Edward Bodden Airfield
Edward Bodden Airfield Little Cayman Airport | |||||||||||
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 Bodden Terminal | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Little Cayman | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4 ft (1.2 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°39′36″N 80°05′20″W / 19.66000°N 80.08889°W | ||||||||||
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  LYB Location in the Cayman Islands | |||||||||||
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| Source: Little Cayman AIC July 2010[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3] | |||||||||||
Edward Bodden Airfield (IATA: LYB, ICAO: MWCL), also known as Little Cayman Airport, is an airfield on the southwest side of Little Cayman, one of the Cayman Islands.
The runway parallels the south shoreline, and approach and departures are over the water. Runway length includes a 180 metres (590 ft) displaced threshold on Runway 28.
The Cayman Brac non-directional beacon was located 13.2 nautical miles (24.4 km) east of the airport, on Cayman Brac island, but was decommissioned in 2021 and replaced with the BRACC airway intersection.[4]
Little Cayman Airport's other main building, a 75-foot (23-metre) free span airplane hangar located directly across the field from Bodden Terminal, was built in 1970.
The airport has an exemption of airworthiness from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands, however, as of June 2025, the exemption would not continue unless the airport adheres to current standards.[5][6]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Cayman Airways Express[7] | Cayman Brac, Grand Cayman |
Cayman Airways Express serves the airport with de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter commuter twin turboprop aircraft, which have STOL capability.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ "Little Cayman AIC" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ↑ "Airport information for Edward Bodden Airfield" – via Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ "Little Cayman Airport". Google Maps. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ↑ "CBC @ OurAirports". ourairports.com.
- ↑ Connolly, Norma (3 June 2025). "Government: Keeping Little Cayman airport at current site still on table". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ Connolly, Norma (27 May 2025). "If approved, construction of new Little Cayman airport could begin next year". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "Direct flights from Little Cayman". flightconnections.com. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ "Cayman Airways - Airline Tickets, Web Check-in and Travel Deal". Cayman Airways.