to Grenada directly, This is well known. Flying to Gre- nada involves going through Barbados or Trinidad and Tobago. We have a small airport that was built by the British in 1943. It has been described by pilots as a hazard. It is impossible to fly into my country after 6 p.m. There are no night landing facilities. 83. According to a study done by a European group a year ago on Grenada and its tourism, which is the second largest earner of foreign exchange and a very important activity in the economy of our country, “Grenada is ter- rifically disadvantaged because it does not have an air- port”, We need an airport. All we need is an airport. The President has said that we do not need an airport because we do not have an air force. That is precisely why we are building a civilian airport, because we do not have an au force. Our army is virtually a token force, an army that could fit inside this Security Council chamber. 84. We need an airport, Ours is not a massive airport. As is well known by the World Bank, it is 9,800 feet long. It is supposed to be massive; it is supposed to represent a threat to the United States. Barbados is a small Carib- bean country about the size of Grenada. The airport in Barbados is 11,000 feet long. CuraGao is a small Carib- bean country in the Dutch Antilles; it has an airport 11,189 feet long. Antigua, smaller than Grenada, has an international airport that is 9,000 feet long. Where is the threat to the United States? Saint Lucia, with an area of 238 square miles and a population of 120,000, also has an airport over 9,000 feet long. Where is the threat to the 
**Analysis**
The text is about the need for an airport in Grenada, highlighting the challenges of flying into the country and the economic importance of tourism. The speaker emphasizes the small size of the airport and compares it to other Caribbean countries with larger airports, questioning the perceived threat to the United States. The discussion is centered around the need for infrastructure development to support economic growth and tourism.

**Category**
Transport and communication