San Salvador Airport

This article is about the airport in the Bahamas. For the airport in El Salvador, see El Salvador International Airport.

San Salvador Airport Cockburn Town Airport
IATA: ZSA ICAO: MYSM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	San Salvador Island
Elevation  AMSL	24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates	24°03′48″N074°31′26″W / 24.06333°N 74.52389°W / 24.06333; -74.52389
Map
MYSM Location in The Bahamas
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 2,438 7,999 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF [1]

San Salvador Airport( IATA : ZSA, ICAO : MYSM), also known as Cockburn Town Airport, is an airport in San Salvador, Bahamas.

Overview

San Salvador International Airport is one of the few airports in the Bahamas that has Instrument rating landing for aeroplanes, and as a result aircraft can now land at ZSA after official sunset (with local civil aviation permission). Bahamas Customs and Immigration is present at ZSA between normal working hours of 9 am-5 pm. The main carrier at ZSA is the national flag carrier Bahamasair, which has daily flights to and from Nassau. Club Med, a major hotel on the island, also has charter jet service flights direct from Paris, Montreal and Miami.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Canada Rouge	Montréal–Trudeau [2]
Air Caraïbes	Seasonal: Paris–Orly
Bahamasair	Deadman's Cay, Miami, Nassau, Rock Sound

Accidents and incidents

• On 2 March 1973, Douglas C-47 N6574 of Arute International Air overran the runway on landing and was damaged beyond economic repair. The cause was pilot error in that a downwind landing was made. The aircraft was operating an international non-scheduled passenger flight from Miami International Airport, United States. ^[3]

References

1. "Airport information for MYSM". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
2. "TIMETABLE" (PDF).
3. "N6574 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 26 August 2010.