San Andros Airport
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San Andros Airport is an airport
near Nicholls Town
on Andros Island in The Bahamas
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of 5 ft (1.5 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
designated 12/30 with a bitumen surface measuring 1524 metre.
The airport has services from Westernair, Bahamasair, Lynx (from Fort Lauderdale) and other small twin engine charter planes that run between the islands.
Since November 2006, the airport has Av Gas and Jet A available from Westernair. The newly built Western Executive Jet Center has big screen TV, executive style bathrooms, conference rooms, pilot lounges, passenger area, delicatessen
, and a VIP lounge. They also have a maintenance hangar for their aircraft and executive planes and a terminal for domestic flights.
Airport
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near Nicholls Town
Nicholls Town
Nicholls Town is a town located in North Andros, part of Andros island in the Bahamas.-See also:* Districts of the Bahamas* Islands of the Bahamas* List of cities in the Bahamas...
on Andros Island in The Bahamas
The Bahamas
The Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets . It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States...
.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
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of 5 ft (1.5 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
designated 12/30 with a bitumen surface measuring 1524 metre.
The airport has services from Westernair, Bahamasair, Lynx (from Fort Lauderdale) and other small twin engine charter planes that run between the islands.
Since November 2006, the airport has Av Gas and Jet A available from Westernair. The newly built Western Executive Jet Center has big screen TV, executive style bathrooms, conference rooms, pilot lounges, passenger area, delicatessen
Delicatessen
Delicatessen is a term meaning "delicacies" or "fine foods". The word entered English via German,with the old German spelling , plural of Delikatesse "delicacy", ultimately from Latin delicatus....
, and a VIP lounge. They also have a maintenance hangar for their aircraft and executive planes and a terminal for domestic flights.