E.T. Joshua Airport (decommissioned) | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Defunct | ||||||||||
Serves | Arnos Vale | ||||||||||
Location | Kingstown | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 66 ft / 20 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 13°08′40″N 061°12′39″W / 13.14444°N 61.21083°W | ||||||||||
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E.T. Joshua Airport (
ICAO: TVSV), formerly known as Arnos Vale Airport, was an airport located in
Arnos Vale, near
Kingstown, on the island of
Saint Vincent. The airport was named for
Ebenezer Theodore Joshua, the first chief minister of
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The airport was a hub for Grenadine Airways, Mustique Airways and SVG Air.
The airport formerly housed the St. Vincent Outstation of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority. [2]
When Saint Vincent's Argyle International Airport opened on 14 February 2017, [3] the E.T. Joshua airport was simultaneously decommissioned. [4]
The then Arnos Vale Airport succeeded the Diamond Airfield as St. Vincent's main and only airport in the 1960s.
All flights transferred to Argyle International Airport.
All flights transferred to Argyle International Airport.
The Government planned to close the airport to make room for a new city at Arnos Vale. On September 14, 2020, Finance Minister Camillo Gonsalves, in a Facebook post, provided an update on the conversion of the old ET Joshua Airport terminal building to a “modern retail and entertainment plaza”, known as “The Joshua Centre”. The shopping centre is expected to be completed in March 2021.
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link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.