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Rock Sound Airport
Rock Sound International Airport is an airport in the South Eleuthera, South Eleuthera district of The Bahamas. Its name comes from the Rock Sound, Bahamas, former district of Rock Sound. Airlines and destinations Historically, Rock Sound was served by Pan Am beginning the mid-1960s with Boeing 707 and Boeing 727 jetliner service to Miami and New York JFK Airport via an intermediate stop in Nassau. The airport is one of the very few in The Bahamas to have received such mainline jet service. In addition, in 1979, Air Florida was serving the airport with Boeing 737 jetliners with nonstop flights to and from Miami. As of February 1, 1979, Air Florida also offered connecting flight services from Rock Sound via Miami to: Jacksonville, Key West and Marathon, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Pensacola, Philadelphia Tallahassee, Tampa, Washington (Dulles), and West Palm Beach. During that same period, connecting flights were offered to Rock Sound via Miami from: Gainesville, Jacksonville, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DAFIF
The Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File or DAFIF () is a comprehensive database of up-to-date aeronautical data, including information on airports, airways, airspaces, navigation data, and other facts relevant to flying in the entire world, managed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) of the United States. Withdrawal of public access DAFIF was publicly available until October 2006 through the Internet; however, it was closed to public access because "increased numbers of foreign source providers are claiming intellectual property rights or are forewarning NGA that they intend to copyright their source". Currently, only federal and state government agencies, authorized government contractors, and Department of Defense customers are able to access the DAFIF data. At the time of the announcement, the NGA did not say who the "foreign source providers" were. It was subsequently revealed that the Australian Government was behind the move. The Australian gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |