| Darby Island Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | Darby Island | ||||||||||
| Location | Bahamas | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 8 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°51′4.4″N76°13′41.1″W / 23.851222°N 76.228083°W Coordinates: 23°51′4.4″N76°13′41.1″W / 23.851222°N 76.228083°W | ||||||||||
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  Darby Island Location of Darby Island Airport in the Bahamas | |||||||||||
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Darby Island Airport is a private use airport located near Darby Island, the Bahamas.
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.
The Bahamas, known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is a country within the Lucayan Archipelago. The archipelagic state consists of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north of Cuba and Hispaniola, northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the U.S. state of Florida, and east of the Florida Keys. The capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The designation of "the Bahamas" can refer either to the country or to the larger island chain that it shares with the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force describes the Bahamas territory as encompassing 470,000 km2 (180,000 sq mi) of ocean space.
