CYBMWCB

Charles Kirkconnell International Airport

West End, Cayman Islands · Latin America

Latin America America/Cayman

3direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

1,829 mLongest runway

Sir Captain Charles Kirkconnell International Airport (IATA: CYB, ICAO: MWCB) is an airport serving Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands. It is one of the hubs for Cayman Airways with flights to Owen Roberts International Airport on Grand Cayman, and Edward Bodden Airfield on Little Cayman. It is the only airport on Cayman Brac. The runway is on the southwestern end of Cayman Brac, and parallels the south shoreline. Approaches and departures are over the water. The Cayman Brac non-directional beacon (Ident: CBC) is located 1.0 nautical mile (1.9 km) off the approach threshold of Runway 27. In 2012, the airport was renamed Charles Kirkconnell International Airport, in memory of Captain Charles Leonard Kirkconnell, a prominent local businessman with strong ties to the Sister Islands. Its previous name was Gerrard-Smith International Airport.

Location

19.687°N, 79.883°O · 2 m s. n. m. (8 ft)

General data

CountryCayman Islands

CityWest End

IATA codeCYB

ICAO codeMWCB

Coordinates19.687°N, 79.883°O

Elevation2 m s. n. m. (8 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Cayman

Runways1

Longest runway1,829 m

Direct destinations3

Runways · 1

09/27

Length1,829 m6,001 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

118.400

Approach

120.200CAYMAN APP

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Cayman Airways

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Jack Kennard from Atlanta, USA · CC BY 2.0 · view original

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Charles Kirkconnell International Airport (CYB). Retrieved October 19, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CYB

MLA

“Charles Kirkconnell International Airport (CYB).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CYB. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Charles Kirkconnell International Airport (CYB). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CYB (Accessed: 19 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_cyb,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Charles Kirkconnell International Airport (CYB)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CYB},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CYB}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-19},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-19}
}

Wikipedia

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