Norman's Cay Airport is an

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serving

Norman's Cay Norman's Cay is a small Bahamas, Bahamian island (a few hundred hectares) in the Exumas, a chain of islands south and east of Nassau, Bahamas, Nassau, that served as the headquarters for Carlos Lehder's drug smuggling operation from 1978 until aro ...

, one of the

Exuma Islands Exuma is a district of the Bahamas, district of The Bahamas, consisting of over 365 islands, also called cays. The largest of the cays is Great Exuma, which is 37 mi (60 km) in length and joined to another island, Little Exuma, by a s ...

The Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...

. It was known for cocaine drug smuggling from Colombia to the United States under

Carlos Lehder Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas (born 7 September 1949) is a German-Colombian former drug lord who was co-founder of the Medellín Cartel. He was released from prison in the United States after 33 years in 2020. Born in Armenia, Colombia, Lehder ...

Facilities

The airport resides at an

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of above

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. It has one

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designated 03/21 with an

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surface measuring .

Landing Fee

Though not published, there is a $162.80 (USD) or more landing fee at Norman's Cay, depending on aircraft size. The fee is communicated verbally by Airport Staff

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External links

* Airports in the Bahamas Exuma {{Bahamas-struct-stub