San Salvador Airport

Coordinates: 24°03′48″N 074°31′26″W / 24.06333°N 74.52389°W / 24.06333; -74.52389
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San Salvador Airport

Cockburn Town Airport
  • AMSL
24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates24°03′48″N 074°31′26″W / 24.06333°N 74.52389°W / 24.06333; -74.52389
Map
MYSM is located in Bahamas
MYSM
MYSM
Location in The Bahamas
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,438 7,999 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1]

San Salvador Airport (IATA: ZSA, ICAO: MYSM), also known as Cockburn Town Airport, is an airport in San Salvador, Bahamas.

Overview

San Salvador International Airport is one of the few airports in the Bahamas that has Instrument rating landing for aeroplanes, and as a result aircraft can now land at ZSA after official sunset (with local civil aviation permission). Bahamas

charter jet service flights
direct from Paris, Montreal and Miami.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Montréal–Trudeau[2]
Air Caraïbes Seasonal: Paris–Orly
Bahamasair Deadman's Cay, Nassau, Rock Sound

Accidents and incidents

  • On 2 March 1973,
    Douglas C-47 N6574 of Arute International Air overran the runway on landing and was damaged beyond economic repair. The cause was pilot error in that a downwind landing was made. The aircraft was operating an international non-scheduled passenger flight from Miami International Airport, United States.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Airport information for MYSM". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ "TIMETABLE" (PDF).
  3. ^ "N6574 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 26 August 2010.