# J F Mitchell Airport (BQU / TVSB)

**J F Mitchell Airport** (IATA: BQU, ICAO: TVSB) is a medium airport in Bequia, Grenadines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It opened on 15 May 1992. It has one runway, 1,100 m (3,609 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BQU / TVSB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Bequia, Grenadines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Opened: 15 May 1992 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 5 m / 15 ft
- Coordinates: 12.9884, -61.2620
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,100 m / 3,609 ft
- Time zone: UTC-4 · America/St_Vincent
- Website: https://security.gov.vc/security/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=11
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._F._Mitchell_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2902627
- Weather station: TVSM
- Ident: TVSB

## Timeline

- 15 May 1992: J F Mitchell Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,100 m / 3,609 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 103° / 283° | yes |

## Routes

6 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [SVD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tvsa.md) Argyle International Airport · St. Vincent & Grenadines · 23 km / 14 mi · SVG Air, Grenadine Airways
- [UNI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tvsu.md) Union Island International Airport · St. Vincent & Grenadines · 46 km / 29 mi · Grenadine Airways
- [UVF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tlpl.md) Hewanorra International Airport · St. Lucia · 89 km / 55 mi · SVG Air
- [BGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tbpb.md) Grantley Adams International Airport · Barbados · 192 km / 119 mi · SVG Air

### Charter (3)

- [MQS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tvsm.md) Mustique Airport · St. Vincent & Grenadines · 14 km / 8.7 mi · SVG Air
- [CIW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tvsc.md) Canouan Airport · St. Vincent & Grenadines · 33 km / 21 mi · SVG Air
- [UNI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tvsu.md) Union Island International Airport · St. Vincent & Grenadines · 46 km / 29 mi · SVG Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- SVG [SVG Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/svg-air) · 6
- [Grenadine Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/grenadine-airways) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,100 m / 3,609 ft | =11,801 of 29,858 | =4,739 in North America | #3 in VC |
| Elevation | 5 m / 15 ft | =41,887 of 43,403 | =18,875 in North America | #3 in VC |
| Age | Opened 1992 | =9,995 of 15,079 | =7,750 in North America | #2 in VC |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in VC |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.450 |

## Nearby airports

- [MQS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tvsm.md) Mustique Airport · 14 km / 8.9 mi
- [SVD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tvsa.md) Argyle International Airport · 23 km / 14 mi
- [CIW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tvsc.md) Canouan Airport · 33 km / 21 mi
- [UNI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tvsu.md) Union Island International Airport · 46 km / 29 mi
- [UVF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tlpl.md) Hewanorra International Airport · 89 km / 56 mi
- [SLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tlpc.md) George F. L. Charles Airport · 118 km / 74 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: “J. F. Mitchell Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J._F._Mitchell_Airport&oldid=1370646736), revision of 22 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/tvsb/data