Providenciales International Airport , on the island of Providenciales in the Caicos Islands, is the main international airport serving the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. It is operated by Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA). The territory's other international airport is JAGS McCartney International Airport on Grand Turk Island. Currently, there are more than 12,000 commercial aircraft operations per year. Locally based air carriers interCaribbean Airways and Caicos Express Airways both currently operate respective hubs at the Providenciales International Airport.
In 2023, the airport was renamed the Howard Hamilton International Airport.
History According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), in late 1978 Southeast Airlines was the only air carrier operating scheduled passenger service to Miami (MIA) with a flight operated three days a week flown with a Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop airliner via two intermediate en route stops in Grand Turk and South Caicos.15 December 1978, Official Airline Guide (OAG), North American edition, Miami (MIA) flight schedules
Air Florida was operating nonstop Boeing 737 jet service to Miami (MIA) in 1984.http://www.departedflights.com, 15 January 1984, Air Florida route map By 1985, Providenciales was being served by Cayman Airways with nonstop service to Miami being operated once a week with Boeing 727-200 jetlinershttp://www.departedflights.com, 15 February 1985, Official Airline Guide (OAG), Miami flight schedules as well as by Atlantic Gulf Airlines which was flying British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven service nonstop to Miami and also direct to MIA via a stop in Grand Turk.http://www.departedflights.com, 1 November 1985, Atlantic Gulf Airlines route map
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) was also serving the airport in 1985 with Boeing 727-200 jet service nonstop to Miami twice a week.http://www.departedflights.com, 27 October 1985, Pan Am system timetable The next year, in 1986, British Caribbean Airways was operating nonstop service to Miami flown with a British Aerospace BAe 146-100 jet as part of its Tortola, British Virgin Islands - Providenciales - Miami route. In 1987, Pan Am was flying a "triangle" routing of Miami - Grand Turk - Providenciales - Miami four days a week with a Boeing 727,http://www.departedflights.com, 1 February 1987, Pan Am system timetable and in 1989 Pan Am was operating three nonstop flights a week to Miami with Boeing 727-200 jets.http://www.departedflights.com, 15 December 1989, Official Airline Guide (OAG), Miami flight schedules
By 1991, Pan Am had increased its service to four Boeing 727-200 flights a week nonstop to Miami while at the same time Cayman Airways was operating two nonstop flights a week to Miami with Boeing 737-200 jets.http://www.departedflights.com, 1 October 1991, Official Airline Guide (OAG), Miami flight schedules
From 1993 to 1994 Carnival Air Lines was operating two nonstop flights a week to Miami with Boeing 727-100 jetliners.http://www.departedflights.com, 16 November 1993, Carnival Air Lines system timetableFeb. 1994 OAG Pocket Flight Guide, North American edition, Miami flight schedules By 1994, American Airlines was serving the airport with a single daily nonstop Boeing 757-200 flight from Miami while at the same time Turks and Caicos Airways Ltd., which was based in nearby Grand Turk, was operating Boeing 737-200 service from Miami five days a week either nonstop or via a stop in Grand Turk.15 September 1994, Official Airline Guide (OAG) Desktop Flight Guide, North American Edition, Providenciales flight schedules
Three airlines were operating nonstop flights to Miami in early 1995: American was continuing to serve Providenciales with a daily Boeing 727-200 nonstop flight plus a Saturday only Boeing 727-200 nonstop, Turks and Caicos Airways was flying nonstop with a Boeing 737-200 four days a week, and Gray Line Air was operating nonstop Convair 580 turboprop service nine times a week.1 January 1995, Official Airline Guide (OAG) Pocket Flight Guide, North American Edition, Miami flight schedules
In 1999, American was operating daily nonstop Boeing 727-200 service to Miami while at the same time Bahamasair was operating nonstop Boeing 737-200 flights to both Miami and Nassau twice a week.http://www.departedflights.com, 1 June 1999, Official Airline Guide (OAG), Miami & Nassau flight schedules
By 2001, American was operating three daily nonstop flights to Miami with Boeing 737-800 aircraft and was also flying a Saturday only nonstop to New York John F. Kennedy Airport with a Boeing 737-800.http://www.departedflights.com, 2 April 2001, American Airlines system timetable
In 2023, the airport was nominally renamed the Howard Hamilton International Airport, however, the name Providenciales International Airport remains the dominant name used outside of official government sources.
Facilities The airport is at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring . There were plans for the TCIAA to either extend or build a new terminal after having recently completed the extension of the runway, which currently stands at long. This project has now been completed and the renovation was finished by December 2014.
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References
External links
Official website Turks and Caicos Islands Government: Civil Aviation Vancouver Airport Services (provides management and operations services at airport)
Accident history for PLS at Aviation Safety Network