The Canefield Airport is an airport on the west coast of the

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Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographical ...

. It is north of

Roseau Roseau ( Dominican Creole: ''Wozo'') is the capital and largest city of Dominica, with a population of 14,725 as of 2011. It is a small and compact urban settlement, in the Saint George parish and surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, the Roseau R ...

, the capital. Construction began in early 1979 with British funding, shortly after Dominica's independence. The airport was officially opened in 1982. It is one of only two airports in the island nation of Dominica, the other being Douglas-Charles Airport.

Runways and taxiways

It has one

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01/19, which measures . Runway 01 has a 500-foot

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. There is mountainous terrain to the east, and rising terrain north and south, with the

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to the west. Commercial operators require proficiency checks for their crews to be able to operate at the airport. The airport features one three-thousand-one-hundred-and-thirty-foot runway.

Traffic

Most of these flights operate with

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and

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aircraft such as the DHC-6 Twin Otter,

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, Freighters, and private aircraft. Though not common, the airport has handled light business jets such as the Cessna Citation Mustang, and the

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on occasions. One of the largest aircraft to ever land at the airport was a

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operated

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Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate passenger flights to the Canefield Airport:

Charter

The following airlines operate charter flights into the Canefield Airport.

Cargo

Statistics

The busiest routes year round to the Canefield Airport.

Temperature Record

On 3 October 2015, the weather station at Canefield Airport recorded a temperature of . This is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Dominica.

Incidents and accidents

*On Tuesday, March 1, 2011, a Rockwell Shrike Commander aircraft right main gear blew and the aircraft veered off the runway to the right. There were no injuries and this mishap is still unexplained. *On Thursday, February 16, 2012, a

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made an emergency landing. It landed without further incident. *On Thursday, February 27, 2014, a Cessna 404 aircraft ran off the runway, suffered damage to the left wing. *On Sunday, February 8, 2015, a private Cessna 404 aircraft coming from Venezuela ran off the runway, suffered extensive damage. *On Wednesday, February 7, 2018, a Rockwell Shrike Commander aircraft upon landing suffered nose gear failure.

References

External links

* Airports in Dominica Airports established in 1979 1979 establishments in North America {{Caribbean-airport-stub