Saba is the Caribbean island home to Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, known for having the world's shortest commercial runway.
The airport is on Saba, a small special municipality of the Netherlands in the northeastern Caribbean. Its runway is about 400 metres long, ending at cliffs above the sea and bordered by steep terrain. Only specially qualified small aircraft can use it.
Saba's rugged volcanic landscape explains the airport's unusual setting. The island has no beaches and is dominated by Mount Scenery, its volcanic summit and the highest point in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Saba is often confused with nearby Sint Eustatius, another Dutch Caribbean island. They are separate islands, although both belong to the Caribbean Netherlands and are part of the former Netherlands Antilles.