Vance W. Amory International Airport
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Vance W. Amory International Airport serves the island of Nevis
in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The airport has a single runway of about 1,220 metres.
The airport was previously known as Bambooshay Airport, then Newcastle Airport. It was renamed in 2002 after the former Premier of Nevis, Vance Amory
, at the completion of a new, more modern terminal, a new control tower and a runway extension. The airport is available to most aircraft, being an international airport
Nevis
Nevis is an island in the Caribbean Sea, located near the northern end of the Lesser Antilles archipelago, about 350 km east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 80 km west of Antigua. The 93 km² island is part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies...
in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. The airport has a single runway of about 1,220 metres.
The airport was previously known as Bambooshay Airport, then Newcastle Airport. It was renamed in 2002 after the former Premier of Nevis, Vance Amory
Vance Amory
Vance Winkworth Amory was the Premier of Nevis from 2 June 1992 to 11 July 2006. He founded and lead the Concerned Citizens' Movement , now chaired by Stedmond Tross. He was a West Indies cricketer who played for the Combined Islands and the Leeward Islands...
, at the completion of a new, more modern terminal, a new control tower and a runway extension. The airport is available to most aircraft, being an international airport