E. T. Joshua Airport
E.T. Joshua Airport (decommissioned) | |||||||||||
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AMSL 66 ft / 20 m | | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 13°08′40″N 061°12′39″W / 13.14444°N 61.21083°W | ||||||||||
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E.T. Joshua Airport (
The airport formerly housed the St. Vincent Outstation of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority.[2]
When Saint Vincent's Argyle International Airport opened on 14 February 2017,[3] the E.T. Joshua airport was simultaneously decommissioned.[4]
History
The then Arnos Vale Airport succeeded the Diamond Airfield as St. Vincent's main and only airport in the 1960s.
Airlines and Destinations
Passenger Airlines
All flights transferred to Argyle International Airport.
Cargo Airlines
All flights transferred to Argyle International Airport.
Post-closure development plans
The Government planned to close the airport to make room for a new city at Arnos Vale. On September 14, 2020, Finance Minister Camillo Gonsalves, in a Facebook post, provided an update on the conversion of the old ET Joshua Airport terminal building to a “modern retail and entertainment plaza”, known as “The Joshua Centre”. The shopping centre is expected to be completed in March 2021.
Accidents and Incidents
- Twin Otter, all of the 11 passengers and two crew were presumed dead.[6]
- 19 November 2006 –
- 5 August 2010 –
References
- ^ "Airport information for TVSV". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ "St. Vincent Outstation." Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved on 23 December 2012.
- ^ "Argyle International Airport to open February 14". Antigua Observer Newspaper. 29 December 2016. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ Group, Travelweek (24 January 2017). "Feb. 14 designated as opening day of SVG's long-awaited airport - Travelweek". Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ Ashford Daniel (3 August 2011). "Remembering LIAT flight 319".
- ^ Harro Ranter (4 August 1986). "ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 310 V2-LCJ Saint Vincent-Arnos Vale Airport (SVD)". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "SVG Air crash update: Aerial search called off; airline offers reward". Searchlight Newspaper. 28 November 2006. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Search still On For Missing St Vincent Pilot". Jamaica-Gleaner.com. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2018.