El Catey Airport

El Catey Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	MDCY
IATA code	AZS
Coordinates	19 ° 16 '10 "  N , 69 ° 44' 13"  W Coordinates: 19 ° 16 '10 "  N , 69 ° 44' 13"  W
Height above MSL	3.6 m (12  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	22 km from Nagua, 14 km from Sánchez
Street	Ruta 5 continuing on the Autopista Papa Juan Pablo II
train	no
Local transport	Bus, minibus, taxi, rental car
Basic data
opening	November 1, 2006
operator	Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI SA (Aerodom)
Passengers	134,498 (2017)
Air freight	48 t (2017)
Flight movements	996 (2017)
Start-and runway
07/25	3000 m × 45 m asphalt (PCN 66F / A / W / T)

The airport Aeropuerto Internacional de el CATEY "Samaná", "Aeropuerto Profesor Juan Bosch" ( IATA code : AZS , ICAO code : MDCY , short: Aeropuerto El Catey , occasionally also Aeropuerto Samaná ) is an international airport located in the northeast of the Dominican Republic , 22 km southeast of Nagua, María Trinidad Sánchez province , 14 km northwest of Sánchez, Samaná province and 8 km east of the road to Santo Domingo (Autopista Papa Juan Pablo II). The airport opened on November 1, 2006. Construction costs were over $ 80 million.

In El Catey, aircraft up to the size of Boeing 747 can take off and land. The airport has 45,000 m² of parking space for up to 4 Boeing 747s. The passenger hall of 9000 m² and an additional area of ​​1000 m² on the first floor as well as 28 check-in counters, 2 baggage conveyor belts and 2 passenger terminals allow the handling of up to 600 passengers per hour at peak times.

history

In order to promote tourism on the Samaná peninsula, the expansion of the existing Arroyo Barril airport was approved at the end of 1999 as part of the contract with Aerodom Siglo XXI. At the beginning of 2001, however, the contract had to be changed because the acquisition of the necessary land for the expansion of the previous airport would have been too costly and the hilly terrain was viewed as unfavorable for flight operations. Instead of the extension, it was decided to build a new building. The start of construction of the airport was contractually set for the end of May 2001 at the latest and should be called "Aeropuerto Internacional de Samaná".

In September 2003, members of Congress complained that construction was still not completed and passed a resolution asking the concessionaire to continue construction. Likewise, the State Secretary for Public Works should be asked to make the outstanding payments for the land as more than a hundred families have had to vacate the site and are still waiting for compensation. At that time the international airport was already "El Catey" and no longer "Samaná".

In February 2005, President Leonel Fernández promised to push ahead with a number of buildings, including El Catey Airport, so that Samaná's development as a tourist area would be guaranteed.

The airport began operations in November 2006 and was officially inaugurated on February 7, 2007. It was named after him on this occasion in honor of President Juan Bosch .

Traffic figures

The airport is mostly used by foreign passengers (96.4%), who come mainly from Canada (81.4%), the USA (4.9%), France (3.7%) and Portugal (3%) (as of : 2016). The shift in the origin of the passengers is remarkable: in 2007 71% came from Europe and 28% from North America, in 2016 it was only 11.5% from Europe compared to 86.2% from North America. (2016)

The annual passenger volume averaged around 118,000 passengers between 2007 and 2016 with a minimum of 102,000 (2009) and a maximum of 128,000 (2016). In 2016, 1,033 aircraft were handled, which were divided into 924 scheduled flights and 109 charter flights. (2016)

Airlines

El Catey (or Samaná) is no longer listed as a destination in the Condor's 2011 summer flight schedule and 2011/2012 winter flight schedule . Likewise, since May 2010, no Condor flight movements to and from El Catey have been recorded.

Airline (as of 2012)	Share of passengers in%	Destinations	Art
Air Canada	28.0	Toronto, Montreal, Halifax	Scheduled flight
XL Airways France	22.1	Paris	Scheduled flight
Westjet Airlines	15.1	Toronto	Scheduled flight
Andes Líneas Aéreas	07.9	Manaus	Charter
CanJet Airlines	05.5	Toronto, Montreal	Scheduled flight
Sunwing Airlines	05.5	Toronto, Montreal	Charter
Orbest Orizonia Airlines	04.5	Lisbon, Madrid	Charter
Air Transat	02.7	Montreal	Scheduled flight
Jetblue Airways	02.4	New York City	Scheduled flight
Jazz Aviation	02.0	Toronto	Charter
CanJet Airlines	01.5	Montreal, Toronto	Charter
Iberworld Airlines	00.9	Madrid, Paris	Charter
Blue Panorama Airlines	00.8	Milan	Charter
Iberworld	00.7	Madrid	Scheduled flight
XL Airways France	00.4	Paris	Charter

Traffic figures

Source: Junta de Aviación Civil

Source: Junta de Aviación Civil

Traffic figures for the Aeropuerto Internacional El Catey 2006-2017

year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons )	Flight movements
2017	134,498	48	996
2016	124.352	223	1,016
2015	121,366	135	933
2014	114,326	77	970
2013	119.185	225	970
2012	110.916	98	858
2011	119.039	567	852
2010	116,655	190	888
2009	99,849	186	793
2008	122.091	230	1,218
2007	110,437	94	989
2006	4,333	-	89

Busiest routes

Busiest routes from El Catey (2017)

rank	city	Passengers	Airlines
01	Toronto – Pearson , Canada	52,326	Air Canada Rouge , Air Transat
02	Montreal – Trudeau , Canada	48,130	Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat
03	Cordoba , Argentina	07,666	k. A.
04th	Quebec , Canada	05,212	Air Transat
05	Frankfurt am Main , Germany	03.812	k. A.
06th	Ottawa , Canada	03,404	Air Transat
07th	Halifax , Canada	03,314	Air Canada
08th	Paris – CDG , France	02,329	XL Airways
09	Lisbon , Portugal	02,009	k. A.
10	Montego Bay , Jamaica	01,878	Servicios Aéreos Profesionales

Web links

• Technical details to the airport (English)
• Arrival & Departure (English)
• Airport contact information (Spanish)
• Weather data for the airport (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Estadísticas. JAC.gob.do , accessed November 9, 2018 (Spanish). 
2. ^ ^{A b} Aeropuerto Presidente Juan Bosch. (No longer available online.) Hoy digital, February 15, 2007, formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 5, 2010 (Spanish).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ^ Samaná - Professor Juan Bosch International Airport (AZS / MDCY). azfreight, accessed March 4, 2010 . 
4. ↑ Aeropuerto Internacional de Samana inicio sus operaciones. (No longer available online.) Grupo Abrisa, archived from the original on January 10, 2007 ; Retrieved July 11, 2011 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ GACETA OFICIAL. ( MS Word ; 791 kB) Camara de diputados, December 31, 1999, accessed on March 19, 2010 (Spanish). 
6. ↑ GACETA OFICIAL. ( MS Word ; 1.1 MB) Camara de diputados, April 12, 2001, accessed March 19, 2010 (Spanish). 
7. ↑ CAMARA DE DIPUTADOS: SESIÓN ORDINARIA. ( MS Word ; 445 kB) (No longer available online.) Camara de diputados, September 11, 2010, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved March 19, 2010 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Dará apoyo a turismo de Samaná. (No longer available online.) Diario Hoy, February 12, 2005, formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 4, 2010 (Spanish).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
9. ^ ^{A b} Estadísticas Económicas. (No longer available online.) Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, archived from the original on February 3, 2017 ; accessed on November 6, 2017 (Spanish, the numbers consist of "Llegada vía aérea, Por nacionalidad" + year and "Salida vía aérea, Por nacionalidad" + year). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Número de vuelos internacionales, por aeropuerto y tipo de vuelo, según mes, 2016. National Statistical Office of the Dominican Republic, accessed on November 6, 2017 (Spanish). 
11. ↑ Flying with an overview. Flight plan summer 2011. (PDF; 38 kB) (No longer available online.) Condor, archived from the original on June 26, 2011 ; Retrieved August 8, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ Flying with an overview. Timetable winter 2011/2012. Condor, archived from the original on October 5, 2011 ; Retrieved August 8, 2011 . 
13. ↑ VOLUMES EN VUELOS REGULARES POR MES Y EMPRESA 2010. IDAC, archived from the original on September 25, 2011 ; Retrieved July 7, 2011 (Spanish). 
14. ↑ pax regulares por ruta 2012. (No longer available online.) IDAC, formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 24, 2013 (Spanish).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
15. ↑ pax charter por ruta 2012. (No longer available online.) IDAC, formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 24, 2013 (Spanish).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.