Discovery Day the Dominican Republic which both recognize the holiday. Discovery Day Discovery Day is the name of several holidays commemorating the discovery of land, gold, and other significant national discoveries. In the Bahamas Discovery Day was a public holiday on October 12, that celebrated the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World in 1492. It coincided with the Columbus Day celebrations of many other countries in the Americas. Columbus's initial landfall was on the now-unknown island of Guanahani in the Bahamas in 1492. It was last observed as a holiday in 2012 and has been replaced by National Heroes Day
Columbus Southwest Airport Columbus Southwest Airport Columbus Southwest Airport is a privately owned, public use airport located 11 nautical miles (13 mi, 20 km) southwest of the central business district of Columbus, in Franklin County, Ohio, United States. Columbus Southwest Airport covers an area of 14 acres (6 ha) at an elevation of 920 feet (280 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with a turf surface measuring 2,382 by 120 feet (726 x 37 m). For the 12-month period ending July 26, 2010, the airport had 11,833 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 32 per day. At