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Airport type
  
Public

14/32
  
2,134

7,001
  
Asphalt

Code
  
TCB

Elevation AMSL
  
8 ft / 2 m

2,134
  
7,001

Address
  
The Bahamas

Treasure Cay Airport

Serves
  
Treasure Cay, Abaco Islands

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Treasure Cay Airport (IATA: TCB, ICAO: MYAT) is an airport serving Treasure Cay, in the Abaco Islands in The Bahamas.

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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).

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.

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.

    • References

    Treasure Cay Airport Wikipedia
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