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South Bimini Airport (MYBS/BIM) is a small international gateway on South Bimini in the Bahamas, close to the world-famous game-fishing grounds of Bimini and a short hop from Florida. It offers a single hard-surfaced runway and simple radio facilities, making it a straightforward VFR destination for pilots island-hopping across the Bahamas.
South Bimini Airport serves the Bimini island group in the westernmost Bahamas, a popular staging point for pilots crossing the Gulf Stream from Florida. It has historically supported scheduled services from Miami as well as inter-island Bahamian carriers, and is best known to visitors as the gateway to Bimini's sport-fishing and diving grounds, and to the legend of the nearby Fountain of Youth.
The airport lies on South Bimini in the Bimini District of the Bahamas, at coordinates 25.7 N, 79.2651 W, only a short distance across the channel from the settlement of Alice Town on North Bimini. It sits within Bahamian airspace and is one of the westernmost points of entry into the archipelago for aircraft arriving from the United States.
The airfield has a single physical runway, 10/28, of hard surface construction and 6,352 feet in length. There is no ILS approach available, so arrivals and departures are conducted visually.
Traffic in the area can be worked on Nassau Radio (RDO) on 124.2 MHz, while airfield UNICOM traffic is handled on 122.8 MHz. There is no published instrument approach procedure for the field.
South Bimini sits immediately south across the narrow channel from North Bimini and the settlement of Alice Town, a useful landmark for pilots identifying the island group from the air.
South Bimini Airport has long served as the main air link for the Bimini islands, with scheduled service historically operated by American Eagle from Miami, alongside Bahamian carriers Flamingo Air and Western Air linking Bimini to Freeport and Nassau respectively. The island is also associated with the legend of the Fountain of Youth, a local landmark near the airport.
In November 2023 the Bahamian government signed a public-private partnership agreement for a major redevelopment of the airport, with committed investment of 80 million US dollars across two phases: an initial 30 million dollar programme of airside and terminal improvements to support international commercial traffic, followed by a 50 million dollar second phase to build a new passenger terminal and expand apron and FBO facilities. Pilots should be aware that ongoing works associated with this redevelopment may affect airfield facilities and operations in the coming years.