# South Caicos Airport (XSC / MBSC)

**South Caicos Airport** (IATA: XSC, ICAO: MBSC) is a medium airport in South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands. It has one runway, 1,931 m (6,335 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: XSC / MBSC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands
- Elevation: 2 m / 6 ft
- Coordinates: 21.5157, -71.5285
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,931 m / 6,335 ft
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Grand_Turk
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_B._Saunders_Sr._International_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7566471
- Weather station: MBSC
- Ident: MBSC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,931 m / 6,335 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 098° / 278° | yes |

## Routes

4 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [GDT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mbgt.md) JAGS McCartney International Airport · Turks & Caicos Islands · 41 km / 25 mi · Caicos Express Airways
- [PLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mbpv.md) Providenciales International Airport · Turks & Caicos Islands · 82 km / 51 mi · Caicos Express Airways, InterCaribbean Airways
- [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · United States · 1,011 km / 628 mi · American Eagle

### Seasonal (1)

- [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 2,147 km / 1,334 mi · BermudAir

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- 9Q [Caicos Express Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/caicos-express-airways) · 2
- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1
- [BermudAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bermudair) · 1 · seasonal
- 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 | 1,931 m / 6,335 ft | #4,225 of 29,858 | #1,104 in North America | #3 in TC |
| Elevation | 2 m / 6 ft | =42,960 of 43,403 | =19,290 in North America | #6 in TC |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in TC |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 118.900 |
| APP | PROVO APP | 126.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [GDT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mbgt.md) JAGS McCartney International Airport · 41 km / 25 mi
- [NCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mbnc.md) North Caicos Airport · 62 km / 38 mi
- [PLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mbpv.md) Providenciales International Airport · 82 km / 51 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: “Norman B. Saunders Sr. International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Norman_B._Saunders_Sr._International_Airport&oldid=1371692496), revision of 27 Aug 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/mbsc/data