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JAGS McCartney International Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
13 ft / 4 m

Code
  
GDT

Municipality
  
Cockburn Town

Location
  
Grand Turk Island

11/29
  
1,939

Elevation
  
4 m

JAGS McCartney International Airport

Operator
  
Civil Aviation Department

Address
  
Grand Turk Island TKCA 1ZZ, Turks and Caicos Islands

Similar
  
Grand Turk Cruise Center, Turks and Caicos National, Bohio Dive Resort, Crabtree Apartments, Osprey Beach Hotel

Onboard landing grand turk jags mccartney international airport


JAGS McCartney International Airport (IATA: GDT, ICAO: MBGT), also known as Grand Turk International Airport, is an airport located one mile south of Cockburn Town on Grand Turk Island in the Turks and Caicos Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It is the second largest airport in the Turks & Caicos, after Providenciales International Airport.

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History

The airport is named for James Alexander George Smith McCartney, the Territory's first Chief Minister, who died in a plane crash in New Jersey, United States in 1980.

Facilities and aircraft

JAGS McCartney has the ability to handle large aircraft, such as the Boeing 757 and Airbus A321 jets. The airport also houses a restaurant, rental car facilities, and free parking facilities. There is no public transportation on the island. The majority of the aerial services originating out of the airport are domestic flights within the Turks and Caicos Islands. However, international and other charter flights are popular during the peak travel season.

References

JAGS McCartney International Airport Wikipedia