Argyle International Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | ||||||||||
| Location | Argyle | ||||||||||
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 Argyle International Airport
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Argyle International Airport is an international airport that is under construction in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The groundbreaking took place in 2008, and the facility is expected to be completed by end of March 2016.[2] The airport will cost around $240 million, and will replace[citation needed] the existing E.T. Joshua Airport. It will have passenger capacity nearly four times that of the older facility.[3]
Overview
The small size of the E.T. Joshua Airport runway requires tourists, visitors, and Vincentians to get connecting flights through different islands (mainly Barbados (Grantley Adams International Airport), St. Lucia (Hewanorra International Airport) and Grenada (Maurice Bishop International Airport) if they wish to travel more than a short distance. Given the surrounding geography, it would be difficult to extend the runway and building space at E.T. Joshua. Two sites were considered for a new airport to accommodate more passengers and longer flights: Argyle on the eastern side of the island and Kitchen to the southeast. Argyle was selected and work began on 8 August 2008. Cuba, Turkey, Iran, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Austria and Mexico are helping with the construction. The runway is expected to be around 9,000 feet long and 150 feet wide[citation needed].
The new airport was originally scheduled to open in 2012. The project has cost EC $729 million to date[when?] and has suffered from many delays and has missed several completion dates with paving on the runway still incomplete as well as bridging the river that bisects the runway.[4] This schedule has been updated to reflect an opening date of late February or early March 2016.[5]
Flight/Landing Test At Argyle International Airport
Although the Argyle International Airport is not ready for schedule passenger flights, there have been numerous flight and landing tests at the new airport.[6][7][8][9][10] A Liat ATR-72 and an SVG Air Cessna 560 landed at Argyle International Airport [11] Here is the first Liat plane Arriving at Argyle [12][13]
References
- ↑ http://www.svgiadc.com/images/Publication/newsletter%202015%202nd%20qt.pdf
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- ↑ http://www.iwnsvg.com/2015/02/15/private-sector-didnt-expect-argyle-airport-to-be-completed-in-2014/
- ↑ http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14092&ArticleId=2400455 Latin American Harald Tribune
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmyqkH8NQek Argyle International Airport Landing Test. Published on Nov 20, 2015
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8sZAr_l9Ds Published on Nov 21, 2015
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0QM-SAY_zk Four Planes Land at Argyle International Airport Published on Nov 19, 2015
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5_HhGoy3yo 4 PLANES LANDING IN ARGYLE | Melissa Published on Nov 19, 2015
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbGzTYWHlhs Test flight lands at Argyle Airport Published on Nov 19, 2015
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMhpkhVAhpc LIAT ATR 72-600, SVG Air Cessna 560 and more landing @ the Argyle International Airport (AIA) Published on Dec 7, 2015
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGww0Fr3wYw First LIAT To Land At Argyle International Airport Published on Dec 7, 2015
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-eaqEYhdsQ SEE LIAT LAND AT ARGYLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIAT 456 Published on Dec 6, 2015
