Gregorio Luperón International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón) (IATA: POP, ICAO: MDPP), also known as Puerto Plata Airport, is located in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. It is the Dominican Republic's fourth busiest airport by passenger traffic and aircraft movements, after Punta Cana, Santo Domingo and Santiago de los Caballeros. The airport is named after General Gregorio Luperón, a Dominican military and state leader. Capable of handling planes of all sizes, Puerto Plata Airport has benefited from being in an area with many beaches, which are popular among charter airline passengers. The popularity of the city where it is located has also drawn a number of regularly scheduled passenger airlines over the years.
Gregorio Luperón International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI S.A. (Aerodom) | ||||||||||
| Location | Sosua, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Air Century | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 16 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°45′28″N 70°34′12″W / 19.75778°N 70.57000°W | ||||||||||
| Website | aerodom.com | ||||||||||
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History
editThe facility opened in 1979 with the purpose of boosting tourism in the North region, it has a runway 3,081 meters long x 46 meters wide, with the capacity to receive wide-body aircraft, including B-747 and A-340.
Facilities
editThe main terminal building has 10 gates: 5 with boarding bridges on the satellite concourse, and 2 boarding bridges and 3 without in the frontal concourse. The terminal was recently[when?] remodeled with new floors, escalators, immigration hall, departure hall and duty-free areas along with restaurants. The terminal can support 4 Boeing 747-400s simultaneously after renovations to the airport made in 2013/14.[4]
Airlines and destinations
editPassenger
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Canada Rouge | Toronto–Pearson Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau |
| Air Transat | Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson Seasonal: Halifax, Ottawa, Québec City |
| American Airlines | Miami Seasonal: Charlotte |
| Condor | Seasonal: Frankfurt1 |
| Delta Air Lines | Atlanta[5] |
| Edelweiss Air | Zurich[6] |
| InterCaribbean Airways | Seasonal: Providenciales |
| JetBlue | New York–JFK Seasonal: Boston |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Charter: Katowice[7] Seasonal charter: Poznań,[8] Warsaw–Chopin |
| Nordwind Airlines | Charter: Moscow–Sheremetyevo |
| Sunwing Airlines | Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson Seasonal: Halifax, Moncton, Ottawa, Québec City, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg |
| TUI fly Nordic | Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Stockholm–Arlanda |
| United Airlines | Newark |
| WestJet | Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson |
Cargo
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Amerijet | Miami, Santiago de los Caballeros |
| DHL Aviation | Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo–Las Américas |
| IBC Airways | Miami |
- Notes
- ^1 Condor's flight from Puerto Plata to Frankfurt operates via Santo Domingo, however, the flight from Frankfurt to Puerto Plata is nonstop.
Statistics
edit| Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
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| 1 |  New York - JFK
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97,858 | JetBlue |
| 2 | Miami
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86,072 | American Airlines |
| 3 | Newark
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64,574 | United Airlines |
| 4 |  Warsaw
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25,479 | LOT Polish Airlines |
| 5 | Katowice
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21,217 | LOT Polish Airlines |
| 6 |  Toronto - Pearson
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18,615 | Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat, WestJet |
| 7 |  Frankfurt
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14,867 | Condor, Eurowings Discover |
| 8 | Montreal - Trudeau
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12,678 | Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat |
| 9 | Charlotte
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11,812 | American Airlines |
| 10 |  Moscow - Sheremetyevo
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7,499 | Nordwind Airlines |
Incidents
edit- On February 6, 1996, Birgenair Flight 301 was bound for Frankfurt, Germany, but crashed shortly after take-off from Puerto Plata Airport into the Atlantic Ocean 26 kilometres off-shore, killing all 176 passengers and 13 crew members aboard, among them were 164 Germans. It was discovered later that one of the air speed indicators of the Boeing 757-200 was not working properly, confusing the pilots about whether the aircraft's speed was too fast or too slow.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Departamento Aeroportuario – 2008 passenger statistics [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Airport information for Gregorio Luperón International Airport". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on March 5, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. - ^ Airport information for Gregorio Luperón International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Puerto Plata Gregorio Luperon Airport". puerto-plata-airport.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ^ "Delta Adds 4 More Routes to Mexico, Caribbean Beaches Next Winter". February 2, 2024.
- ^ "Edelweiss fliegt ab November nach Puerto Plata". March 5, 2020.
- ^ "Rainbow Tours: Charters from Katowice lot dreamliner". Pasazer (in Polish). February 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- ^ "Rainbow Travel Agency". r.pl. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
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