Grand Bahama Airport (GBA) is located on Grand Bahama Island, just 100 kilometres east of the Florida coast. It is directly on the primary air corridors linking Europe with destinations in the southern United States and South America. The airport is also situated just minutes from Freeport Harbour Company, a modern cruise terminal that accommodates ships sailing for points across the Caribbean. As such, GBA is a critical facilitator of tourism in the Bahamas.

To attract and maintain the business of major airlines, GBA maintains an 11,000-foot (3,352-metre) runway. The facility also utilises a wide range of high-tech navigational aids, such as an instrument landing system (ILS), VOR, aviation weather briefings, and an accu-weather DTN. It has special cargo/freight handling facilities and category-seven firefighting facilities. Finally, the airport has a fuel farm with jet A1 and 100-octane LL fuels. GBA is a controlled security facility with security staff trained in the use of an access control system and a safe passage system (SPS).

GBA's strategic location and proximity to the US require efficient passenger-clearance facilities. To this end, the facility offers US pre-clearance. It also provides Bahamian Customs and Immigration clearance 24 hours a day, seven days a week.