Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport
| Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | TUPJ |
| IATA code | ICE |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 5 m (16 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 9 km east of Road Town |
| Basic data | |
| operator | British Virgin Islands Airports Authority |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 357,362 (2007) |
| Flight movements |
30,870 (2007) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 07/25 | 1416 m × 30 m asphalt |
The Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport ( IATA code EIS , ICAO code TUPJ ) is the largest airport in the British Virgin Islands , a British overseas territory in the Caribbean . It lies on the island Beef Iceland , a neighboring island of Tortola , the largest of the British Virgin Islands.
history
The airport opened as Beef Island Airport and was renamed in 2001 in honor of former British Virgin Islands Minister Terrance B. Lettsome . In the same year, planned expansion work began in 1988 and was completed in 2004 at a total cost of 70.5 million US dollars. Flight operations did not have to be interrupted for the work. A new passenger terminal , which is about four times the size of the previous terminal, an air freight terminal , a new tower , a building for the airport fire department , additional infrastructure and a new access road were built. In addition, the runway was extended and new parking positions for aircraft were built.
At the end of 2016 it was announced that the China Communications Construction Company had received the order for another expansion. The runway is to be extended to around 2160 meters, so that in the future Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-800 aircraft can also land and take off.
location
The airport is located at the western end of Beef Island. This is by a narrow strait separated from the island of Tortola and the latter by the 70-meter long Queen Elizabeth II Bridge connected. The capital of the British Virgin Islands, Road Town , is about nine kilometers west of the airport on Tortola.
Facilities
The airport has an asphalt runway 1416 meters long and 30 meters wide, as well as a passenger terminal and an air cargo terminal. The track begins and ends directly on the bank. All flights to and from Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport are operated under visual flight rules .
Incidents
From 1971 to December 2018 there were three total write-downs of aircraft at Beef Island Airport and in the vicinity. None of them killed people. Extracts:
- On April 5, 1971, a Douglas DC-3 of the Vinair ( aircraft registration number N57372 ) coming from Puerto Rico touched down in front of the runway when it landed at Beef Island Airport, causing the undercarriage to collapse. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair; one of the three inmates suffered serious injuries.
- On May 6, 1993 the pilots of a Short 330-200 of the Atlantic Air BVI (VP-LVR) broke off the take-off, whereupon the machine rolled over the end of the runway into the sea. The aircraft was irreparably damaged, the 27 passengers and 3 crew members were uninjured. After all the instruments were removed from the aircraft, it was sunk at a depth of 12 meters near Great Dog Island as a diving spot .
Airlines
Winair , Cape Air , LIAT , Air Sunshine , VI Airlink , InterCaribbean Airways and Seaborne Airlines flying schedule the surrounding islands Sint Maarten , Puerto Rico , Antigua , Saint Kitts , Virgin Gorda , Anegada , Saint Thomas and Nevis on.
Web links
- Aeronautical map for Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on SkyVector.com.
- Airport data Tortola-Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, Beef Island in the Aviation Safety Network .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Beef Island - Terrance B Lettsome International Airport (EIS / TUPJ). In: A – Z World Airports Online. AZura International, archived from the original on January 22, 2018 ; accessed on January 20, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport. (No longer available online.) In: bviaa.com. BVI Airports Authority, archived from the original on January 8, 2017 ; accessed on January 7, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Terrance B. Lettsome Int'l Airport (TBLIA). In: ppr.bviaaops.com. BVI Airports Authority, archived from the original on January 9, 2017 ; Retrieved on January 7, 2018 (English, with serious errors in the data: the values for TORA and TODA were swapped. Probably the result: incorrect length specification for the asphalt runway - can be measured with Google Earth Pro. The correct length of 1416 meters is indicated on the Aerodrome Chart ).
- ^ Beef Island Airport. In: Airport Technology. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .
- ^ Chinese company selected for airport project. (No longer available online.) In: BVI News. Media Expressions Limited as of December 27, 2016, archived from the original on September 30, 2017 ; accessed on January 7, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ EIS - Tortola (Terrance B. Lettsome Intl), Beef Island, Tortola, VG - Airport. In: Great Circle Mapper. Karl L. Swartz, accessed January 7, 2018 .
- ↑ AD 2.3-1-13 Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport - TUPJ . Aerodrome Chart. In: Trinidad and Tobago Aviation Authority (Ed.): AIP Eastern Caribbean . October 16, 2014 (English, available online on the BVI Airports Authority website [PDF; 1.5 MB ; accessed on January 7, 2018]).
- ↑ List of accidents at Beef Island Airport , Aviation Safety Network WikiBase , accessed on January 13, 2019.
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report DC-3 N57372 in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on June 22, 2020.
- ↑ MIA71RKA11. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident report . Retrieved January 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Flight accident data and report Short 330 VP-LVR in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 22, 2020.
- ↑ Beef Island Terrance B. Lettsome Airport (EIS / TUPJ). Departures. In: Flightradar24 . Flightradar24 AB, accessed on January 7, 2018 .
