Maurice Bishop International Airport
| Maurice Bishop International Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | TGPY |
| IATA code | GND |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 12 m (39 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 10 km south of St. George's |
| Basic data | |
| opening | October 28, 1984 |
| operator | Grenada Airport Authority |
| Passengers | 404,017 (2006) |
| Air freight | 1607 t (2006) |
| Flight movements |
19,150 (2006) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 10/28 | 2744 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Maurice Bishop International (MBIA) Airport ( ICAO : TGPY , IATA : GND , until 2009 known as the Point Salines airport ) is the international airport of the island Grenada and is situated 10 kilometers southwest of the capital, St. George's .
Airlines and Destinations
The airport Maurice Bishop International is from German-speaking countries z. B. approached from Frankfurt am Main with Condor ; American Airlines flies via Miami , British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways via London-Gatwick and Delta via New York-JFK .
history
The airport was built around 1980 to replace the older Pearls airfield in the north-east of the island, which only had a runway of almost 1500 m in length and was in difficult terrain. It was planned by Canadian engineers and mainly built by European companies, although the workforce employed was primarily Cubans .
Its construction was cited by the USA as a reason that Grenada would be expanded into the military outpost of the Soviet Union . In October 1983 paratroopers landed and took control of him as part of Operation Urgent Fury .
Web links
- Maurice Bishop International Airport website
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Worldwide Airport Traffic Statistics 2006. (PDF; 720 KB) Airports Council International , December 2006, archived from the original on October 8, 2007 ; accessed on March 4, 2015 .
- ↑ Airport information with details of the distance to the capital