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MWCB Charles Kirkconnell International Airport VFR

  • Name
    Charles Kirkconnell International Airport
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    MWCB / CYB / MWCB
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    6:08 pm (EST)
  • Municipality
    Cayman Brac
  • Coordinates
    19° 41′ 13″ N 79° 52′ 58″ E
  • Elevation
    5 ft (2 m MSL)

About Charles Kirkconnell International Airport

Sir Captain Charles Kirkconnell International Airport (IATA: CYB, ICAO: MWCB) is an airport serving Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands. It is one of the hubs for Cayman Airways with flights to Owen Roberts International Airport on Grand Cayman, and Edward Bodden Airfield on Little Cayman. It is the only airport on Cayman Brac.

The runway is on the southwestern end of Cayman Brac, and parallels the south shoreline. Approaches and departures are over the water. The Cayman Brac non-directional beacon (Ident: CBC) is located 1.0 nautical mile (1.9 km) off the approach threshold of Runway 27.

The airport was renamed Charles Kirkconnell International Airport, in memory of Captain Charles Leonard Kirkconnell, a prominent local businessman with strong ties to the Sister Islands. Its previous name was Gerrard-Smith International Airport.

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