AviatDataVirgin Gorda Airport (Taddy Bay) VIJ / TUPW
Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands · British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) · British Virgin Islands Airports Authority (BVIAA) — government-owned; purchased from Little Dix Bay Resort for $2.9 million in 2005
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigration
ICAO / IATATUPW / VIJ
OperatorBritish Virgin Islands Airports Authority (BVIAA) — government-owned; purchased from Little Dix Bay Resort for $2.9 million in 2005
Coordinates18.4466°N, 64.4279°W
Elevation14 ft · 4 m
Time zoneAST (UTC-4, no DST)
Passengers / yr—
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
Fuel—
Bonded—
AIP referenceTUPW — Governor's Instructions (VG003) for Virgin Gorda (Taddy Bay) Aerodrome, issued via Air Safety Support International (ASSI); full procedural detail sits in the Eastern Caribbean AIP hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority
Operating hoursDaylight VFR only, no runway lighting; a non-certificated aerodrome — PPR required for all operators, and scheduled/commercial service is further gated by a non-standard rule: only a specific carrier list jointly pre-approved by BVI's Air Safety Support International (ASSI) and the FAA may fly in, under Governor's Instruction VG003, not simple prior-permission access. Operating as of the most recent verification pass, subject to brief weather-driven closures — closed 15 Aug 2025 ahead of Hurricane Erin, reassessed and reopened within days; closed 1 Nov 2024 for a rain-saturated-runway inspection, reopened the next day, 2 Nov 2024.
TerminalsSingle small terminal with a waiting area, restrooms and a snack bar; no jet bridges, apron walk to aircraft.
Runways (1)
- 03/21 · 945 m / 3,100 ft · 18 m wide · Sand and gravel (unpaved)
Airport contact
The strip is still an unpaved sand-and-gravel runway extended to 945 m (3,100 ft) in a 2010-11 rebuild, during which the airport was fully closed from January to December 2010; a BVIAA tender to pave it, first issued in October 2019, had still not progressed to construction as of the most recent verification. Access runs through a non-standard regulatory gate rather than open PPR: scheduled service is limited to carriers jointly approved by ASSI and the FAA, currently Air Sunshine, Cape Air and Trans Anguilla Airways (with Tradewind Aviation operating seasonally), serving San Juan, St Thomas, Sint Maarten and Anguilla, plus on-demand charter operators such as Island Birds Air Charter. This approved-carrier roster should be reconfirmed before publishing, since it can change independently of the airport's own operating status. No annual passenger figures for this airstrip have been published.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Unconfirmed · 2 providers
Cape Air
Scheduled carrier serving Virgin Gorda per BVIAA's own airport page and current third-party schedules (San Juan and St Thomas routes). No third-party FBO or ground handler is listed for VIJ (Business Air News handbook: "no FBO/handlers currently listed"), so passenger check-in, baggage and ramp handling for its flights is inferred to be self-handled, Cape Air; not independently confirmed by an airline statement.
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Tradewind Aviation
Scheduled carrier serving Virgin Gorda with Pilatus PC-12 service from San Juan, per the airline's own current route page and independently corroborated by current travel guides; some sources note scheduled service to VIJ pauses seasonally outside winter, so year-round frequency is unconfirmed. No third-party FBO or ground handler is listed for VIJ (Business Air News handbook: "no FBO/handlers currently listed"), so passenger check-in, baggage and ramp handling for its flights is inferred to be self-handled, Tradewind; not independently confirmed by an airline statement.
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Aircraft fuel
Not listed
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
Not listed
Aviation security
Unconfirmed
British Virgin Islands Airports Authority (BVIAA)
Statutory civil aviation authority for BVI's public airports, including Virgin Gorda; Customs & Immigration operate on-site at the terminal (the field receives international arrivals from Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands) and airport security is a BVIAA function under its general statutory role, but the specific screening arrangement and operating hours for this small terminal are not independently documented.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available
British Virgin Islands Airports Authority (BVIAA)
Statutory owner/operator of Taddy Bay (Virgin Gorda) Airport on behalf of the Government of the BVI; administers the mandatory Prior Permission Required (PPR) landing-clearance system for VIJ via the Authority's PPR portal (ppr.bviaaops.com), required for all flights into the airport. Virgin Gorda has barred private single-engine aircraft since a 1964 crosswind-safety restriction; a partial 2020 exemption, granted under a Governor's Instruction after ASSI-supervised test flights, allows only vetted commercial single-engine operators to use the field, and private single-engine landings remain prohibited. BVIAA is the point of contact for landing approval at this restricted-access airstrip.
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Hotel & travel
Not listed