George Town Airport (George Town Airport)
George Town Airport is an abandoned airport located near George Town on the island of Great Exuma in The Bahamas which is closed for civilian use.
The closed airport, located at the end of "Old Airport Road" on Great Exuma Island, resides at an elevation of 5 ft above mean sea level. It had one runway designated 11/29 with an asphalt surface measuring 1524 x.
The closed airport, located at the end of "Old Airport Road" on Great Exuma Island, resides at an elevation of 5 ft above mean sea level. It had one runway designated 11/29 with an asphalt surface measuring 1524 x.
Map - George Town Airport (George Town Airport)
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Country - The_Bahamas
The Bahama Islands were inhabited by the Lucayans, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taíno, for many centuries. Christopher Columbus was the first European to see the islands, making his first landfall in the "New World" in 1492 when he landed on the island of San Salvador. Later, the Spanish shipped the native Lucayans to and enslaved them on Hispaniola, after which the Bahama islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648, nearly all native Bahamians having been forcibly removed for enslavement or having died of diseases that Europeans brought to the islands. In 1649, English colonists from Bermuda, known as the Eleutheran Adventurers, settled on the island of Eleuthera.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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BSD | Bahamian dollar | $ | 2 |
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EN | English language |