Grantley Adams International Airport facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Grantley Adams International Airport
IATA: BGI ICAO: TBPB WMO: 78954
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Barbados
Operator	GAIA Inc.
Serves	Barbados
Location	Seawell, Christ Church
Hub for	LIAT, TIA 2000
Elevation AMSL	170 ft / 52 m
Coordinates	13°04′29″N 059°29′33″W / 13.07472°N 59.49250°W / 13.07472; -59.49250
Website	gaia.bb
Maps
Barbados airport diagram
TBPB Location in Barbados
Runway
Runway Length Surface ft m 09/27 11,000 3,353 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 2,194,931 Passenger change 17-18 1.02% Aircraft movements 33,296 Movements change 17–18 3.0%
Source: DAFIF, ACI's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report.

Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA), (IATA: BGI, ICAO: TBPB) is in Seawell, Christ Church on the island of Barbados. The former name of the airport was Seawell Airport. Then it was named in honour of the first Premier of Barbados, Sir Grantley Herbert Adams in 1976. GAIA is the only port of entry for persons arriving and leaving by air in Barbados.

In 2011, the Grantley Adams Airport was the 9th busiest airport in the Caribbean region.

Images for kids

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  Seawell Airport during the 1960s.

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  The renovated terminal.

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  Both arrivals and departures terminals

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  Check-in hall

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  Thomson Airways Boeing 787-8 landing in Barbados

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  Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 landing in Barbados

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  Concorde G-BOAE on display

See also

In Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Grantley Adams para niños