John A. Osborne Airport Explained

John A. Osborne Airport
Nativename:Gerald's Airport
Iata:MNI
Icao:TRPG
Type:Public
Owner:Government of Montserrat
Operator:Government of Montserrat
City-Served:Brades
Location:Montserrat
Hub:FlyMontserrat
ABM Air
Elevation-F:550
Coordinates:16.7914°N -62.1933°W
Pushpin Map:Montserrat#Caribbean
Pushpin Label:MNI
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Montserrat
Metric-Rwy:Y
R1-Number:10/28
R1-Length-M:553
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2005
Footnotes:Source: Eastern Caribbean AIP valid 16 March 2006[1]

John A. Osborne Airport (Gerald's Airport until 2008) is a small airport located in the village of Gerald's on the island of Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea.[2]

History

Gerald's passenger terminal was dedicated in February 2005 by Anne, Princess Royal and the facility was formally opened on 11 July 2005. It features a 600-metre runway, a restaurant, modern air traffic control technology, and immigration facilities. It is the only airport in the Caribbean with a public tunnel under its runway. [3] The total cost of construction was approximately US$18.5 million.[4]

The completion of John A. Osborne Airport allowed for the resumption of regular commercial airline service to Montserrat for the first time since 1997, when W. H. Bramble Airport, which had been the island's only aviation gateway, was destroyed by an eruption of the nearby Soufrière Hills volcano. Between 1997 and 2005, Montserrat had been accessible only by helicopters, boats and seaplanes.

The airport's name was changed in July 2008 to honour John Osborne, long-standing Chief Minister of Montserrat.[5]

The airline FlyMontserrat has its headquarters on the airport property.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eastern Caribbean AIP . 17 August 2011 . 9 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184203/http://www.horizoncaraibes.fr/charts/trpg.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: John A. Osborne Airport SKYbrary Aviation Safety . 2022-09-08 . skybrary.aero.
  3. Web site: Airport Management – Government of Montserrat . 2024-07-29 . en-GB.
  4. Web site: John A Osborne Airport Assist Services - JODOGO . 2024-07-29 . www.jodogoairportassist.com.
  5. Web site: Montserrat - . www.traveldailynews.com . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080915104958/http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/26416 . 15 September 2008 . dead.
  6. "Contact Us." FlyMontserrat. Retrieved on 8 October 1990.