AviatDataJAGS McCartney International Airport GDT / MBGT
Grand Turk (Cockburn Town), Turks and Caicos Islands · Turks & Caicos (United Kingdom) · Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA) — a Government of Turks and Caicos statutory body, established by Ordinance 11 of 2005 (effective 24 May 2006) when the former Civil Aviation Department was split into a separate regulator and this operating authority; TCIAA owns and operates 6 of the territory's 8 airports, including Providenciales
90kpax · 2023
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · 100LL
ICAO / IATAMBGT / GDT
OperatorTurks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA) — a Government of Turks and Caicos statutory body, established by Ordinance 11 of 2005 (effective 24 May 2006) when the former Civil Aviation Department was split into a separate regulator and this operating authority; TCIAA owns and operates 6 of the territory's 8 airports, including Providenciales
Coordinates21.4445°N, 71.1423°W
Elevation13 ft · 4 m
Time zoneEST/EDT (UTC-5 winter / UTC-4 summer); TCI reintroduced seasonal DST effective 11 Mar 2018 to track US Eastern Time, after a 2015-2017 stretch of permanent Atlantic-clock time with no seasonal change
Passengers / yr90,000 (2023)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · 100LL
Bonded—
AIP referenceMBGT — Turks and Caicos Islands AIP, a UK Overseas Territory aeronautical publication administered by TCIAA under ASSI oversight; current charts reflect the RWY 11/29 designation with RNAV(RNP) non-precision approaches only, no ILS
Operating hours06:00-20:00 local (tower and Customs and Immigration hours; no scheduled overnight operations); Tower 118.6 MHz; local Approach/Departure 126.0 MHz
Terminals1 terminal building with a general terminal area and separate domestic departure lounge, the small Cockpit Lounge cafe/restaurant, restrooms, and complimentary parking; roof and terminal restoration completed 2023 following Hurricane Fiona (Sep 2022) damage; apron boarding, no jet bridges
Runways (1)
- 11/29 · 1,939 m / 6,362 ft · 46 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Despite its 'International' name and staffed Customs and Immigration (06:00-20:00 daily), JAGS McCartney today handles predominantly domestic scheduled service, functioning chiefly as the inter-island feeder linking Grand Turk to Providenciales (PLS); it is the second-largest airport in the territory after PLS and historically also held international jet service (e.g. Miami). Cockburn Town on Grand Turk remains the TCI's official seat of government today, not merely historically, even though Providenciales is now the larger population and tourism hub. The single RWY 11/29 offers only non-precision RNAV(RNP) approaches, with no ILS, and is rated for aircraft up to Boeing 757 / Airbus A321. The 2023 reinforced perimeter fence and terminal roof project was hurricane-resilience repair after Hurricane Fiona, not preparation for new international routes.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
On request · 2 providers
InterCaribbean Airways
Operates scheduled turboprop/regional service between Providenciales and JAGS McCartney International Airport (roughly 120 flights/month per third-party schedule data), so it maintains ground staff at GDT for its own turnarounds. The listed phone (•••) is interCaribbean's general Turks & Caicos contact line, based at the airline's Providenciales office (Old Airport Road) per the carrier's own contact page; no separate Grand Turk station address or phone is published, so a dedicated Cockburn Town office is unconfirmed. No third-party ground handler is listed for Grand Turk in industry directories (Business Air News, Universal Weather), so InterCaribbean is presumed to self-handle its own turnarounds here (self-handled, InterCaribbean Airways) — not confirmed by an explicit company statement.
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Caicos Express Airways
Operates JAGS McCartney International Airport as a secondary hub alongside its Providenciales base, with daily scheduled service to Providenciales and South Caicos and seasonal weekly service to Salt Cay (roughly 160 flights/month across the three routes per third-party schedule data). As with InterCaribbean, no third-party ground handler is listed for Grand Turk in industry directories, so the carrier is presumed to self-handle its own turnarounds here (self-handled, Caicos Express Airways) — not confirmed by an explicit company statement.
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Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed
Turks & Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA)
Multiple independent airport-guide sources state aircraft fuelling is available on-site at JAGS McCartney for both commercial and private operations, but no branded FBO or named fuel company is listed for Grand Turk (unlike Providenciales, which has three named FBOs including Atlantic Aviation with its own fuel depot). No handler is listed for GDT in industry directories (Business Air News, Universal Weather), so fuel is presumed to be arranged through the airport operator rather than a distinct named supplier; the operating entity of the fuel farm itself is unconfirmed.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
On request
FedEx
Listed by the Turks and Caicos Islands tourism board with a dedicated Grand Turk contact line for express courier/freight service; third-party business directories place a FedEx World Service Center at Churchill Folly, Grand Turk (a town address, not the airport), so it functions as a courier office linked to the daily inter-island flights rather than a dedicated cargo warehouse at the airport itself.
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Aviation security
Available
Turks & Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA)
TCIAA's own security officers conduct passenger and baggage screening at JAGS McCartney Int'l as at all TCIAA-run airports; per TCIAA/government notices, commercial (Part 135 non-private) aircraft over 10,000kg MTOM have been subject to TCIAA-officer screening since January 13, 2025, and TCIAA rolled out new Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) screening technology across the islands' airports starting March 1, 2026.
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Passenger & crew transport
Available
Tony's Rentals
Car, scooter and golf-cart rental (also advertises jeeps) with customer-reported pickup/drop-off in the airport parking lot at JAGS McCartney International Airport, Grand Turk; general visitor/crew vehicle hire, not a dedicated aviation-crew contract.
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Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
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