SLU

George F. L. Charles Airport

ICAO TLPC14.0202°N 60.9929°W7 m / 22 ftMedium airport
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George F. L. Charles Airport (IATA: SLU, ICAO: TLPC) is a medium airport in Castries, Saint Lucia. It opened in 1941. It has one runway, 1,748 m (5,735 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1941–1941
1941
OpenedGeorge F. L. Charles Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09/27075° / 255° · LIT
LENGTH1,748 m5,735 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

9 destinations · 9 countries
Most destinationsCaribbean Airlines 4Liat Air 3DHL Aviation 3Air Cargo Carriers 3Air Adelphi 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SLU. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “George F. L. Charles Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,748 m5,735 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=5,092of 29,823 · #1,514 North America · #2 LCElevation7 m22 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,097of 43,341 · =18,570 North America · #1 LCAgeOpened 19412026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,548of 15,079 · =737 North America · =1 LCRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =1 LC
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
GNDGND121.800
TWRTWR118.000
APP/DEPAPP/DEP119.800
ATISATIS132.600