Providenciales International Airport

Providenciales International Airport
IATA: PLS ICAO: MBPV
Summary
Operator	Turks & Caicos Islands Airports Authority
Location	Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Hub for	InterCaribbean Airways Caicos Express Airways
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	plsairport.com
Map
PLS Location in Providenciales
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 2,804 9,199 Asphalt
Statistics (2016-2017)
Passengers 939,814
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.

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

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

Airlines	Destinations
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 Seasonal: Boston, [8] Detroit (begins December 21, 2024), [9] Minneapolis/St. Paul, [10] New York–JFK
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
Silver Airways	Fort Lauderdale [12]
Southwest Airlines	Fort Lauderdale (ends 3 June 2024), [13] Orlando (begins 4 June 2024) [13] Seasonal: Baltimore [14]
Sun Country Airlines	Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul [15]
United Airlines	Newark, Washington–Dulles Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare, Houston–Intercontinental
Virgin Atlantic	London–Heathrow [16]
WestJet	Toronto–Pearson

Locally-based air carriers interCaribbean Airways and Caicos Express Airways both currently operate respective hubs at the Providenciales International Airport. ^{[17] [18]}

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
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

• According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), in late 1978 Southeast Airlines was the only air carrier operating scheduled passenger service to Miami (MIA) with a flight operated three days a week flown with a Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop airliner via two intermediate en route stops in Grand Turk and South Caicos. ^[19]
• Air Florida was operating nonstop Boeing 737 jet service to Miami (MIA) in 1984. ^[20]
• By 1985, Providenciales was being served by Cayman Airways with nonstop service to Miami being operated once a week with Boeing 727-200 jetliners ^[21] as well as by Atlantic Gulf Airlines which was flying British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven service nonstop to Miami and also direct to MIA via a stop in Grand Turk. ^[22]
• Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) was also serving the airport in 1985 with Boeing 727-200 jet service nonstop to Miami twice a week. ^[23] The next year in 1986 British Caribbean Airways was operating nonstop service to Miami flown with a British Aerospace BAe 146-100 jet as part of its Tortola, British Virgin Islands - Providenciales - Miami route. In 1987, Pan Am was flying a "triangle" routing of Miami - Grand Turk - Providenciales - Miami four days a week with a Boeing 727, ^[24] and in 1989 Pan Am was operating three nonstop flights a week to Miami with Boeing 727-200 jets. ^[25] By 1991, Pan Am had increased its service to four Boeing 727-200 flights a week nonstop to Miami while at the same time Cayman Airways was operating two nonstop flights a week to Miami with Boeing 737-200 jets. ^[26]
• In 1993–1994 Carnival Air Lines was operating two nonstop flights a week to Miami with Boeing 727-100 jetliners. ^{[27] [28]}
• American Airlines was serving the airport by 1994 with a single daily nonstop Boeing 757-200 flight from Miami while at the same time Turks and Caicos Airways Ltd., which was based in nearby Grand Turk, was operating Boeing 737-200 service from Miami five days a week either nonstop or via a stop in Grand Turk. ^[29] Three airlines were operating nonstop flights to Miami in early 1995: American was continuing to serve Providenciales with a daily Boeing 727-200 nonstop flight plus a Saturday only Boeing 727-200 nonstop, Turks and Caicos Airways was flying nonstop with a Boeing 737-200 four days a week and Gray Line Air was operating nonstop Convair 580 turboprop service nine times a week. ^[30] In 1999, American was operating daily nonstop Boeing 727-200 service to Miami while at the same time Bahamasair was operating nonstop Boeing 737-200 flights to both Miami and Nassau twice a week. ^[31] By 2001, American was operating three daily nonstop flights to Miami with Boeing 737-800 aircraft and was also flying a Saturday only nonstop to New York John F. Kennedy Airport with a Boeing 737-800. ^[32]

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 Gatwick Airport via an intermediate stop in Antigua. ^{[33] [34]}

References

1. "Airport information for MBPV". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006.
2. Airport information for PLS at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
3. "Howard Hamilton International Airport Redevelopment - Turks & Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA)".
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
5. "Providenciales Airport Expansion Update". Turks and Caicos Tourism Official Website. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
6. "Terminal Redevelopment Readies Providenciales Int'l for More Island Visitors | Airport Improvement Magazine". airportimprovement.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
7. "Caicos Express Airways Adds Kingston Service From mid-June 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
8. "Delta Expands Turks & Caicos Service in 1Q24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
9. "Delta NW24 Caribbean Network Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
10. "Delta adds new MSP route headed to tropical location this winter".
11. "InterCaribbean Airways Launches Flights to Ocho Rios, Jamaica". 17 June 2022.
12. "Silver Airways Adds Fort Lauderdale – Providenciales From Dec 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
13. "Southwest Airlines Extends Flight Schedule with New International Options and Most-Ever Departures". 26 October 2023.
14. "Southwest to Introduce Flights from Baltimore/Washington". 6 March 2020.
15. "Sun Country Airlines Announces 18 New Nonstop Routes". Sun Country Airlines. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
16. Mayling, Samantha (17 November 2022). "Virgin Atlantic unveils new services to Maldives and Turks and Caicos". Travel Weekly. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
17. "Inter Caribbean Flights | Route Map". interCaribbean Airways. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
18. "Turks and Caicos Flights | Turks and Caicos | Caicos Express".
19. Dec. 15, 1978 Official Airline Guide (OAG), North American edition, Miami (MIA) flight schedules
20. http://www.departedflights.com, Jan. 15, 1984 Air Florida route map
21. http://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 15, 1985 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Miami flight schedules
22. http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 1, 1985 Atlantic Gulf Airlines route map
23. http://www.departedflights.com, Oct. 27, 1985, Pan Am system timetable
24. http://www.departedflights.com, Feb. 1, 1987 Pan Am system timetable
25. http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 15, 1989 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Miami flight schedules
26. http://www.departedflights.com, Oct. 1, 1991, Official Airline Guide (OAG), Miami flight schedules
27. http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 16, 1993 Carnival Air Lines system timetable
28. Feb. 1994 OAG Pocket Flight Guide, North American edition, Miami flight schedules
29. Sept. 15, 1994 Official Airline Guide (OAG) Desktop Flight Guide, North American Edition, Providenciales flight schedules
30. Jan. 1, 1995 Official Airline Guide (OAG) Pocket Flight Guide, North American Edition, Miami flight schedules
31. http://www.departedflights.com, June 1, 1999 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Miami & Nassau flight schedules
32. http://www.departedflights.com, April 2, 2001 American Airlines system timetable
33. "Book Flights, Holidays & Check In Online - British Airways". britishairways.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023.
34. "British Airways Increasing Service to Turks and Caicos Islands". Caribbean Journal. 5 March 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022.

External links

Media related to Providenciales Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Providenciales International Airport, official site
• Providenciales International Airport, unofficial site
• PLS International Airport, unofficial site
• Turks and Caicos Islands Government: Civil Aviation
• Vancouver Airport Services (provides management and operations services at airport)
• Current weather for MBPV at NOAA / NWS
• Accident history for PLS at Aviation Safety Network