W.H. Bramble Airport, also known as Blackburne Airport, was a small international airport

Airport

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 on the east coast of the island of Montserrat

Montserrat

Montserrat is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. This island measures approximately long and wide, giving of coastline...

, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean

Caribbean

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Named after Montserrat Chief Minister

Chief Minister of Montserrat

The Chief Minister of Montserrat is the head of government of Montserrat, an island in the Caribbean that is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, appointed by the Governor of Montserrat on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, Montserrat's head of state. The current Chief Minister of Montserrat is...

 William Henry Bramble

William Henry Bramble

William Henry Bramble , also known as Willy B, was a union leader and a political-party leader from Montserrat; from his Montserrat Labour Party, he was the first Chief Minister of the country, serving from January 1960 to December 1970.Owing to his social compromise for the poor and political...

, the airport was located near the now-abandoned capital of Plymouth

Plymouth, Montserrat

Plymouth is the de jure capital of the island of Montserrat, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Leeward Island chain of the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. The town was overwhelmed by volcanic eruptions starting in the 1990s and was abandoned...

. The facility was destroyed in 1997 by an eruption of the nearby Soufriere Hills volcano. For several years afterwards, Montserrat had been only accessible by helicopters or boats until July 2005 when the new Gerald's Airport (now John A. Osborne Airport) was completed on the north end of the island. Bramble had used the IATA airport code

IATA airport code

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 MNI, but this has now been transferred to the new airport.

W.H. Bramble Airport was served by the following airlines :

• LIAT
• Winair
• Montserrat Airways
• Carib Aviation
  Carib Aviation
  - History :Founded in 1972 with a single prop engine aircraft, Carib Aviation provided charter and scheduled flights throughout the Caribbean from its main base in Antigua. The company employed 63 personnel, including some 15 pilots and 22 engineering staff...
  
  
• sometimes American Eagle Airlines
  American Eagle Airlines
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External links

• North from Bramble Airport, added 13 June 2006, YouTube.com
• Caribbean Airports