Clarence A. Bain Airport
Encyclopedia
Clarence A. Bain Airport is an airport serving Mangrove Cay
, part of Andros Island in The Bahamas
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of 19 ft (5.8 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
designated 09/27 with a asphalt
surface measuring 1524 metre.
Mangrove Cay
Mangrove Cay is one of the districts of the Bahamas, on Andros Island....
, part of Andros Island in The Bahamas
The Bahamas
The Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets . It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States...
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Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 19 ft (5.8 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
designated 09/27 with a asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
surface measuring 1524 metre.