V. C. Bird International Airport (TAPA / ANU), Antigua: Airport and FBO Directory Facts
Why It MattersDirectory listings that give runway data and FBO amenities without fuel types, tower status or customs designation leave operators needing primary sources before trip planning.
What happened
V. C. Bird International Airport, located in Osbourn, Saint George Parish, Antigua and Barbuda, carries ICAO code TAPA and IATA code ANU, sits at an elevation of 19 metres (62 feet) above sea level, and operates in the America/Antigua time zone. The airport has one recorded runway, designated 07/25, measuring 2,744 metres (9,003 feet) in length and 45 metres (148 feet) in width, with an asphalt surface that is lighted and reported open. Runway end 07 has a true heading of 58.4°, an elevation of 18 metres (58 feet), and a displaced threshold of 200 metres (656 feet); runway end 25 has a true heading of 238.4° and an elevation of 5 metres (17 feet).
The business-aviation directory lists two FBOs and zero handling providers at this airport. Signature Antigua, located at Gate 7, Burma Road, Saint John's, offers customs assistance, a meeting room, Wi-Fi, catering, and showers. Signature Aviation Coolidge, Antigua and Barbuda, located at Gate 7, Burma Road, Coolidge, St. John's, offers 24/7 executive lounge access, customs assistance, a meeting room, Wi-Fi, and refreshments.
Wikidata records 1959 as the airport's inception year. Fuel types, control tower status, customs airport designation, and landing-rights designation are not reported in the directory.
Industry impact & what to watch
Directory entries like this one function as a first pass for trip planners weighing a Caribbean stop: runway length, surface and FBO amenities establish whether a given aircraft type and mission are even plausible before anyone calls ahead. A single 2,744-metre asphalt runway with no second strip and no handling providers listed narrows the margin for diversion planning or simultaneous traffic compared with airports offering multiple runways or dedicated handlers.
Runway dimensions alone do not determine which aircraft can operate at a given field; declared distances, displaced thresholds like the 200-metre one on runway 07, and aircraft performance limits all factor into a dispatch decision in ways a static directory listing cannot capture. The absence of fuel type, tower status, and customs or landing-rights designations in this record means those items sit outside what the directory covers for this airport.
What changes this picture is whichever party next publishes the missing operational detail — whether that is an updated AIP entry, a NOTAM, or the airport authority confirming fuel availability and tower hours.
