International terminal
- Glass jet bridges, elevators and escalators
- Wheelchair service and accessible washrooms
- 23 commercial spaces, three restaurants and kiosk positions
- Solar generation supporting part of the operation
St. Vincent
Argyle International Airport
- IATA
- SVD
- ICAO
- TVSA
- Runway
- 04 / 22
- Length
- 2,743 m
- Elevation
- 41 m
- Position
- 13°09′23″N 61°09′01″W
Where the chain begins.
Argyle is the mainland gateway: the airport international traffic arrives into, and the point the three Grenadines airports connect back to.
Runways across the network
- 9,000ft Runway 04 / 22
- 1.5m Annual passenger capacity
- 3hills Removed to level the site
- 9cat ICAO rescue & firefighting
An airport cut out of the windward coast.
For most of its history St. Vincent could only be reached by small aircraft routed through another island. The former E. T. Joshua Airport sat hemmed in near Kingstown with no room to grow, so every visitor from North America or Europe arrived on someone else's connection.
Argyle changed that. Building it meant reshaping the land itself — levelling three hills and filling two valleys on the Atlantic side of the island to make a platform long enough for a 9,000-foot runway. It opened in February 2017 as the first airport in the country's history able to receive wide-body, long-haul aircraft directly.
It is also among the first airports in the Caribbean to run part of its operation on solar power, and it is built to handle up to 1.5 million passengers a year.
How it was built
- 2005 Argyle chosen
After technical studies of possible mainland sites, government announced Argyle as the location for a new international airport.
- 2008 Ground broken
Earthworks began in August. Three hills were cut down and two valleys filled to carve a level platform out of the windward coast.
- 2017 Opened
The first aircraft landed on 14 February, giving the country its first runway able to take long-haul jets directly from North America and Europe.
Image Construction of the Argyle site — earthworks cutting the runway platform out of the hills, c. 2010
Direct to the mainland world.
Argyle's runway is what put St. Vincent on the direct-service map. Routes vary by season and carrier — confirm current schedules with your airline.
- MIA Miami United States
- JFK New York United States
- ATL Atlanta United States
- YYZ Toronto Canada
- LHR London United Kingdom
- BGI Barbados Caribbean
Airlines serving SVD
- American Airlines
- Air Canada
- Delta Air Lines
- JetBlue
- Virgin Atlantic
- Caribbean Airlines
- SVG Air
- Mustique Airways
Two terminals, one roof.
Domestic terminal
- Grenadines services to Bequia, Canouan and Union Island
- VIP lounge
- Grab-and-go counter and an outside bar
- Apron sized from twin otters to large commercial jets
Rescue & firefighting
- 9 ICAO aerodrome category
- 33 Firefighters, four of them trained medics
- 3 Oshkosh Striker appliances
Aerodrome data
- IATA / ICAO
- SVD / TVSA
- Runway
- 04 / 22 · asphalt
- Runway length
- 2,743 m — 9,000 ft
- Elevation
- 41 m — 136 ft
- Coordinates
- 13°09′23″N 61°09′01″W
- Opened
- 14 February 2017
- Annual capacity
- 1.5 million passengers
- Aerodrome category
- ICAO CAT 9 rescue & firefighting