The new airstrip on Rum Cay has been completed by the Bahamas Government. The smooth, sand-finished, paved runway is 4500 feet long and 100 feet wide. Wide borders have been cleared and it is fenced in to keep the wild cattle off the runway, which lies due east and west.

Two taxiways go to the aircraft parking area south of runway. A new paved road runs from the airstrip to Port Nelson 2 miles to the south.

The west end of airstrip pavement at center line is 23º 41.010' N/ 74º 50.575'W.

The east end of airstrip pavement at center line is 23º 41.011' N/ 74º 49.763'W.

The two paved taxiways intersect the runway at 74º 49.914' W and 74º 49.805'W.

Rum Cay, a small, sparsely populated island, is located 20 miles southwest of San Salvador. It is mainly flat but has a few rolling hills rising to about 120 feet. The island was named Santa Maria de la Conception by Columbus. The modern name Rum Cay is said to be in memory of a wreck destroyed with a cargo of rum which foundered off the coral reefs abound the island's shore.

The main settlement is Port Nelson, a picturesque village lying among coconut groves. The wreck of the 101-gun Man-of-War HMS Conqueror, built in Devon in 1855 and which served in the Crimean War, lies in 30 feet of water off Rum Cay where it sank in 1861. Known as the underwater museum of The Bahamas, it is the property of The Bahamas Government and none of the contents of the ship may be removed.

http://www.PortNelsonBahamas.com

http://www.RumCayBahamas.com

http://www.rumcay.net