Point Salines International Airport

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Point Salines International Airport is Grenada’s main international gateway, constructed in the early 1980s and later renamed Maurice Bishop International Airport.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international airport
associatedWithEvent Operation Urgent Fury
surface form: United States invasion of Grenada in 1983
constructedInPeriod early 1980s
country Grenada
elevation approximately 13 metres above sea level
approximately 41 feet above sea level
formerNameOf Maurice Bishop International Airport
hasNavigationAid NDB
VOR/DME
instrument landing system (ILS)
hasTerminalType single passenger terminal
IATAcode GND
ICAOcode TGPY
locatedIn St. George's, Grenada
surface form: Saint George Parish, Grenada
locatedOn Point Salines peninsula
mainGatewayFor Grenada
namedAfter Point Salines peninsula
surface form: Point Salines area
near Caribbean Sea
southern tip of Grenada
opened 1984
operator Government of Grenada
overseesTrafficType cargo flights
international passenger flights
regional Caribbean flights
renamedAs Maurice Bishop International Airport
replaced Pearls Airport
runwayLength approximately 2,744 metres
approximately 9,003 feet
runwayOrientation 10/28
runwaySurface asphalt
serves St. George's, Grenada
usedBy international airlines
regional airlines

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People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada built Point Salines International Airport
Urgent Fury airborneAssaultOn Point Salines International Airport
this entity surface form: Point Salines Airport
Pearls Airport replacedBy Point Salines International Airport
Maurice Bishop International Airport (nearby) previousName Point Salines International Airport
subject surface form: Maurice Bishop International Airport
Maurice Bishop International Airport previousName Point Salines International Airport