Grantley Adams International Airport

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Grantley Adams International Airport
Sir Grantley Adams Int Airport, Barbados-05.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code TBPB
IATA code BGI
Coordinates

13 ° 4 ′ 29 ″  N , 59 ° 29 ′ 33 ″  W Coordinates: 13 ° 4 ′ 29 ″  N , 59 ° 29 ′ 33 ″  W
Height above MSL 52 m (171  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 8 miles east of Bridgetown
Local transport Bus routes 12A, 12D, 19, 26, 27 and 34
Basic data
opening 1939
operator GAIA Inc.
Passengers 1,970,853 (2012)
Air freight 22,309 tons (2012)
Flight
movements 		38,364 (2012)
Start-and runway
09/27 3353 m × 46 m asphalt

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The Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) ( IATA code BGI , ICAO code TBPB ) is located in Seawell, Christ Church on the island of Barbados , around 12.9 km east of the capital, Bridgetown . The airport's previous name was Seawell Airport before it was renamed in 1976 in honor of the first Prime Minister , Sir Grantley Herbert Adams , who died in 1971 .

After its commissioning in 1939, the airport was expanded and modernized several times and has developed into a modern commercial airport with a high number of passengers. In 2012 a total of 1,970,853 passengers were handled.

Incidents

  • On October 6, 1976, a Douglas DC- 8-43 launched from Barbados on Cubana Flight 455 (registration number CU-T1201 ) was destroyed by a terrorist attack en route to Cuba. All 73 occupants, 48 ​​passengers and 25 crew members were killed. Two bombs were brought on board by a CIA-affiliated terrorist organization run by the Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles . The ignition was done in such a way that the machine fell into the sea eight kilometers west of the take-off airport. To date, Luis Posada Carriles has not been punished by the US for his act. Among the passengers were 24 members of the Cuban fencing team who had just received all gold medals in the Central American and Caribbean championships.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1] "Transport Board" website of the local public transport company, accessed on March 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b c d [2]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 233 kB) "Monthly Airport Statistics - 2012" website of the airport, accessed on March 16, 2013.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.gaia.bb  
  3. ^ Accident report DC-8-43 CU-T1201 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 21, 2017.