Marsh Harbour Airport


Leonard M. Thompson International Airport, formerly known as The Marsh Harbour International Airport, is an airport serving Marsh Harbour, a town in the Abaco Islands, The Bahamas. Leonard M. Thompson International Airport is the second busiest airport in the Bahamas and the second largest international gateway into the country only after Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau.
Marsh Harbour is a major tourist attraction. The airport offers scheduled passenger flights to Nassau and several destinations in Florida as well as regional jet flights nonstop to Charlotte and Miami in the U.S. In 2007 a new runway was built to allow larger, regional jets to operate from Marsh Harbour. A new airport terminal was opened on 27 May 2014.

Facilities

The airport has an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway, designated 09/27, that has an asphalt surface measuring. In 2006 the old runway was converted into a taxiway after runway has opened. The new Leonard M. Thompson International Airport terminal opened on 27 May 2014 after three years of construction.
The new terminal incorporates architectural elements that reflect culture of The Bahamas. The new 51,000-square-foot terminal has 22 counter positions, a new luggage scanning system, pilot briefing room, two restaurants, one lounge, shops, and a public parking area.
Marsh Harbour International Airport was renamed the Leonard M. Thompson International Airport on May 25, 2016. Thompson was a son of Hope Town and a prominent aviator who was a bomber pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.

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