George Town Airport is an abandoned
airport located near
George Town on the island of
Great Exuma in
The Bahamas which is closed for civilian use.
Facilities
The closed airport, located at the end of "Old Airport Road" on Great Exuma Island, resides at an
elevation of above
mean sea level. It had one
runway designated 11/29 with an
asphalt surface measuring .
Accidents and incidents
*On 3 February 1998,
Douglas C-47A N200MF of
Missionary Flights International
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Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and forme ...
crashed on approach to George Town Airport. The aircraft was on a passenger flight from
Cap-Haitien International Airport,
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
when an engine failed shortly after take-off. The crew decided to return to George Town but the second engine failed on approach. All 26 on board survived.
See also
*
Exuma International Airport (IATA: GGT, ICAO: MYEF), located near
Moss Town
Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta ('' sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and ...
.
References
Airports in the Bahamas
Exuma
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