By the Caribbean Journal staff
The Bahamas’ Staniel Cay Airport has reopened.
The airport reopened to air traffic Nov. 18 with a new runway.
The newly-paved 3,000-foot-long, 75-foot-wide runway means the airport is classified as a Code 2b airport.
The airport will be open from sunrise to 3PM every day.
The airport had closed in April 2015 after safety concerns came to light “during a routine runway inspection,” the Department of Civil Aviation said.
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