JAGS McCartney International Airport
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| JAGS McCartney International Airport | |||
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| IATA: GDT – ICAO: MBGT | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Civil Aviation Department | ||
| Location | Grand Turk Island | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 13 ft / 4 m | ||
| Coordinates | 21°26′40″N 071°08′32″W / 21.44444°N 71.14222°WCoordinates: 21°26′40″N 071°08′32″W / 21.44444°N 71.14222°W | ||
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 MBGT
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 11/29 | 1,939 | 6,362 | Asphalt |
| Source: DAFIF[1] | |||
JAGS McCartney International Airport (IATA: GDT, ICAO: MBGT), also known as Grand Turk International Airport, is an airport located one mile south of Cockburn Town on Grand Turk Island in the Turks and Caicos Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. The airport named for James Alexander George Smith McCartney, the island territory's first Chief Minister. It is the second largest airport in the Turks & Caicos, after Providenciales International Airport.
The airport can handle aircraft up to the size of Boeing 757 and Airbus A321 jets. The majority of the aerial services operated out of the airport are to other airports in & around the Turks and Caicos Islands, but there are also some international and charter services.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Turks and Caicos | Providenciales, South Caicos |
[edit] References
- ^ Airport information for MBGT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
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