Camden Airstrip
Airport in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Camden Base is a small airstrip in Couva, Trinidad. Crop dusting aircraft use this airstrip; drag racing also takes place on the airstrip. The Camden (Field) Auxiliary Air Base was established in 1942 as an emergency airstrip. It included one paved 3,000 ft (910 m) x 75 ft (46 m) runway with extensive taxiways and dispersed camouflaged parking bays for USAAC, USN and RN. It was defended by US Army infantry and AAA units.[1]
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Camden Base | |||||||||||
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Serves | Couva | ||||||||||
Location | Couva, Trinidad and Tobago | ||||||||||
Time zone | AST (UTC-4:00) | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 10.426361°N 61.445672°W / 10.426361; -61.445672 | ||||||||||
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On May 24, 2011, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, at the one-year anniversary celebratory rally marking the election of her coalition government to power, announced that the airstrip would be upgraded to a domestic airport to serve the Trinidad-Tobago airbridge.[2] If successful, the airport would be upgraded to a full-scale international airport.
If upgraded, the airport will be the third international airport on the islands after Piarco International Airport in Trinidad and the A.N.R. Robinson International Airport in Tobago.[3]