San Salvador Airport
San Salvador Airport Cockburn Town Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | San Salvador Island | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 24 ft / 7 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°03′48″N 074°31′26″W / 24.06333°N 74.52389°W | ||||||||||
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  MYSM Location in The Bahamas | |||||||||||
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San Salvador Airport (IATA: ZSA, ICAO: MYSM), also known as Cockburn Town Airport, is an airport in San Salvador, Bahamas.
Overview
[edit]San Salvador International Airport is one of the few airports in the Bahamas that has Instrument rating landing for aeroplanes, and as a result aircraft can now land at ZSA after official sunset (with local civil aviation permission). Bahamas Customs and Immigration is present at ZSA between normal working hours of 9am-5pm. The main carrier at ZSA is the national flag carrier Bahamasair, which has daily flights to and from Nassau. Club Med, a major hotel on the island, also has charter jet service flights direct from Paris, Montreal and Miami.
Airlines and destinations
[edit]| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Canada Rouge | Montréal–Trudeau[2] |
| Air Caraïbes | Seasonal: Paris–Orly |
| Bahamasair | Deadman's Cay, Miami, Nassau, Rock Sound |
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- On 2 March 1973, Douglas C-47 N6574 of Arute International Air overran the runway on landing and was damaged beyond economic repair. The cause was pilot error in that a downwind landing was made. The aircraft was operating an international non-scheduled passenger flight from Miami International Airport, United States.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Airport information for MYSM". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ "TIMETABLE" (PDF).
- ^ "N6574 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
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