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Codrington Airport
Barbuda Codrington Airport is a public airport serving the village of Codrington, on the island of Barbuda. It has a very short runway. In September 2017, Hurricane Irma Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in September 2017. Irma was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record, followed by Maria two ... seriously damaged Barbuda Codrington Airport, and as a result, Antiguan and Barbudan authorities shut down the airport until repairs were completed. Airlines and destinations References External links * Airports in Antigua and Barbuda Barbuda {{Caribbean-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codrington, Barbuda
Codrington is a town located on the island of Barbuda, which is part of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. For travelers and visitors, Codrington is served by Barbuda Codrington Airport. Codrington was founded by Christopher Codrington (died 1698), Christopher Codrington and his brother John in 1685, to be the main residential centre on the island. They built a castle which dominated the town, but it was badly damaged by an earthquake in 1843 and little trace of it now remains. It had a population of 914 in 2001. In 1741, the first slave rebellion happened in Codrington. Beach's Rebellion arose as a consequence of manager Thomas Beach's "cruel and tyrannical" behaviour. Several herds of cattle were slaughtered, with additional damage being done to the Codrington's property and equipment. The population of Codrington was recorded as 700 in the census of 1904, and 1,252 in the census of 1991. The town, along with the rest of the island, was completely evacuated in September 2017 fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbuda
Barbuda (), is an island located in the eastern Caribbean forming part of the sovereign state of Antigua and Barbuda. It is located north of the island of Antigua and is part of the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. The island is a popular tourist destination because of its moderate climate and coastline. Historically, most of Barbuda's 1,634 residents have lived in the town of Codrington. However, in September 2017, Hurricane Irma damaged or destroyed 95% of the island's buildings and infrastructure and, as a result, all the island's inhabitants were evacuated to Antigua, leaving Barbuda empty for the first time in modern history. By February 2019, most of the residents had returned to the island. History The Pre-Arawakan peoples inhabited the area in the Stone Age. The island was populated by Arawak and Carib Indians when Christopher Columbus landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early settlements by the Spanish were followed by the French and English who formed a col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in September 2017. Irma was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record, followed by Maria two weeks later. At the time, it was considered as the most powerful hurricane on record in the open Atlantic region, outside of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico until it was surpassed by Hurricane Dorian two years later. It was also the third strongest Atlantic hurricane at landfall ever recorded, just behind the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and Dorian. The ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, second major hurricane, and first Category 5 hurricane of the 2017 season, Irma caused widespread and catastrophic damage throughout its long lifetime, particularly in the northeastern Caribbean and the Florida Keys. It was also the most intense hurricane to strike the continental United States since Katrina in 2005, the first major hurrican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABM Air
BMN Air (formerly ''ABM Air'' or ''Antigua Barbuda Montserrat Air'') is an airline of Antigua and Barbuda. Its headquarters is located at its hub at V. C. Bird International Airport serving the country's main island of Antigua with the capital, Saint John's. The company offers scheduled services to Antigua's sister island Barbuda and to the British overseas territory of Montserrat, as well as charter services between these two destinations.ABM Air Antigua , Flights to Barbuda from Antigua, Getting to Barbuda http://antigua-flights.com/ The airline was set up in 2010, as a subsidiary of SVG Air. Destinations *Antigua and Barbuda ** Antigua - V. C. Bird International Airport Hub ** Barbuda - Barbuda Codrington Airport * Montserrat ** Montserrat Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anguilla Air Services
Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The territory consists of the main island of Anguilla, approximately long by wide at its widest point, together with a number of much smaller islands and cays with no permanent population. The territory's capital is The Valley. The total land area of the territory is , with a population of approximately (). Etymology The native Arawak name for the island was ''Malliouhana''. In reference to the island's shape, the Italian ', meaning "eel" (in turn, from the Latin diminutive of ''anguis'', "snake") was used as its name. History Anguilla was first settled by Indigenous Amerindian peoples who migrated from South America. The earliest Native American artefacts found on Anguilla have been dated to around 1300 BC; remains of settlements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton J
Clayton may refer to: People *Clayton (name) *Clayton baronets *The Clayton Brothers, Jeff and John, jazz musicians *Clayton Brothers, Rob and Christian, painter artists *Justice Clayton (other), the judges Clayton Places Canada *Clayton, Ontario *Rural Municipality of Clayton No. 333, Saskatchewan Australia *Clayton, Victoria *Clayton Bay, a town in South Australia formerly known as Clayton *Electoral district of Clayton, a former electoral district in Victoria United Kingdom *Clayton, Manchester *Clayton, South Yorkshire *Clayton, Staffordshire, in Newcastle-under-Lyme *Clayton, West Sussex *Clayton, West Yorkshire *Clayton-le-Dale, Lancashire *Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire *Clayton-le-Woods, Lancashire United States Locales *Clayton, Alabama *Clayton, California, in Contra Costa County; formerly ''Clayton's'' *Clayton, Placer County, California *Clayton, Delaware *Clayton, Georgia *Clayton, Idaho *Clayton, Illinois *Clayton, Indiana *Clayton, Iowa *Clayton, Kansas *C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caribbean Helicopters
Caribbean Helicopters Limited was founded in 1995. The air charter airline is based in Antigua and provides services to Anguilla, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dominica and other islands. Fleet information *The current fleet consists of one Bell 206 JetRanger II, two Bell 206 LongRanger, 2 Piper Navajo & 1 Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander is a British light utility aircraft and regional airliner designed and originally manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. Still in production, the Islander is one of the best-selling commercial air .... References External links * {{Portalbar, Caribbean, Companies, Aviation 1995 establishments in Antigua and Barbuda Airlines established in 1995 Airlines of Antigua and Barbuda Helicopter airlines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FlyMontserrat
Montserrat Airways Ltd (MA LTD), trading as FlyMontserrat, is an airline with its headquarters at John A. Osborne Airport in Gerald's, Montserrat, British West Indies. The airline flies from Montserrat to and from Antigua, with their Britten Norman BN-2 aircraft. History On 28 May 2009 the airline received its Air Operator's Certificate from the UK overseas Civil Aviation Authority Air Safety Support International (ASSI). On Saturday 30 May 2009 the airline's first charter flight took place. The Montserrat Tourist Board British Department for International Development (DFID) and the Tourism Challenge Fund, sponsored by the government of Montserrat, provided the funds to start the airline. Destinations *John A. Osborne Airport ( Montserrat) *V. C. Bird International Airport ( Antigua) Total: 2 Incidents and accidents *On 19 April 2011 a Fly Montserrat aircraft ran off the runway and crashed into the embankment after the aircraft endured brake trouble all weekend . *On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Barth Commuter
St Barth Commuter is a French airline based in Saint-Barthélemy in the Caribbean.''Flight International'', 12–18 April 2005 History The airline was founded in 1995 and began services to Saint Maarten with a single Britten-Norman BN2A Islander. In 2005, the fleet was increased and new routes added to San Juan in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ... and to the French side of Saint Martin, Marigot. The airline is wholly owned by Bruno Magras. Destinations St Barth Commuter flies to the following destinations: The airline has also regularly scheduled flights to other islands in the Caribbean. St Barth Commuter also does charter flights to other islands in the region. Fleet The St Barth Commuter fleet consisted of the following aircraft in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf III Airport
Gustaf III Airport , also known as Saint Barthélemy Airport, Rémy de Haenen Airport, sometimes as St. Jean Airport (french: link=no, Aérodrome de St Jean), is a public use airport located in the village of St. Jean on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy. Due to its very short runway, very close proximity to automotive traffic on a nearby road, and the necessity of a license to land at the airport, ''The History Channel'' documentary ''Most Extreme Airports'' ranked it the third most dangerous airport in the world, behind Toncontín International Airport and Lukla Airport. Overview Both the airport and the island's main town of Gustavia are named after King Gustav III of Sweden, under whom Sweden obtained the island from France in 1784 (it was sold back to France in 1878). In 1984, the Swedish Minister of Communications, Hans Gustafsson, inaugurated the terminal building of the Gustaf III Airport. In 2015 the airport got the name ''Aéroport de Saint-Barthélemy-Rémy- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans Anguilla Airways
Trans Anguilla Airways (TAA) is an air charter airline operating to and from Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport to points in the Caribbean. History The Trans Anguilla Airways company was created in 1997. The company was founded by Joshua Gumbs of Rey Hill, and operated by his brother Lincoln Gumbs (manager) and Carl Thomas (chief pilot). From December 2010 to December 2011, Trans Anguilla Airways was exceptionally authorized to land and take off from the Virgin Gorda Airport, despite the fact that its fleet was not compliant with the airport's standards. In July 2013, Trans Anguilla Airways launched a new service flight to Sint Eustatius. Destinations TAA operates scheduled 7-minute flights between Anguilla and Sint Maarten. It offers private charters, shared charters, executive/corporate charters, sightseeing charters, inter-island charters, freight services, and air ambulance services connecting Anguilla to other islands in the Leeward Islands. TAA also offers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airports In Antigua And Barbuda
There are three airports operating in Antigua and Barbuda, a nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Antigua and Barbuda consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands (including Great Bird, Green, Guinea, Long, Maiden and York Islands). Separated by a few nautical miles, the group is in the middle of the Leeward Islands, part of the Lesser Antilles. __TOC__ Airports Boldface indicates the airport has scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines. Heliports See also * Transport in Antigua and Barbuda * List of airports by ICAO code: T#TA - Antigua and Barbuda * Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America#Antigua and Barbuda References * * – includes IATA codes Great Circle Mapper: Antigua and Barbuda – IATA codes, ICAO codes and coordinates {{North America topic, List of airports in, state=expand Airports in Antigua and Barbuda, Lists of airports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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