San Salvador Airport

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

This article is about the airport in the Bahamas. For the airport in El Salvador, see Cuscatlan International Airport.

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
Map
MYSM
Location in The Bahamas
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,438 7,999 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1]

Overview

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 New York. As of May 18, 2015 FBO and handling services is provided by Odyssey Aviation (San Salvador). The development include a 1,200 sq feet FBO and a 25,000 gallon Jet A-1 fuel storage facility.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Air Canada Rouge Montréal–Trudeau
Air Caraibes Seasonal: Paris–Orly, Punta Cana
Bahamasair Deadman's Cay, Miami, Nassau

Accidents and incidents
  • 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.[2]

References
  1. Airport information for MYSM at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  2. "N6574 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 26 August 2010.


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