San Andros Airport

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San Andros Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Nicholls Town, Andros Island, Bahamas
Hub forPassenger
Elevation  AMSL 5 ft / 2 m
Coordinates 25°03′14″N078°02′56″W / 25.05389°N 78.04889°W / 25.05389; -78.04889
Map
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MYAN
Location in The Bahamas
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
12/301,5245,000 Bitumen
Source: DAFIF [1] [2]

San Andros Airport( IATA : SAQ, ICAO : MYAN) is an airport near Nicholls Town on Andros Island in The Bahamas. [2]

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Facilities

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 Westernair, Bahamasair, Lynx (from Fort Lauderdale) and other small twin engine charter planes that run between the islands.

Since November 2006, the airport has Av Gas and Jet A available from Westernair. 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.

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled passenger service from this airport is provided by the following airlines:

AirlinesDestinations
Western Air Nassau

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References

  1. 1 2 "Airport information for MYAN". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. 1 2 Airport information for SAQ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).