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TIL France's Saint-Pierre and Miquelon islands located near Newfoundland has its own airline and offers a once weekly flight between Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Paris. The runway in Saint Pierre is only 5,900 feet long, so the plane has to be weight restricted with maximum 100 passengers

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