JAGS McCartney International Airport
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Coordinates | 21°26′40″N 071°08′32″W / 21.44444°N 71.14222°W | ||||||||||
Website | https://www.visittci.com/grand-turk-jags-mccartney-international-airport-gdt | ||||||||||
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JAGS McCartney International Airport (IATA: GDT, ICAO: MBGT), also known as Grand Turk International Airport, is an airport located 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Cockburn Town on Grand Turk Island in the Turks and Caicos Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It is the second largest airport in the territory, after Providenciales International Airport.
History
The airport is named for James Alexander George Smith McCartney, the territory's first Chief Minister, who died in a plane crash in New Jersey, United States in 1980.
Bahamas Airways was serving the airport by the late 1950s with weekly flights to Nassau via an intermediate stop at Inagua operated with small de Havilland Heron prop aircraft.[2] By the early 1960s Bahamas Airways was operating the same routing and weekly schedule with larger Douglas DC-3 prop aircraft.[3]
During the mid 1970s, two airlines were operating international flights from Grand Turk including
Past scheduled airline jet service
Grand Turk was previously served by several different airlines operating scheduled passenger jet service between the airport and Miami (MIA). In 1979,
Facilities and aircraft
JAGS McCartney has the ability to handle large aircraft, such as Boeing 757 and Airbus A321 jets. The airport also houses a restaurant, rental car facilities, and free parking facilities. There is no public transportation on the island. The majority of scheduled airline service originating out of the airport are domestic flights within the Turks and Caicos Islands primarily to Providenciales International Airport (PLS) where scheduled international passenger jet service operated by a number of airlines is available. However, international and other charter flights are popular during the peak travel season into Grand Turk.
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Caicos Express Airways | Providenciales |
InterCaribbean Airways | Providenciales |
References
- ^ "Airport information for MBGT". 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. - ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, May 1, 1958 Bahamas Airways timetable
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Dec. 15, 1961 Bahamas Airways timetable
- ^ 1 February 1976 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Grand Turk flight schedules
- ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, Dec. 14, 1978 Trans-Jamaican Airlines timetable
- ^ Sept. 15, 1994 Official Airline Guide (OAG) Desktop Flight Guide, North American Edition, Grand Turk flight schedules
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, 15 November 1979 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Miami-Grand Turk flight schedules
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Jan. 15, 1984 Air Florida system timetable
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, 15 February 1985 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Miami-Grand Turk flight schedules
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 1, 1985 Atlantic Gulf Airlines route map
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, 15 December 1989 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Miami-Grand Turk flight schedules
- ^ http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 16, 1993 Carnival Air <Lines system timetable
- ^ Feb. 1994 OAG Pocket Flight Guide, North American edition
- ^ Sept. 15, 1994 Official Airline Guide (OAG) Desktop Flight Guide, North American Edition, Grand Turk flight schedules