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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | Nicholls Town, Andros Island, Bahamas | ||||||||||
Hub for | Passenger | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 5 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 25°03′14″N078°02′56″W / 25.05389°N 78.04889°W | ||||||||||
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San Andros Airport( IATA : SAQ, ICAO : MYAN) is an airport near Nicholls Town on Andros Island in The Bahamas. [2]
The airport resides at an elevation of 5 ft (1.5 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with a bitumen surface measuring 1,524 m × 23 m (5,000 ft × 75 ft). [1]
The airport has services from Western Air, Bahamasair, Lynx (from Fort Lauderdale) and other small twin-engine charter planes that run between the islands.
Since November 2006, the airport has Avgas and Jet A available from Western Air. The newly built Western Executive Jet Center has big screen TV, executive-style bathrooms, conference rooms, pilot lounges, passenger area, delicatessen, and a VIP lounge. They also have a maintenance hangar for their aircraft and executive planes and a terminal for domestic flights.
Scheduled passenger service from this airport is provided by the following airlines:
Airlines | Destinations |
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Western Air | Nassau |
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