Exuma International Airport (George Town Exuma International Airport)
Exuma International Airport is a public airport serving the island of Great Exuma in the Bahamas. It is located near Moss Town, northwest of George Town. The airport services mainly light aircraft and regional jets from the United States and The Bahamas.
The airport is at an elevation of 9 ft above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 2149 x.
As of May 2020, there was one terminal and boarding area at the commercially served airport. For general aviation, Odyssey Aviation operates an FBO with direct access to the ramp. The Bahamian government has designated Exuma International Airport as an important part of the Bahamian tourism economy and made plans to further develop the airport with a budget of $44 million. The additional development will include a new terminal building and fire rescue building. The new building will also include space for retail and Bahamian government agencies, with construction anticipated to "commence in the first quarter of 2021." Renovation of the airport will also include the runway, aprons and a new taxiway.
The airport is at an elevation of 9 ft above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 2149 x.
As of May 2020, there was one terminal and boarding area at the commercially served airport. For general aviation, Odyssey Aviation operates an FBO with direct access to the ramp. The Bahamian government has designated Exuma International Airport as an important part of the Bahamian tourism economy and made plans to further develop the airport with a budget of $44 million. The additional development will include a new terminal building and fire rescue building. The new building will also include space for retail and Bahamian government agencies, with construction anticipated to "commence in the first quarter of 2021." Renovation of the airport will also include the runway, aprons and a new taxiway.
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Country - The_Bahamas
The Bahama Islands were inhabited by the Lucayans, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taíno, for many centuries. Christopher Columbus was the first European to see the islands, making his first landfall in the "New World" in 1492 when he landed on the island of San Salvador. Later, the Spanish shipped the native Lucayans to and enslaved them on Hispaniola, after which the Bahama islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648, nearly all native Bahamians having been forcibly removed for enslavement or having died of diseases that Europeans brought to the islands. In 1649, English colonists from Bermuda, known as the Eleutheran Adventurers, settled on the island of Eleuthera.
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BSD | Bahamian dollar | $ | 2 |
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