<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Lynden Pindling International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">In August 1942, No. 111 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF was established at Nassau Airport to train general reconnaissance crews using the North American Mitchell and Consolidated Liberators</p>
<p class="blog-para">During the Second World War, on 30 December 1942, the airport was named Windsor Field (after the Duke of Windsor) and became a Royal Air Force (RAF) station. Windsor Field was the second airport in The Bahamas and was used for delivery flights of US-built fighter and bomber aircraft such as the Boeing B-17 and Consolidated B-24 bombers, and the</p>
<p class="blog-para">Curtiss P-40 fighter from the aircraft manufacturers to the North African and European theaters. It was also a base station for Consolidated Liberator I and Mitchell patrol bombers combating the German Navy's U-boat threat.</p>
<p class="blog-para">111 OTU returned to the UK in Augustor September 1945. (National Archives) and was disbanded.</p>
<p class="blog-para">After the Second World War, on 1 June 1946, the RAF withdrew from Windsor Field and it reverted to civilian use. Oakes Field (now Thomas Robinson Stadium) remained as the main airport in the Bahamas due to its close proximity to downtown Nassau. At the Regional Caribbean Conference of the International Civil Aviation Organization held in Washington in September, 1946, Oakes Field was recommended for designation as a long range regular airport. Oakes International Airport was kept in operation until midnight, 1 November 1957, when Nassau International Airport at Windsor Field was brought into full operation.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The name of the airport was officially changed on 6 July 2006 in honour of The Rt Hon. Sir Lynden Pindling (22 March 1929 &ndash; 25 August 2000), first Prime Minister of Bahamas (1967 &ndash; 1992). Sir Lynden is recognized as the Father of the Nation, having led the Bahamas to Majority rule in 1967 as well as full Independence from the United Kingdom within the British Commonwealth six years later.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Expansion and renovations</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">With more than 3 million passengers and over 80,000 takeoffs and landings, the airport had reached its capacity by 2011 and its facilities were outdated and insufficient. In 2006, Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) entered a 10-year management agreement with YVR Airport Services Ltd. (YVRAS), the commercial arm of Vancouver Airport Authority, to manage, operate and redevelop the airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The redevelopment updated the airport facilities to international standards and expanded terminal capacity. The work was carried out in three stages. The first stage included the design and construction of a new 247,000 sq ft (22,900 m2) U.S Departures Terminal, at a cost of $198.1 million. Stage 2 consisted of the complete renovation of the current U.S terminal, to serve as the new U.S/International Arrivals Terminal, with a budget of $127.9 million. Stage 3 involved the design and construction of a new 112,000 sq ft (10,400 m2) domestic arrivals and departures terminal, as well as an International Departures Terminal at the location of the existing International Arrivals Hall. This last stage cost $83.5 million.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">The following means of transport are available at Nassau Airport to get to the city centre Lynden Pindling International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Bus: </strong>Public transport is not available in Nassau Airport</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Taxi:</strong> Get to Nassau city centre within 15 minutes by taxi.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Transfers:</strong> If you want private transportation to and from Nassau Airport, you can book a transportation</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Car rental:</strong> Rent a car at Nassau Airport or through our search engine.</p>
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