Puerto Plata Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón
Characteristics
ICAO code	MDPP
IATA code	POP
Coordinates	19 ° 45 '28 "  N , 70 ° 34' 12"  W Coordinates: 19 ° 45 '28 "  N , 70 ° 34' 12"  W.
Height above MSL	5 m (16  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	18 km east of Puerto Plata
Street	Highway 5
Local transport	Bus, minibus
Basic data
opening	1972
Terminals	1
Passengers	945,441 (2017)
Air freight	1,647 t (2017)
Flight movements	6,432 (2017)
Start-and runway
08/26	3081 m × 46 m asphalt

The Puerto Plata Airport ( span. Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperon ) is the international airport of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic . With around one million passengers annually, it is the third largest airport in the country and is of great importance for tourism .

Location and transport links

The airport is located 18 km east of Puerto Plata in the north of the country and has only a road connection.

Airlines and Destinations

In addition to regional connections within the Caribbean and to North and South America, the airport is primarily used by charter airlines. Condor and Eurowings regularly connect Puerto Plata with Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main and Munich. The flight time from Germany is about 10 hours.

Traffic figures

Source: Junta de Aviación Civil

Source: Junta de Aviación Civil

Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón traffic figures 2005–2017

year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons )	Flight movements
2017	945.441	1,647	6,432
2016	858.209	3,901	5,980
2015	774,589	3,346	5,195
2014	768,568	3,783	5,297
2013	757.493	3,840	4,806
2012	756.637	3,728	4,889
2011	769.938	5,515	5,220
2010	907.380	6,893	8,330
2009	1,094,093	12,389	8,432
2008	1,209,328	10,669	8,215
2007	1,176,296	11,099	8,441
2006	1,304,132	11,503	9,422
2005	1,326,469	9,776	9,558

Busiest routes

Busiest routes from Puerto Plata (2017)

rank	city	Passengers	Airlines
01	Toronto – Pearson , Canada	166,500	Air Canada Rouge , Air Transat , Sunwing , WestJet
02	New York – JFK , United States	116.393	JetBlue
03	Montreal – Trudeau , Canada	113.234	Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat, Sunwing
04th	Miami , United States	099,633	American
05	Newark , United States	065,479	United
06th	Dusseldorf , Germany	043,910	Eurowings
07th	Frankfurt , Germany	041,957	Condor
08th	Manchester , UK	028,504	TUI Airways
09	Munich , Germany	027,344	Condor
10	London – Gatwick , United Kingdom	025,585	TUI Airways

Incidents

• On November 15, 1992, an Ilyushin Il-18 D of the Cuban Aerocaribbean ( aircraft registration number CU-T1270 ) was flown into a mountain 14 kilometers from the destination while approaching Puerto Plata airport. None of the 34 occupants survived this controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).

• On February 6, 1996, a Boeing 757 crashed on Birgenair Flight 301 through technical failure followed by human error, shortly after take-off from Puerto Plata. 189 passengers were killed.

Web links

• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
• Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
• Official web presence of Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón, Puerto Plata (English)

Commons : Gregorio Luperón International Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Estadísticas. JAC.gob.do , accessed November 6, 2018 (Spanish). 
2. ^ Accident report IL-18 CU-T1270 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on September 20, 2019.
3. ↑ uni-bielefeld.de - Report of the Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil of the Dominican Republic ( Memento of the original from June 2, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 24, 2011