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| V.C. Bird International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: ANU – ICAO: TAPA | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Antigua and Barbuda Millennium Airport Corporation | ||
| Location | St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 62 ft / 19 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 07/25 | 9,003 | 2,744 | Asphalt |
| Source: DAFIF [1][2] | |||
V.C. Bird International Airport (IATA: ANU, ICAO: TAPA) is located on the island of Antigua, eight kilometres northeast of St. John's, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda.
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History
The airport was built as an American military air base during World War II and named Coolidge Airfield after Capt. Hamilton Coolidge (1895-1918), a United States Army Air Service pilot killed in World War I. A few years after the war, the airfield was turned over to the government of Antigua to become a civil airport. It was known as Coolidge International Airport until 1985, when it was named in honor of Sir Vere Cornwall Bird (1910-1999), the first prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda.
In December 2005, the Antigua and Barbuda Millennium Airport Corporation announced it would invite tenders to construct the first phase of a new passenger terminal designed to serve the airport for 30 years.
Incidents
On 17 September 1965, a Pan Am Boeing 707-121B en route from Fort de France, Martinique, to St. John's struck Chance Peak on Montserrat, an island to the southwest of Antigua, killing all 30 aboard. The pilot mistakenly believed he was descending into Antigua. As a result, a VHF omnirange (VOR) transmitter was installed at the St. John's airport.
Airlines and destinations
- Air Canada (Toronto-Pearson)
- Air Caraibes (Pointe-à-Pitre)
- American Airlines (Miami)
- American Eagle (San Juan)
- BMI (Manchester (UK)) [ends April 24]
- British Airways (Grenada, London-Gatwick, Saint Kitts [begins January 10], Tobago)
- Caribbean Airlines (Bridgetown, Kingston)
- Caribbean Helicopters
- Condor Airlines (Frankfurt,Porlamar)
- Continental Airlines (Newark)
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, New York-JFK)
- LIAT (Anguilla, Bridgetown, Dominica, Georgetown, Grenada, Guadaloupe, Saint Croix, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, San Juan PR, Saint Vincent, Sint Maarten, Tortola, Montserrat, Nevis, Santo Domingo, Trinidad)
- Livingston Energy Flight (Milan-Malpensa)
- Skyservice (Toronto-Pearson)
- Thomson Airways (London-Gatwick)
- US Airways (Charlotte, Philadelphia [seasonal])
- Virgin Atlantic (London-Gatwick)
- Windward Islands Airways (Anguilla, Barbuda, Montserrat, Sint Maarten)
Cargo carriers
- Amerijet (Miami, Santiago (DR), St Martin)
- Air Transport International (Melbourne)
- FedEx Express (Puerto Rico)
- DHL (Puerto Rico)
References
- ^ Airport information for TAPA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Airport information for ANU / TAPA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
