San Salvador Airport

Summary

San Salvador Airport (IATA: ZSA, ICAO: MYSM), also known as Cockburn Town Airport, is an airport in San Salvador, Bahamas.

San Salvador Airport

Cockburn Town Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationSan Salvador Island
Elevation AMSL24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates24°03′48″N 074°31′26″W / 24.06333°N 74.52389°W / 24.06333; -74.52389
Map
MYSM is located in Bahamas
MYSM
MYSM
Location in The Bahamas
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,438 7,999 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1]

Overview edit

San Salvador International Airport is one of the few airports in the Bahamas that has Instrument rating landing for aeroplanes, and as a result aircraft can now land at ZSA after official sunset (with local civil aviation permission). Bahamas Customs and Immigration is present at ZSA between normal working hours of 9am-5pm. The main carrier at ZSA is the national flag carrier Bahamasair, which has daily flights to and from Nassau. Club Med, a major hotel on the island, also has charter jet service flights direct from Paris, Montreal and Miami.

Airlines and destinations edit

AirlinesDestinations
Air Canada Rouge Montréal–Trudeau[2]
Air Caraïbes Seasonal: Paris–Orly
Bahamasair Deadman's Cay, Nassau, Rock Sound

Accidents and incidents edit

  • On 2 March 1973, Douglas C-47 N6574 of Arute International Air overran the runway on landing and was damaged beyond economic repair. The cause was pilot error in that a downwind landing was made. The aircraft was operating an international non-scheduled passenger flight from Miami International Airport, United States.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Airport information for MYSM". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ "TIMETABLE" (PDF).
  3. ^ "N6574 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 26 August 2010.