| Cutlass Bay Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Cutlass Bay, Cat Island, Bahamas | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1 m / 3 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°08′56″N075°23′53″W / 24.14889°N 75.39806°W Coordinates: 24°08′56″N075°23′53″W / 24.14889°N 75.39806°W | ||||||||||
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  MYCX Location of Cutlass Bay Airport in the Bahamas | |||||||||||
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Cutlass Bay Airport( ICAO : MYCX) is a public use airport serving Cutlass Bay, on the Cat Island in The Bahamas.
The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports often have facilities to store and maintain aircraft, and a control tower. An airport consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. In some countries, the US in particular, they also typically have one or more fixed-base operators, serving general aviation.
Cat Island is in the central Bahamas, and is one of its districts. Cat Island also has the nation's highest point, Mount Alvernia. It rises to 206 feet (63 m) and is topped by a monastery called The Hermitage. This assembly of buildings was erected by the Franciscan "Brother Jerome".
