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Clarence A. Bain Airport is a small public airfield on Mangrove Cay, a district of Andros Island in the Bahamas, serving the local community with a single hard-surfaced runway. It is a modest, uncontrolled strip with no navigational aids or instrument approaches, suited to VFR arrivals in good weather.
Clarence A. Bain Airport is a government-operated public airfield serving Mangrove Cay, one of the districts of Andros Island in the Bahamas. It is a simple, single-runway field of the kind typical across the Family Islands, offering VFR pilots a straightforward strip for reaching this quieter part of Andros.
The airport lies on Mangrove Cay, within the Andros Island group in the Bahamas, at coordinates 24.2877 N, 77.6844 W. No details of controlled airspace, FIR boundaries or neighbouring aerodromes are given in the available sources, so pilots should consult current Bahamian aeronautical charts for the applicable airspace classification before flight.
The airport has one physical runway, 09/27, with a hard surface and a length of 5053 feet in each direction. There is no ILS or other instrument approach available.
No communications frequencies are published for Clarence A. Bain Airport, and no navaids or instrument approach procedures are noted in the available sources. Pilots should plan for an unattended or informal radio environment and rely on see-and-avoid procedures.
No specific joining, circuit height or noise abatement procedures are given in the available sources.
No published visual reference points are given in the available sources; pilots should identify the field visually using the runway and its position on Mangrove Cay within the Andros Island group.
The airport was established to serve the Mangrove Cay district of Andros Island and is operated by the Bahamian government. Limited further historical detail is available in the sources consulted.
The field continues to serve Mangrove Cay as a public airport, with the single 09/27 runway supporting general aviation and light transport traffic to the island. Specific details on current facilities, fuel availability or operating hours are not given in the available sources.
