Braco Airfield is a coastal
airstrip
An aerodrome, airfield, or airstrip is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for public or private use. Aerodromes in ...
between
Rio Bueno and
Duncans in the
Trelawny Parish
Trelawny (Jamaican Patois: ''Trilaani'' or ''Chrilaani'') is a parish in the county of Cornwall in northwest Jamaica. Its capital is Falmouth. It is bordered by the parishes of Saint Ann in the east, Saint James in the west, and Saint Eliz ...
of
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
. The airstrip is west of the Meliá Braco Village resort.
There are low hills west of the runway. East approach and departure may be over the water.
The Sangster
VOR/DME
In radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its bearing to or from the beacon, while the DME provides the sla ...
(Ident: SIA) is located west of the airstrip.
Sangster VOR
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See also
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*Transport in Jamaica
Transport in Jamaica consists of roadways, railways, ship and air transport, with roadways forming the backbone of the island's internal transport system.
Roadways
The Jamaican road network consists of almost 21,000 kilometres of roads, of wh ...
*List of airports in Jamaica
This is a list of airports in Jamaica, grouped by type and sorted by location.
List of airports by name
Names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines.
See also
* Transport in Jamaica
* L ...
References
External links
OpenStreetMap - Braco AirfieldBing Maps - Braco Airfield
Airports in Jamaica
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