Charles Kirkconnell International Airport

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Sir Charles Kirkconnell International Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Location Cayman Brac
Elevation  AMSL 8 ft / 2 m
Coordinates 19°41′13″N79°52′58″W / 19.68694°N 79.88278°W / 19.68694; -79.88278
Map
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CYB
Location in the Cayman Islands
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CYB
CYB (Caribbean)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
09/271,8486,063Asphalt
Sources: Cayman Islands AIP [1] GCM [2] Google Maps [3]

Sir Captain Charles Kirkconnell International Airport( IATA : CYB, ICAO : MWCB) is an airport serving Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands. It is one of the hubs for Cayman Airways with flights to Owen Roberts International Airport on Grand Cayman, and Edward Bodden Airfield on Little Cayman. It is the only airport on Cayman Brac.

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The runway is on the southwestern end of Cayman Brac, and parallels the south shoreline. Approaches and departures are over the water. The Cayman Brac non-directional beacon (Ident: CBC) is located 1.0 nautical mile (1.9 km) off the approach threshold of Runway 27. [4]

The airport was renamed Charles Kirkconnell International Airport, in memory of Captain Charles Leonard Kirkconnell, a prominent local businessman with strong ties to the Sister Islands. Its previous name was Gerrard-Smith International Airport. [5]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Cayman Airways Grand Cayman, Miami
Cayman Airways Express Grand Cayman, Little Cayman
Island Air Charter: Grand Cayman, Little Cayman

Cayman Airways currently operates Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner service into the airport with limited flights operated on a less than daily basis nonstop to Grand Cayman as well as a weekly 737-8 nonstop southbound from Miami while Cayman Airways Express flies de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter STOL capable turboprops and Saab 340B regional turboprops to Grand Cayman with Twin Otter service also being operated to the neighboring island of Little Cayman. [6] In addition, according to the Cayman Airways flight schedule the airline is currently operating direct no change of plane 737-8 jet service every Saturday from Cayman Brac to Denver via a stop in Grand Cayman. [7]

Historical airline service

In 1965, Cayman Brac Airways (CBA), a subsidiary of LACSA Airlines, was operating twice weekly round trip service flown with a Beech Model 18 twin prop aircraft on a routing of Grand Cayman - Little Cayman (flag stop only) - Cayman Brac - Montego Bay. [8] According to the airline's 1 May 1965 timetable, connecting service to Miami via Grand Cayman was offered by LACSA, an airline based in Costa Rica, while additional CBA connecting service to Miami as well as to New York City was offered by Pan Am via Montego Bay.

In 1968, the government of the Cayman Islands purchased a controlling interest in Cayman Brac Airways from LACSA and then formed Cayman Airways which operated several different aircraft types over the years between Cayman Brac, Grand Cayman and Little Cayman including the Britten-Norman Trislander commuter three engine prop aircraft, the Hawker Siddeley HS 748 twin turboprop and the Short 330 commuter twin turboprop. [9] The first aircraft type to be operated by Cayman Airways into Cayman Brac was the Douglas DC-3 which in 1972 was being used on flights to both Grand Cayman and Little Cayman from the airport. [10] By 1985, Cayman Airways was serving Cayman Brac with Boeing 727-200 jetliners with nonstop flights to Miami three days a week as well as operating 727 and propeller aircraft service to Grand Cayman. [11] [12] Other jetliner types previously operated by Cayman Airways over the years into Cayman Brac included the Boeing 737-200, Boeing 737-300 and Boeing 737-400. [13]

In the spring and summer of 1978, U.S.-based regional air carrier Red Carpet Airlines was operating nonstop service twice a week between Cayman Brac and the St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport in Florida as well as interisland flights nonstop between Cayman Brac and Grand Cayman five days a week, with both services being flown with twin-engine Convair 440 prop aircraft. [14] By the summer of 1980, Red Carpet was operating direct one-stop service twice a week between Cayman Brac and Tampa International Airport via a stop at Grand Cayman and by the spring of 1981, the airline was operating a weekly nonstop flight to Tampa as well as a weekly direct one-stop service to Tampa via Grand Cayman with all flights being operated with Convair 440 aircraft [15] [16] In the spring of 1982, Red Carpet successor AeroSun International was continuing to operate Convair 440 service between Cayman Brac and Tampa with a once a week roundtrip nonstop flight as well as once a week roundtrip direct one-stop service via Grand Cayman. [17]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at CYB airport. See Wikidata query.

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References

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  2. ↑ Airport information for Gerrard-Smith International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ "Charles Kirkconnell International Airport". Google Maps. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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  7. ↑ https://www.caymanairways.com/travel-information, Flight Schedule
  8. ↑ "Cayman Brac Airways - CBA Airways". Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  9. ↑ https://www.caymanairways.com Archived 9 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine , Our History
  10. ↑ http://www.timetableimages.com Archived 2 February 2001 at the Wayback Machine , 1 July 1972 Cayman Airways system timetable
  11. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com Archived 17 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine , 15 Feb. 1985 Official Airline Guide (OAG) edition, Miami flight schedules
  12. ↑ http://www.timetableimages.com Archived 2 February 2001 at the Wayback Machine , 27 Oct. 1985 Cayman Airways system timetable
  13. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com Archived 17 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine , 2 April 1995 Official Airline Guide edition, Miami flight schedules
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  15. ↑ "Red Carpet Airlines". Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  16. ↑ https://www.departedflights.com Archived 12 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine , April 1, 1981 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Tampa flight schedules & Flight Itineraries section, Red Carpet Airlines (MF)
  17. ↑ "AeroSun International". Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
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