the last time grand cayman had a hurricane was 2015.
when was the last time grand cayman had a hurricane?
2015
on 11 september 2004 the island of grand cayman, which lies largely unprotected at sea level, was hit by hurricane ivan, creating an 8-ft (2.4 m) storm surge which flooded many areas of grand cayman. an estimated 83% of the dwellings on the island were damaged including 4% requiring complete reconstruction. a reported 70% of all dwellings suffered severe damage from flooding or wind. another 26% sustained minor damage from partial roof removal, low levels of flooding, or impact with floating or wind driven hurricane debris. power, water and communications were disrupted for months in some areas as ivan was the worst hurricane to hit the islands in 86 years. grand cayman began a major rebuilding process and within two years its infrastructure was nearly returned to pre-hurricane status. due to the tropical location of the islands, more hurricanes or tropical systems have affected the cayman islands than any other region in the atlantic basin; it has been brushed or directly hit, on average, every 2.23 years.
cayman islands
the airline was established and started operations on august 7, 1968. it was formed following the cayman islands government's purchase of 51% of cayman brac airways which was founded in 1955, from lacsa, the costa rican flag carrier, and became wholly government owned in december 1977. lacsa had been serving grand cayman since the mid 1950s as an intermediate stop on its route between san josé, costa rica and miami with some flights also making a stop in havana, cuba as well between grand cayman and miami. in 1965, cayman brac airways (which was also known as cba airways ltd.) was operating regional services from owen roberts international airport in george town, grand cayman to gerrard smith international airport on cayman brac as well as to little cayman via a flag stop and also to montego bay, jamaica. a weekly service with a twin engine beechcraft 18 aircraft was being operated on a routing of grand cayman – little cayman (flag stop only) – cayman brac – montego bay with an additional weekly service being flown between grand cayman and cayman brac with an intermediate stop on occasion at little cayman as a flag stop. connecting services for grand cayman were available to lacsa flights for services to miami and also for pan am flights at montego bay for connecting service to miami and new york city.
cayman airways