San Salvador Airport

This article is about the airport in the Bahamas. For the airport in El Salvador, see El Salvador International Airport.

San Salvador Airport (IATA: ZSA, ICAO: MYSM), also known as Cockburn Town Airport, is an airport in San Salvador, Bahamas.

San Salvador Airport Cockburn Town Airport
IATA: ZSA ICAO: MYSM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	San Salvador Island
Elevation AMSL	24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates	24°03′48″N 074°31′26″W
Map
MYSM Location in The Bahamas
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 2,438 7,999 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1]

Overview

San Salvador International Airport is one of the few airports in the Bahamas that has Instrument rating landing for aeroplanes, and as a result aircraft can now land at ZSA after official sunset (with local civil aviation permission). Bahamas Customs and Immigration is present at ZSA between normal working hours of 9am-5pm. The main carrier at ZSA is the national flag carrier Bahamasair, which has daily flights to and from Nassau. Club Med, a major hotel on the island, also has charter jet service flights direct from Paris, Montreal and Miami.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Canada Rouge	Montréal–Trudeau[2]
Air Caraïbes	Seasonal: Paris–Orly
Bahamasair	Deadman's Cay, Miami, Nassau, Rock Sound

Accidents and incidents

• On 2 March 1973, Douglas C-47 N6574 of Arute International Air overran the runway on landing and was damaged beyond economic repair. The cause was pilot error in that a downwind landing was made. The aircraft was operating an international non-scheduled passenger flight from Miami International Airport, United States.^[3]

References

1. "Airport information for MYSM". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
2. "TIMETABLE" (PDF).
3. "N6574 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 26 August 2010.