V.C. Bird International Airport

IATA/ICAO CODE: SJF/BGSF
CITY: St. Johns
COUNTRY: Antigua

AIRPORT CONTACT

No changes reported by the airport in 2008
Verify information below with the airport.
Name:
Joshua James
Title:
Director of Airport Operations
Airport: V.C. Bird International Airport
Address:


V.C. Bird International Airport
P.O. Box 1051
St. John's, Antigua
Phone: +1 268 460 7903
Fax: +1 268 462 0642 or +1 268 562 3042
Email:
vcbia@candw.ag
Airport Web Site:

ELEVATION:
RUNWAY INFORMATION
Orientation
Length (ft)
Displaced
Threshold (ft)
Glide Slope(deg)
Width (ft)
07/25
9000
7/100
3
150

NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES
Departure Procedure:
a) Unless otherwise instructed or authorised by ATC, all aircraft departing from rwy 07 will climb to 500 ft as soon as practicable after take-off and immediately initiate a left or right turn, depending upon destination, at a bank angle of at least 15 degrees in order to avoid passing directly over Long Island.

b) Aircraft proceeding on a northerly track should initially maintain a heading not more easterlly than 026 degrees mag until the aircraft is north of a bearing (QDR) of 071 degrees mag from NDB ZDX

c) Aircraft proceeding in a southerly track may continue with course intercept provided the requirement in (a) above has been achieved.

AIRPORT CURFEWS
Airport closed 1000 UTC-0400 UTC, but remains open for delayed scheduled traffic

PREFERENTIAL RUNWAYS - NONE

OPERATING QUOTA - NONE

ENGINE RUN-UP RESTRICTIONS
Request clearance from ATC.

APU OPERATING RESTRICTIONS - NONE

NOISE BUDGET RESTRICTIONS - NONE

NOISE SURCHARGE - NONE

NOISE MITIGATION/LAND USE PLANNING PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type of Program
Date Implemented
Status
Sound Insulation (Residences and Public Buildings)
-
unknown
Purchase Assurance for Homeowners Located Within the Airport Noise Contours
-
unknown
Avigation Easements
-
unknown
Zoning Laws
-
unknown
Real Estate/Property Disclosure Laws
-
unknown
Acquire Land for Noise Compatibility to date
-
unknown
Population within each noise contour level relative to aircraft operations
-

unknown

Airport Noise Contour Overlay Maps
-
unknown
Total Cost of Noise Mitigation Programs to Date
-

unknown

Source of Noise Mitigation Program Funding for Aircraft Noise
-
unknown

NOISE MONITORING SYSTEM - NONE

FLIGHT TRACK MONITORING SYSTEM - NONE

NOISE LEVEL LIMITS - NONE

CHAPTER 2 RESTRICTIONS - UNKNOWN

CHAPTER 2 PHASEOUT
This airport is located in a country that is an ICAO Contracting State. It is not known if this country adopted the ICAO recommendation (Resolution A28-3) for the phase out of Chapter 2 airplanes.

CHAPTER 3 RESTRICTIONS - NONE