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Airport · ICAO · AG

Class D

V. C. Bird International Airport

ID TAPA Elev 62 ft Lat 17° 8.20' N Lon 61° 47.56' W Zulu

Aerial view · TAPA

No FAA diagram published

The FAA does not publish an Airport Diagram (APD) for TAPA — most non-towered fields, heliports, seaplane bases, and private strips fall here. Below: aerial imagery showing the actual field, runways, taxiways, and surroundings.

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways at TAPA

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 9,003 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
07 58.4° 9,003 ft 148 ft ASP Yes
25 238.4° 9,003 ft 148 ft ASP Yes

Source: in-app airport database (runway lengths + headings), OurAirports for surface, width, lighting. Gradient computed from FAA NASR runway-end elevation deltas (the published RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of NASR rows; we derive it from the elevations the FAA does publish).

Communications

5 frequencies on file — tower, ground, ATIS, CTAF, approach, departure, etc.

  • ATIS ATIS 114.500
  • GND GND 121.900
  • TWR TWR 118.200
  • APP APP 119.100
  • RDO ANTIQUA RDO 126.480

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Navaids associated with TAPA

  • NDB ANU

    V C Bird

    0.35 MHz · BOTH · MEDIUM

  • NDB ZDX

    V C Bird

    0.37 MHz · HI · MEDIUM

  • VOR-DME ANU

    V C Bird

    114.50 MHz · DME 114.50 · BOTH · HIGH

Field profile

Tags

St. John's

Source: OurAirports community

NTSB events at TAPA

1 NTSB-recorded event on file at this airport .

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=1

  • Ground collision 1

Categories derived from NTSB Findings descriptions and probable-cause text via deterministic rule matching. "Other" includes cases where the agency record didn't surface enough text to classify.

Canonical references

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