Providenciales International Airport

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Providenciales
International Airport
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Summary
OperatorTurks & Caicos Islands Airports Authority
Location Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Hub for
Elevation  AMSL 15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates 21°46′25″N72°15′57″W / 21.77361°N 72.26583°W / 21.77361; -72.26583
Website tciairports.com
Map
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Location in Providenciales
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Providenciales International Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
10/282,8049,199 Asphalt
Statistics (2016-2017)
Passengers939,814
Source: DAFIF [1] [2]

Providenciales International Airport( IATA : PLS, ICAO : MBPV), on the island of Providenciales in the Caicos Islands, is the main international airport serving the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. It is operated by Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA). The territory's other international airport is JAGS McCartney International Airport on Grand Turk Island. Currently, there are more than 12,000 commercial aircraft operations per year.

Contents

In 2023, the airport was nominally renamed the Howard Hamilton International Airport, however, the name Providenciales International Airport remains the dominant name used outside of official government sources. [3]

Check-in area Providenciales Airport check-in area, Mar 2016.JPG
Check-in area

Facilities

The airport is at an elevation of 15 ft (5 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,807 m × 45 m (9,209 ft × 148 ft). [1] [4] There were plans for the TCIAA to either extend or build a new terminal after having recently completed the extension of the runway, which currently stands at 2,807 m (9,209 ft) long. This project has now been completed and the renovation was finished by December 2014. [5] [6]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Air Canada Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
American Airlines Charlotte, Miami
Seasonal: Boston, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, New York–JFK, Philadelphia
Bahamasair Nassau
British Airways London–Heathrow, Nassau
Caicos Express Airways Cap-Haïtien, Grand Turk, Kingston–Norman Manley, [7] Port-au-Prince, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo–Las Américas, South Caicos
Delta Air Lines Atlanta, New York–JFK
Seasonal: Boston, [8] Detroit (begins 21 December 2024), [9] Minneapolis/St. Paul, [10]
InterCaribbean Airways Antigua, Cap-Haïtien, Grand Turk, Havana, Kingston–Norman Manley, Nassau, Ocho Rios, [11] Port-au-Prince, Puerto Plata, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo–Las Américas, South Caicos
JetBlue New York–JFK
Seasonal: Boston
Southwest Airlines Orlando [12]
Seasonal: Baltimore [13]
Sun Country Airlines Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul [14]
United Airlines Newark, Washington–Dulles
Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare, Houston–Intercontinental
Virgin Atlantic London–Heathrow (ends 15 February 2025) [15]
WestJet Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson

Locally based air carriers interCaribbean Airways and Caicos Express Airways both currently operate respective hubs at the Providenciales International Airport. [16] [17]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Ameriflight Santiago de los Caballeros
Contract Air Cargo Miami, Santiago de los Caballeros
IBC Airways Miami
Skyway Enterprises Santiago de los Caballeros

Historical passenger airline service

Currently, the largest aircraft type serving the airport on a scheduled basis is the wide-body Boeing 777-200 operated by British Airways with direct flights once a week to London Heathrow Airport via an intermediate stop in Nassau. [32] [33]

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