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A 60 yr old women, alone, will arrive in Antigua at 11:30pm from San Juan on AA and fly out at 6:30 am the next morning on LIAT. Can she stay overnight at the airport and wait (is it open, are there others around over night, is it safe, are there lockers available)? I’ve called anded EMailed American Airlines and LIAT and they don’t know the operating schedule of the airport.  

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I can’t speak to Antigua’s airport as far as overnighting, except that we did that in Barbados a year ago. We landed at 2 AM, after blizzards delayed our flight and we were, we thought scheduled to fly out at 6 or 7 AM, so we slept at the airport there.  It is not possible to stay inside so we were in the ticket purchase area, which has benches, us and 3 single gentlemen…no lockers, so we took turns "watching" our luggage. It drizzled overnight so we spent some time trying to sit in the protected area and some in the open area where it was not so hot. My kids describe it as the worst time of our trip, and for a single woman not a great idea. Can’t you find a cheap airport hotel? Melanie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->A 60 yr old women, alone, will arrive in Antigua at 11:30pm from San >Juan on AA and fly out at 6:30 am the next morning on LIAT. >Can she stay overnight at the airport and wait (is it open, are there >others around over night, is it safe, are there lockers available)? >I’ve called anded EMailed American Airlines and LIAT and they don’t know >the operating schedule of the airport.  

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Kohmetscher) writes: >A 60 yr old women, alone, will arrive in Antigua at 11:30pm from San >Juan on AA and fly out at 6:30 am the next morning on LIAT. >Can she stay overnight at the airport and wait (is it open, are there >others around over night, is it safe, are there lockers available)? >I’ve called anded EMailed American Airlines and LIAT and they don’t know >the operating schedule of the airport.  

I remember from late ‘94 arriving there from the BVI at midnight, and then having to wait until 3:30 am for a flight to Toronto, so I’d assume that the airport operates throughout the night. There were a fair number of people there; decent washrooms; an upper-level restaurant that is probably open late…but I don’t remember seeing any lockers.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Kohmetscher) writes: >A 60 yr old women, alone, will arrive in Antigua at 11:30pm from San >Juan on AA and fly out at 6:30 am the next morning on LIAT. >Can she stay overnight at the airport and wait (is it open, are there >others around over night, is it safe, are there lockers available)? >I’ve called anded EMailed American Airlines and LIAT and they don’t >know >the operating schedule of the airport.   >I remember from late ‘94 arriving there from the BVI at midnight, and >then having to wait until 3:30 am for a flight to Toronto, so I’d >assume that the airport operates throughout the night. There were a >fair number of people there; decent washrooms; an upper-level >restaurant that is probably open late…but I don’t remember seeing any >lockers.

VC Bird Airport never closes..it is open air..

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The airport closes at night the flight you wil arrive on is last to arrive at night so you will have to get a hotel there are a few small ones very close to the airport you can contact yhe ANTIGUA TOURIST BOARD to recomend a hotel to you  .

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>>A 60 yr old women, alone, will arrive in Antigua at 11:30pm from San >Juan on AA and fly out at 6:30 am the next morning on LIAT. >Can she stay overnight at the airport and wait (is it open, are there >others around over night, is it safe, are there lockers available)? >I’ve called anded EMailed American Airlines and LIAT and they don’t know >the operating schedule of the airport.   >This is probably not a brilliant idea IMHO.  Many Caribbean airports are >overgrown sheds and only open when flights arrive (certainly not all night). >Even the modern ones still have some problems (the one in St. Lucia springs >to >mind).  Some do not have A/C and certainly will have no place for her to lie >down.

There was a place near the airport I spent the night a few years ago.  It was called Island Beachcomber or Antigua Beachcomber or something like that.  It was quite nice. I’ve also read about (again several years ago) about a place across the road from the airport called the Sugar Mill (or some such name). It’s been awhile since I’ve been to Antigua, but can hardly imagine spending the night *in* the airport. Cable

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A 60 yr old women, alone, will arrive in Antigua at 11:30pm from San Juan on AA and fly out at 6:30 am the next morning on LIAT. Can she stay overnight at the airport and wait (is it open, are there others around over night, is it safe, are there lockers available)? I’ve called anded EMailed American Airlines and LIAT and they don’t know the operating schedule of the airport.  

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>A 60 yr old women, alone, will arrive in Antigua at 11:30pm from San >Juan on AA and fly out at 6:30 am the next morning on LIAT. >Can she stay overnight at the airport and wait (is it open, are there >others around over night, is it safe, are there lockers available)? >I’ve called anded EMailed American Airlines and LIAT and they don’t know >the operating schedule of the airport.  

This is probably not a brilliant idea IMHO.  Many Caribbean airports are overgrown sheds and only open when flights arrive (certainly not all night). Even the modern ones still have some problems (the one in St. Lucia springs to mind).  Some do not have A/C and certainly will have no place for her to lie down. |     David Lublin — University of South Carolina, Columbia |     "If I had to work with only people I liked, I would have taken |      up lighthouse keeping long ago."

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>>A 60 yr old women, alone, will arrive in Antigua at 11:30pm from San >Juan on AA and fly out at 6:30 am the next morning on LIAT. >Can she stay overnight at the airport and wait (is it open, are there >others around over night, is it safe, are there lockers available)? >I’ve called anded EMailed American Airlines and LIAT and they don’t know >the operating schedule of the airport.   >This is probably not a brilliant idea IMHO.  Many Caribbean airports are >overgrown sheds and only open when flights arrive (certainly not all night). >Even the modern ones still have some problems (the one in St. Lucia springs >to >mind).  Some do not have A/C and certainly will have no place for her to lie >down.

There was a place near the airport I spent the night a few years ago.  It was called Island Beachcomber or Antigua Beachcomber or something like that.  It was quite nice. I’ve also read about (again several years ago) about a place across the road from the airport called the Sugar Mill (or some such name). It’s been awhile since I’ve been to Antigua, but can hardly imagine spending the night *in* the airport. Cable

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A 60 yr old women, alone, will arrive in Antigua at 11:30pm from San Juan on AA and fly out at 6:30 am the next morning on LIAT. Can she stay overnight at the airport and wait (is it open, are there others around over night, is it safe, are there lockers available)? I’ve called anded EMailed American Airlines and LIAT and they don’t know the operating schedule of the airport.  

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>A 60 yr old women, alone, will arrive in Antigua at 11:30pm from San >Juan on AA and fly out at 6:30 am the next morning on LIAT. >Can she stay overnight at the airport and wait (is it open, are there >others around over night, is it safe, are there lockers available)? >I’ve called anded EMailed American Airlines and LIAT and they don’t know >the operating schedule of the airport.  

This is probably not a brilliant idea IMHO.  Many Caribbean airports are overgrown sheds and only open when flights arrive (certainly not all night). Even the modern ones still have some problems (the one in St. Lucia springs to mind).  Some do not have A/C and certainly will have no place for her to lie down. |     David Lublin — University of South Carolina, Columbia |     "If I had to work with only people I liked, I would have taken |      up lighthouse keeping long ago."

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>>A 60 yr old women, alone, will arrive in Antigua at 11:30pm from San >Juan on AA and fly out at 6:30 am the next morning on LIAT. >Can she stay overnight at the airport and wait (is it open, are there >others around over night, is it safe, are there lockers available)? >I’ve called anded EMailed American Airlines and LIAT and they don’t know >the operating schedule of the airport.   >This is probably not a brilliant idea IMHO.  Many Caribbean airports are >overgrown sheds and only open when flights arrive (certainly not all night). >Even the modern ones still have some problems (the one in St. Lucia springs >to >mind).  Some do not have A/C and certainly will have no place for her to lie >down.

There was a place near the airport I spent the night a few years ago.  It was called Island Beachcomber or Antigua Beachcomber or something like that.  It was quite nice. I’ve also read about (again several years ago) about a place across the road from the airport called the Sugar Mill (or some such name). It’s been awhile since I’ve been to Antigua, but can hardly imagine spending the night *in* the airport. Cable

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A 60 yr old women, alone, will arrive in Antigua at 11:30pm from San Juan on AA and fly out at 6:30 am the next morning on LIAT. Can she stay overnight at the airport and wait (is it open, are there others around over night, is it safe, are there lockers available)? I’ve called anded EMailed American Airlines and LIAT and they don’t know the operating schedule of the airport.  

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>A 60 yr old women, alone, will arrive in Antigua at 11:30pm from San >Juan on AA and fly out at 6:30 am the next morning on LIAT. >Can she stay overnight at the airport and wait (is it open, are there >others around over night, is it safe, are there lockers available)? >I’ve called anded EMailed American Airlines and LIAT and they don’t know >the operating schedule of the airport.  

This is probably not a brilliant idea IMHO.  Many Caribbean airports are overgrown sheds and only open when flights arrive (certainly not all night). Even the modern ones still have some problems (the one in St. Lucia springs to mind).  Some do not have A/C and certainly will have no place for her to lie down. |     David Lublin — University of South Carolina, Columbia |     "If I had to work with only people I liked, I would have taken |      up lighthouse keeping long ago."

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