<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">Overview Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">A major renovation was completed in December 2006. The US$17 million project financed by loans from the St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank and Taiwan, includes expansion of the parking apron to accommodate six-wide-bodied aircraft at the same time, complete resurfacing of the 2,439 m (8,002 ft) runway and construction of a new taxi-way. Construction started late 2004. Up to 6 wide bodied jets can now be accommodated on the tarmac. The airport can accommodate commercial jumbo jets and handles scheduled non-stop jet flights to Canada and the United States, as well as numerous regional commuter flights from within the Caribbean area.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport also provides facilities for cargo and private jets. The largest aircraft ever to land here was a Boeing 747-400. A chartered Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus A340-300 made aviation history when they operated a charter flight to St Kitts in 2011, a nearly 10,000-mile journey from Colombo-BIA, Sri Lanka.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In 2013, through a joint venture between Taiwan and St. Kitts, where Taiwan donated $1 million for the project, a 1MW Solar Farm was constructed on the airport premises. The solar panels display the text: "Welcome to SKB</p>
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