Mustique Airport

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Mustique Airport
IATA: MQS ICAO: TVSM
Summary
Airport type	Public-private
Owner	Mustique Company
Operator	Mustique Company
Location	Mustique, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Opened	1969; 55 years ago (1969)
Hub for	Mustique Airways Air Adelphi
Focus city for	SVG Air
Time zone	AST (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	8 ft / 2 m
Coordinates	12°53′17″N 061°10′49″W / 12.88806°N 61.18028°W / 12.88806; -61.18028
Website	http://mustique.com/
Map
TVSM Location in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 992 3,255 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Mustique Airport (IATA: MQS, ICAO: TVSM) is a private airfield owned by the Mustique Company for public use and is located on Mustique island, part of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean Sea. It is used by civil aviation and national airlines using turboprop planes.

The traffic has a large seasonal variation with many more passengers in the winter.

The airport has a short takeoff and landing (STOL) runway with a displaced threshold, thus limiting the aircraft types allowed to land. Single-engine light aircraft such as the Cessna 152, Cessna 172, and twin-engine light aircraft such as the Beechcraft King Air, the larger Beechcraft Super King Air or the well-known de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter can easily land there.

The runway is unlit and the airstrip lacked an instrument landing system, radar and other radio navigation aids – used for landings in poor weather. As such, it could normally only support good weather Visual Flight Rules (VFR) daylight operations, in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see where the aircraft is going. Specifically, the weather must be better than basic VFR weather minima, i.e. in visual meteorological conditions (VMC), as specified in the rules of the relevant aviation authority. The pilot must be able to operate the aircraft with visual reference to the ground and by visually avoiding obstructions and other aircraft.

Mustique Airport is the oldest continuously operated airport in St. Vincent and the Grenadines since the closure of E. T. Joshua Airport and the only privately owned airport in the country. It is one of five airports in the multi-island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the others being Argyle International Airport in St. Vincent, J. F. Mitchell Airport in Bequia, Canouan Airport and Union Island Airport.

SVG Air is a national airline of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, along with Mustique Airways. SVG Air and Mustique Airways have combined to form a SVG Air / Grenadine Air Alliance,^[3] operating 17 aircraft, with bases in St. Vincent, Antigua and Grenada,^[4] offering visitors and residents a wider choice of international gateways in and out of St. Vincent & the Grenadines.