List of airports in Barbados
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This is a list of airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

s in Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

.

Barbados, situated just east of the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
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, is a West Indian continental island-nation
Island nation
An island country is a state whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands. As of 2011, 47 of the 193 UN member states are island countries.-Politics:...

 in the western Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
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. It is considered a part of the Lesser Antilles
Lesser Antilles
The Lesser Antilles are a long, partly volcanic island arc in the Western Hemisphere. Most of its islands form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, with the remainder located in the southern Caribbean just north of South America...

. Its closest island neighbours are Martinique
Martinique
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...

, Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...

 and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines to the west. To the south lies Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

 with which Barbados now shares a fixed official maritime boundary
Maritime boundary
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 and also the South American mainland. Bridgetown
Bridgetown
The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...

 is the capital
Capital City
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 and largest city in Barbados.

Airports

Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
Location served Parish
Parishes of Barbados
The country of Barbados is currently subdivided into sub-regions known as parishes. According to the Act of the Barbados Parliament they are officially styled as the "Parish of as opposed to the U.S. styled naming convention with the name "Parish" coming after the name...

ICAO
ICAO airport code
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IATA
IATA airport code
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Airport name Coordinates
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Status
Bridgetown
Bridgetown
The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...

Christ Church TBPB BGI Grantley Adams International Airport
Grantley Adams International Airport
Grantley Adams International Airport , is found in Seawell, Christ Church on the island of Barbados. The former name of the airport was Seawell Airport before being dedicated in honour of the first Premier of Barbados, Sir Grantley Herbert Adams in 1976. The airport's timezone is GMT –4, and is...

13°04′29"N 059°29′33"W Operational
Bridgetown Saint Michael TBPO Bridgetown Heliport
Bridgetown Heliport
Bridgetown Heliport, is found in the city of Bridgetown, Saint Michael on the island of Barbados. The heliport is situated on the shores of Carlisle Bay roughly from Sir Grantely Adams International Airport in neighbouring Christ Church....

13°05′45"N 059°37′07"W Closed

See also

  • Transport in Barbados
    Transport in Barbados
    Barbados has of public paved roads; some historic, mostly unpaved railroad trail; two active marine ports , and one airport, the Sir Grantley Adams International Airport, located in Christ Church....

  • List of airports by ICAO code: T#TB - Barbados
  • Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America#Barbados
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