| Rock Sound International Airport | |
| Iata: | RSD |
| Icao: | MYER |
| Location: | Rock Sound |
| Elevation-F: | 10 |
| Coordinates: | 24.8917°N -76.1778°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Bahamas |
| Pushpin Label: | MYER |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in The Bahamas |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 09/27 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2,199 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Footnotes: | Source: DAFIF[1] |
Rock Sound International Airport is an airport in the South Eleuthera district of The Bahamas. Its name comes from the former district of Rock Sound.
Historically, Rock Sound was served by Pan Am beginning the mid-1960s with Boeing 707 and Boeing 727 jetliner service to Miami and New York JFK Airport via an intermediate stop in Nassau.[2] The airport is one of the very few in The Bahamas to have received such mainline jet service. In addition, in 1979, Air Florida was serving the airport with Boeing 737 jetliners with nonstop flights to and from Miami.[3] As of February 1st, 1979, Air Florida also offered connecting flight services from Rock Sound via Miami to: Jacksonville, Key West and Marathon, Ft. Lauderdale,[4] Orlando, Pensacola, Philadelphia Tallahassee, Tampa, Washington (Dulles), and West Palm Beach.[5] During that same period, connecting flights were offered to Rock Sound via Miami from: Gainesville, Jacksonville, Key West, [6] Marathon, Miami/Ft. Lauderdale,[7] Orlando, Pensacola, Philadelphia (refer to reference #3), Tallahassee, Tampa (refer to reference #4), Washington (Dulles), West Palm Beach. [8] According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), in 1978 Air Florida was operating direct, one stop no change of plane Douglas DC-9 jet flights into Rock Sound from both Miami and Ft. Lauderdale with both services making an intermediate stop in Nassau.[9] This same 1978 OAG also lists British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven jet service operated by Bahamasair direct from Miami via a stop in Governor's Harbour, Bahamas as well as nonstop BAC One-Eleven service from Nassau.[10] This wide availability, presumably, solidified Rock Sound early on as a tourist stop for anyone vacationing in the Bahamas, despite the small size of the town of Rock Sound itself. Lauda Air Italy also flew weekly charters to Milan for a brief period in 2001.[11]
