# JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT / MBGT)

**JAGS McCartney International Airport** (IATA: GDT, ICAO: MBGT) is a medium airport in Cockburn Town, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. It has one runway, 1,939 m (6,362 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mbgt

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GDT / MBGT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Cockburn Town, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands
- Elevation: 4 m / 13 ft
- Coordinates: 21.4445, -71.1423
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,939 m / 6,362 ft
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Grand_Turk
- Website: https://www.visittci.com/grand-turk-jags-mccartney-international-airport-gdt
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAGS_McCartney_International_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2902808
- Weather station: MBGT · WMO 78118
- Ident: MBGT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,939 m / 6,362 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 104° / 284° | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [SLX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mbsy.md) Salt Cay Airport · Turks & Caicos Islands · 14 km / 8.7 mi · Caicos Express Airways
- [XSC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mbsc.md) South Caicos Airport · Turks & Caicos Islands · 41 km / 25 mi · Caicos Express Airways
- [PLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mbpv.md) Providenciales International Airport · Turks & Caicos Islands · 122 km / 76 mi · Caicos Express Airways, InterCaribbean Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from GDT, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- 9Q [Caicos Express Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/caicos-express-airways) · 3
- JY [InterCaribbean Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/intercaribbean-airways) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,939 m / 6,362 ft | =4,209 of 29,858 | #1,095 in North America | #2 in TC |
| Elevation | 4 m / 13 ft | =42,081 of 43,403 | =18,973 in North America | #2 in TC |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in TC |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | PROVO APP | 126.000 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | MCCARTNEY TWR | 118.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [XSC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mbsc.md) South Caicos Airport · 41 km / 25 mi
- [NCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mbnc.md) North Caicos Airport · 98 km / 61 mi
- [PLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mbpv.md) Providenciales International Airport · 122 km / 76 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “JAGS McCartney International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JAGS_McCartney_International_Airport&oldid=1363825955), revision of 12 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mbgt/data