Stella Maris Airport

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Stella Maris Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Long Island, Bahamas
Location Stella Maris
Elevation  AMSL 10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates 24°33′53″N075°16′14″W / 24.56472°N 75.27056°W / 24.56472; -75.27056
Map
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MYLS
Location in The Bahamas
Stella Maris Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
13/311,2193,999Asphalt
Source: DAFIF [1] [2]

Stella Maris Airport( IATA : SML, ICAO : MYLS) is an airport located near Stella Maris on Long Island in The Bahamas. [1]

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Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 10 ft (3.0 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,219 m × 23 m (3,999 ft × 75 ft). [1]

The airport was designed and built by Jack Henry Cordery who was engaged by Stella Maris Estate Company in 1967 when he emigrated from England to take the job of Estate Development Manager. He died on Long Island in 1968 and is buried there.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Southern Air Charter Deadman's Cay, Nassau
Makers Air Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport

Historical airline service

Stella Maris Airport was served in the past by Bahamasair which operated regional turboprop airliners on nonstop flights primarily to Nassau. [3] According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), in 1975 Bahamasair was serving the airport with Fairchild Hiller FH-227 aircraft which were then replaced with new Hawker Siddeley HS 748 aircraft in 1979. [4] By 1999, Bahamasair was operating de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 series 300 aircraft into the airport according to the OAG. Bahamasair no longer serves the airport but does currently serve the island's other airfield, Deadman's Cay Airport near Clarence Town.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Airport information for MYLS". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for SML at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. http://www.departedflights.com, April 15, 1975; Nov. 15, 1979; June 1, 1999 Official Airline Guide (OAG) editions, Nassau flight schedules
  4. "Bahamasair - the National Flag Carrier of the Bahamas". Archived from the original on 2018-05-19. Retrieved 2018-05-18.