Bridgetown Heliport, is found in the city of

Bridgetown Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The Ci ...

Saint Michael Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

on the island of

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. The heliport is situated on the shores of Carlisle Bay roughly from Sir Grantley Adams International Airport in neighbouring Christ Church. The

heliport A heliport is a small airport suitable for use by helicopters and some other vertical lift aircraft. Designated heliports typically contain one or more touchdown and liftoff areas and may also have limited facilities such as fuel or hangars. I ...

was formerly managed by Bajan Helicopters Ltd. Its customers and utilisations included: Government departments, oil companies, shipping lines, cruise lines, public utility companies and emergency Medical evacuations. Occasionally Bajan Helicopters operated chartered flights to other various destinations covering

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and the Eastern Caribbean. Typically these flights were to the islands of Antigua, Grenada, Guadeloupe,

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, Montserrat,

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, Saint Lucia,

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, and Saint Vincent. Upscale holidaying clientele in Barbados had also come to rely on Bajan Helicopters to take them to the heliport at the

Port Saint Charles The Port St. Charles marina is a luxury marina development situated on the western coast of Barbados. Found within the parish of Saint Peter, the marina is in Heywoods and is in close proximity to Speightstown. The Port St. Charles marina cont ...

marina, The

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, and the Royal Westmoreland Resort upon arrival at the Grantley Adams International Airport.

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Barbados Civil Aviation DepartmentCaribbean Aviation NewsImmigration Policies and Procedures of Barbados
Defunct airports in the Caribbean Heliports in Barbados Saint Michael, Barbados {{Barbados-stub

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