Treasure Cay Airport
| Treasure Cay Airport | |||||||||||
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| IATA: TCB – ICAO: MYAT | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Treasure Cay, Abaco Islands, Bahamas | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 8 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°44′43″N 077°23′28″W / 26.74528°N 77.39111°WCoordinates: 26°44′43″N 077°23′28″W / 26.74528°N 77.39111°W | ||||||||||
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  MYAT Location in The Bahamas | |||||||||||
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Treasure Cay Airport (IATA: TCB, ICAO: MYAT) is an airport serving Treasure Cay, in the Abaco Islands in The Bahamas.[1]
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 8 ft (2.4 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,134 m × 46 m (7,001 ft × 151 ft).[1]
There is one terminal building, with departures in one room and arrivals in another. A small store sells snacks and the check-in desks are quiet if not crowded. No more than 15 planes arrive/depart a day, most to Florida and some to Nassau.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Silver Airways | Fort Lauderdale[3] |
Accidents and incidents
- On 25 March 2012, four American citizens from Neptune Beach, Florida and Jacksonville, Florida were killed when a six-seat single-engine Piper PA-32R aircraft crashed into bushes between the end of the runway and S.C. Bootle Highway which runs adjacent to the airport. The aircraft, which was attempting to take off for a flight to Fort Pierce, Florida, was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters reached the crash site. The cause was not immediately known.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 Airport information for MYAT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ↑ Airport information for TCB at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ↑ http://www.silverairways.com/more-information/travel-information/route-map
- ↑ "Four Americans killed in Bahamas plane crash". BNO News. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
External links
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