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| Grand Bahama Aux AF Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Grand Bahama | ||||||||||
| Location | Bahamas | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°37′54.6″N78°21′35.4″W / 26.631833°N 78.359833°W Coordinates: 26°37′54.6″N78°21′35.4″W / 26.631833°N 78.359833°W | ||||||||||
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  MYGM Location of Grand Bahama Aux AF Airport in the Bahamas | |||||||||||
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Grand Bahama Aux AF Airport( ICAO : MYGM) is a public use airport located 9 nm east of Grand Bahama, 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.
Grand Bahama is the northernmost of the islands of The Bahamas, lying 84 kilometres (52 mi) off Palm Beach, Florida. It is the fourth largest island in the Bahamas island chain of approximately 700 islands and 2,400 cays. The island is roughly 530 square miles (1,400 km2) in area and approximately 153 kilometres (95 mi) long west to east and 24 kilometres (15 mi) at its widest point north to south. Administratively, the island consists of the Freeport Bonded Area and the districts of East Grand Bahama and West Grand Bahama.
