Maurice Bishop International Airport

Point Salines International Airport (IATA: GND, ICAO: TGPY) is located in the parish of St. George's. The town of St. George's is about 5 miles north of the airport and is the capital of the island nation of Grenada. The airport is located on Point Salines, the most southwestern point of the island. This Airfield was chosen as the jump off point for the invasion of the Island by the United States to retore order there after a pro-communist element took control of the govt there. In OCT 1983 over 500 Rangers from 1st and 2nd Battalions of the United States Army 75th Ranger Regiment conducted a daring daylight low altitude parachute assault onto the Airfield. Despite heavy resistance from paramilitary and Cuban military forces, the Rangers secured all of their objectives on the airfield quickly. The seizure of the airfield allowed follow-on United States Air Force C-141 transport planes to land and unload paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division.

Airlines and destinations

• Air Canada (Toronto-Pearson) [Seasonal]
• Air Jamaica (New York-JFK, Montego Bay, Barbados)
• American Airlines
  • American Eagle (San Juan)
• British Airways (London-Gatwick, Antigua)
• Condor Airlines (Frankfurt)
• Conviasa (Porlamar)
• XL Airways (London-Gatwick)
• LIAT (Barbados, Trinidad, Tobago, St. Vincent)
• Skyservice (Toronto-Pearson) [Seasonal]
• SVG Air (Carriacou, Union Island)
• Virgin Atlantic (London-Gatwick, Tobago)
• Zoom Airlines (Toronto-Pearson) [Seasonal]

External links

• Point Salines International Airport (from TravelGrenada.com)
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• Map from MultiMap
• Satellite image from TerraServer