yet implemented as the working group specified in the treaty is not yet installed.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}{{update inline|date=November 2017}} The treaty requires a working group that has never been set up, to harmonize external checks at the two main airports. The Dutch side has expressed concern that new and tighter French visa requirements would harm their tourism income.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://about-saintmartin.com/immigration-formalities/ |title=Immigration Formalities |publisher=About-saintmartin.com |access-date=10 February 2014 |archive-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222205759/http://about-saintmartin.com/immigration-formalities/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

===Airports=== 
[[File:SXMDanger.jpg|thumb|Sign warning people standing too close to the airport fence on [[Maho Beach]].]]

The island is served by the [[Princess Juliana International Airport]], in the Dutch part of the island.

There is also a small airport on the French side of the island at [[Grand Case]], [[L'Espérance Airport]] for small aircraft serving neighbouring Caribbean islands. It frequently suffers thick fog during the hurricane season due to its location.