Virgin Gorda Airport

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Virgin Gorda Airport
Virgin Gorda Airstrip.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code TUPW
IATA code VIJ
Coordinates

18 ° 26 '48 "  N , 64 ° 25' 40"  W Coordinates: 18 ° 26 '48 "  N , 64 ° 25' 40"  W.

Height above MSL 4 m (13  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 1 km east of Spanish Town
Basic data
operator British Virgin Islands Airports Authority
Terminals 1
Start-and runway
03/21 937 m × 18 m compacted fine gravel



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The Virgin Gorda Airport ( IATA code VIJ , ICAO code TUPW ), the operator also Taddy Bay Airport called, which is the airport of the British Virgin Islands , a British overseas territory , belonging to the island of Virgin Gorda in the Caribbean .

history

The airport was from a resort of 5 star built and purchased in 2005 for 2.9 million dollars from the Government of the British Virgin Islands. In 2010 it was closed for a long time due to extensive work to extend the runway and to build a new terminal . The closure was preceded by safety concerns from Air Safety Support International , the Civil Aviation Authority responsible for the UK overseas territories . The closure brought disadvantages for the tourism industry of Virgin Gorda, as tourists now had to be picked up from the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport with a specially set up ferry connection to the neighboring island of Tortola . After the work was completed, flight operations were resumed.

location

The airport is located in the south-east of the island near Spanish Town, right on Taylors Bay. The runway runs parallel to the bank.

Facilities

The airport has a runway 937 meters long and 18 meters wide with a surface of compacted fine gravel , an asphalt apron and a terminal building. In bad weather, pilots must expect the runway conditions to deteriorate. All flights to and from Virgin Gorda are operated according to visual flight rules and are subject to special regulations for the qualification of pilots.

incident

On April 7, 1996, when a DHC-6 Twin Otter of Dolphin Express Airways ( aircraft registration number N143SA ) took off on the way to Saint Croix, it came to a lateral deviation from the runway. The aircraft collided with a fence and the wing was torn off. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair; one of the nine passengers suffered minor injuries in the accident, the other passengers and the two pilots were uninjured.

Airlines

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Virgin Gorda Airport details. In: ppr.bviaaops.com. BVI Airports Authority, archived from the original on January 6, 2017 ; accessed on January 6, 2018 .
  2. ^ Gay Nagle Myers: Virgin Gorda Airport could reopen in November. In: Travel Weekly. Northstar Travel Media, April 6, 2010; accessed on January 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Taddy Bay Airport. In: bviaa.com. BVI Airports Authority, accessed January 6, 2018 .
  4. Aircraft accident data and report DHC-6 N143SA in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 22, 2020.
  5. MIA96WA110. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident report . Retrieved January 6, 2018 .
  6. a b c Virgin Gorda Airport (VIJ / TUPW). Departures. In: Flightradar24 . Flightradar24 AB, accessed January 6, 2018 .
  7. Daily Flights & Charters between St. Croix and Virgin Gorda with Air Sunshine. (No longer available online.) In: airsunshine.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016 ; accessed on January 4, 2017 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.airsunshine.com
  8. ^ You discover the Caribbean - we fly. In: transanguilla.com. Trans Anguilla Airways, accessed January 4, 2017 .