Owen Roberts International Airport MWCR / GCM
Grand Cayman's airport is ten minutes from Seven Mile Beach and George Town's financial centre, with Island Air's FBO and CIQ. Heavy Gulfstream/Global traffic for the offshore finance sector; parking is limited so reservations are advised, especially over the holidays.
6,596 ft
Longest runway
10 min
Drive to Grand Cayman
2
FBOs / handlers
8 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 06:00–22:00 (extensions on request, verify)
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 3 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Up to Gulfstream/Global class; BBJ with coordination (runway extension in progress, verify).
- Website
- www.caymanairports.com
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Island Air FBO
- Cayman Islands Airports Authority GA
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 6,596 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E 6,076 ft
- Bombardier Global 8000 5,760 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X 5,900 ft
- Bombardier Global 7500 5,800 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Gulfstream Aerospace G650ER needs 6,299 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo needs 6,300 ft
- Bombardier Global 6000 needs 6,476 ft