Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport

Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport
IATA: EISICAO: TUPJ
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator BVIAA
Serves Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Location Road Town
Elevation AMSL 16 ft / 5 m
Coordinates
Map
TUPJ
Location in the British Virgin Islands
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 1,415 4,642 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1]

Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport (IATA: EISICAO: TUPJ), previously known as Beef Island Airport, is the main airport serving the British Virgin Islands, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean. The airport serves as the gateway to just about all of the islands within the BVI. Many travelers fly into Beef Island, with the intention of taking the ferry to the other smaller British Virgin Islands. The airport is located on Beef Island, a small island off the main island of Tortola, to which it is connected by the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.

The Terrance B. Lettsome airport underwent a major $55 million renovation in 2004. After dredging was completed the runway was expanded allowing larger planes into the BVI. These planes are not the large jumbo jets one could expect flying into St. Thomas or Puerto Rico. There are 64 passenger turbo prop airplanes, used for regional flying only. This renovation was the largest capital project ever at that time.

Some of the highlights of the project include:

There is a $20 departure tax for anyone over the age of five years old.

Contents

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
American Eagle Airlines operated by Executive Airlines San Juan
BVI Airways Antigua, Dominica, Sint Maarten, St Kitts
Cape Air San Juan
LIAT Antigua, Sint Maarten

Charter

Airlines Destinations
Anguilla Air Services Anguilla, Antigua, Sint Maarten
BVI Airways Anguilla, Nevis, Santo Domingo, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia
FlyMontserrat Montserrat
St Barth Commuter Saint Barthélemy
Trans Anguilla Airways Anguilla
VI Air Link Anegada, Anguilla, Aruba, Barbados, Bonaire, Canouan, Curaçao, Dominica, Fort-de-France, Grand Turk, Grenada, Kingston, La Romana, Montego Bay, Nassau, Nevis, Pointe-à-Pitre, Port-au-Prince, Port of Spain, Providenciales, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia-Hewanorra, Saint Lucia-Vigie, Saint Vincent, Santo Domingo, Sint Maarten

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. ^ Airport information for Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
  2. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930506-2. Retrieved 7 February 2011. 
  3. ^ "N57372 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710405-0. Retrieved 19 September 2010. 

External links

British Virgin Islands portal
Aviation portal