John A. Osborne Airport (Gerald's Airport until 2008) is a small airport located in the village of Gerald's on the island of

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, a

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in the

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History

Gerald's passenger terminal was dedicated in February 2005 by

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and the facility was formally opened on 11 July 2005. It features a 600-metre

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, a restaurant, modern

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technology, and immigration facilities. It is the only airport in the Caribbean with a public tunnel under its runway. The total cost of construction was approximately US$18.5 million. The completion of John A. Osborne Airport allowed for the resumption of regular commercial airline service to Montserrat for the first time since 1997, when W. H. Bramble Airport, which had been the island's only aviation gateway, was destroyed by an eruption of the nearby

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. Between 1997 and 2005, Montserrat had been accessible only by helicopters, boats and seaplanes. The airport's name was changed in July 2008 to honour

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, long-standing

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. The airline

FlyMontserrat Montserrat Airways Ltd (MA LTD), trading as FlyMontserrat, is an airline with its headquarters at John A. Osborne Airport in Gerald's, Montserrat, British West Indies. The airline flies from Montserrat to and from Antigua, with their Britten ...

has its headquarters on the airport property.Contact Us
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