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Encyclopedia > Gerald's Airport

Gerald's Airport (IATA airport code MNI) is a small international airport located on the island of Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... A United Kingdom overseas territory (formerly known as a dependent territory or earlier as a crown colony) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not part of the United Kingdom proper (almost exclusively Great Britain and Northern Ireland). ... ...


Airport Overview

The facility was formally opened on July 11, 2005. It features a 600 metre runway, a restaurant, modern air traffic control technology, and immigration facilities. The total cost of construction was approximately US$18.5 million. The airport's passenger terminal was dedicated earlier in February 2005 by Princess Anne, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Montserrat's head of state. July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... USD redirects here. ... The Princess Anne, Princess Royal, LG, LT, GCVO, QSO (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Laurence, formerly Phillips, née Mountbatten-Windsor), styled HRH The Princess Royal (born August 15, 1950), is a member of the British Royal Family. ... Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The... The President of the Philippines meets with the President of the United States. ...


The completion of Gerald's Airport allowed for the resumption of regular commercial airline service to Montserrat for the first time since 1997, when H.W. Bramble Airport, which had been the island's only aviation gateway, was completely destroyed by an eruption of the nearby Soufriere Hills volcano. Between 1997 and 2005, Montserrat had been only accessable by helicopters or boats. H.W. Bramble Airport was the small international airport near the southeast coast of the British Caribbean island of Montserrat. ... The Soufriere Hills volcano is a complex stratovolcano with many lava domes forming its summit on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. ...


Airline Services

Currently, Windward Islands Airways (commonly known as WinAir) provides daily passenger service between Gerald's Airport and two neighbouring Caribbean islands: Windward Islands Airways (IATA Code: WM, ICAO Code: WIA, Callsign: Windward) is more commonly known as Winair. ...

WinAir and US Airways also maintain a codeshare agreement, allowing US Airways to sell tickets on WinAir flights as US Airways flights. Saint Martin - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image Saint Martin is a tropical island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 150 miles east of Puerto Rico. ... Princess Juliana Airport (IATA: SXM, ICAO: TNCM) serves the island of Sint Maarten (also known as Saint Martin) in the Netherlands Antilles. ... V C Bird International Airport is located 8 km northeast of Saint Johns, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda. ... A US Airways 737 at Chicago OHare US Airways (IATA: US, ICAO: USA, and Callsign: US Air) is an airline based in Tempe, Arizona that is owned by US Airways Group, Inc. ... Code sharing is a business term used in the airline industry for a procedure whereby one airline operates a service using its own flight number, e. ...



 
 

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