Virgin Gorda is the third-largest island (after Tortola and Anegada) and second-most populous of the British Virgin Islands (BVI). An unusual geologic formation known as "the Baths" located on the southern end of the island makes Virgin Gorda one of the BVI's major tourist destinations. At the Baths, in spite of evidence of the island's largely volcanic origins, huge granite boulders lie in piles on the beach, forming scenic grottoes that are open to the sea. Granite is an intrusive igneous rock, thus not volcanic. It did form from magma, however, at great depth. Granite becomes exposed at the Earth's surface only after geologic ages of erosion removes the overburden. At the surface, weathering has broken the granite into large boulders and rounded their surfaces. North of the Baths is the Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbor, formerly owned by Little Dix Bay.
Date | Departure | Arrival | Pilot | Aircraft | Landing rate | Distance | Flight time | ||
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22JUN25 0353Z | TQPF | TUPW | Lol_Cannonball | Cessna 408 SkyCourier (C408) | -118 ft/m | 83 nm | 00:23 | View | |
04JUL24 1424Z | TQPF | TUPW | Aaron Priest | Beechcraft 58 Baron (BE58) | -509 ft/m | 85 nm | 00:24 | View | |
01JUL24 0519Z | TQPF | TUPW | StRyKeR | Icon A-5 (A5) | -174 ft/m | 84 nm | 00:16 | View | |
27JUN24 2253Z | TQPF | TUPW | tylerdog2k5 | Saab JAS39 Gripen (SB39) | -796 ft/m | 81 nm | 00:08 | View | |
06JUL23 1944Z | TQPF | TUPW | CoupeX | De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (DHC6) | -430 ft/m | 84 nm | 00:28 | View | |
28JUN23 1119Z | TQPF | TUPW | Pypehr99 | Diamond DA-62 (DA62) | -256 ft/m | 80 nm | 00:25 | View | |
06AUG22 0540Z | TQPF | TUPW | Saffa Jake | Cessna Caravan (C208) | -57 ft/m | 88 nm | 00:29 | View | |
22JUL22 1740Z | TQPF | TUPW | merlin21k | Mooney M-20 (M20P) | -128 ft/m | 90 nm | 00:28 | View | |
21JUL22 0443Z | TQPF | TUPW | Gumbo56 | Beechcraft 58 Baron (BE58) | -80 ft/m | 84 nm | 00:28 | View | |
18JUL22 2114Z | TQPF | TUPW | DefiantPrawn | Beechcraft G36 Bonanza (BE36) | -113 ft/m | 85 nm | 00:34 | View | |
17JUL22 1936Z | TQPF | TUPW | Sven Lenkewitz | Cessna Caravan (C208) | -819 ft/m | 82 nm | 00:30 | View | |
17JUL22 0544Z | TQPF | TUPW | DeviousFusion | Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) | -135 ft/m | 80 nm | 00:04 | View | |
17JUL22 0430Z | TQPF | TUPW | whiffy | De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (DHC6) | -577 ft/m | 89 nm | 00:30 | View | |
17JUL22 0429Z | TQPF | TUPW | ResetXPDR | Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) | -64 ft/m | 87 nm | 00:28 | View | |
17JUL22 0428Z | TQPF | TUPW | Fliggity | De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (DHC6) | -222 ft/m | 88 nm | 00:27 | View | |
17JUL22 0424Z | TQPF | TUPW | Saxmanjones | Airbus A320 neo (A20N) | -1382 ft/m | 83 nm | 00:26 | View | |
17JUL22 0406Z | TQPF | TUPW | Wokninja | De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (DHC6) | -117 ft/m | 83 nm | 00:30 | View | |
17JUL22 0157Z | TQPF | TUPW | Seany69 | Boeing 737-700 (B737) | -538 ft/m | 82 nm | 00:17 | View | |
16JUL22 0629Z | TQPF | TUPW | Percell Perry | Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) | -204 ft/m | 95 nm | 00:31 | View | |
16JUL22 0603Z | TQPF | TUPW | FingerGames | Beechcraft G36 Bonanza (BE36) | -249 ft/m | 82 nm | 00:26 | View |