Las Americas Airport

Las Americas Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	MDSD
IATA code	SDQ
Coordinates	18 ° 25 '47 "  N , 69 ° 40' 8"  W Coordinates: 18 ° 25 '47 "  N , 69 ° 40' 8"  W.
Height above MSL	18 m (59  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	24 km east of Santo Domingo
Street	Ruta 66 continuing to the Autopista Las Americas
train	no
Local transport	Bus, minibus
Basic data
operator	Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI SA (Aerodom)
Terminals	A, B and Domestic Terminal
Passengers	3,810,736 (2017)
Air freight	26,175 t (2017)
Flight movements	33,505 (2017)
Start-and runway
17/35	3353 m × 61 m asphalt

Terminal A

The Aeropuerto Internacional de Las Américas “Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez “ ( IATA code : SDQ , ICAO code : MDSD , in short: Aeropuerto Las Américas ) is an international airport located in Punta Caucedo, near Santo Domingo and Boca Chica in the Dominican Republic . The airport was the largest in the Dominican Republic and also one of the largest in the Caribbean , but has now been overtaken by the privately operated Punta Cana Airport in terms of passenger numbers .

Aircraft up to the size of Boeing 747 and Airbus A340 can take off and land in Las Américas. Aerolíneas Argentinas , Dominicana de Aviación and Iberia were among the airlines that temporarily used Boeing 747s to fly to the airport. Iberia flies to Las Américas from Madrid every day with Airbus A330s . Nowadays (January 2016) Air France flies to the airport with Boeing 777s .

Las Américas was the aviation hub for Dominicana , APA Dominicana International and other smaller airlines.

history

The airport was inaugurated in 1959 under the name Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Caucedo. Shortly thereafter, the Dominican dictator Trujillo renamed him Aeropuerto Internacional General Trujillo. After the dictator was assassinated in 1961, the airport was given its original name again. In 1968 it was renamed Aeropuerto Internacional Las Américas at the instigation of President Joaquín Balaguer and in 2003 received the addition “Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez “in honor of the former leader of the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano .

Traffic figures

Source: Junta de Aviación Civil

Source: Junta de Aviación Civil

Traffic figures for the Aeropuerto Internacional Las Américas 2005–2017

year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons )	Flight movements
2017	3,810,736	26,175	33.505
2016	3,686,988	64,559	33,555
2015	3,536,090	58,693	31,484
2014	3,286,420	55,699	32,123
2013	3,107,969	51,080	30,473
2012	3,130,393	51,555	29,203
2011	3,085,774	52,310	28,858
2010	3,143,062	60,370	29,317
2009	2,864,847	49,417	29,465
2008	2,713,350	52,586	25,289
2007	2,777,143	55,544	23,067
2006	2,620,619	56,836	22,869
2005	2,583,844	55,042	23,267

Busiest routes

Busiest routes from Santo Domingo (2017)

rank	city	Passengers	Airlines
01	New York – JFK , United States	951.679	Delta , JetBlue
02	Miami , United States	500.151	American
03	Panama City , Panama	396.793	Copa
04th	Madrid – Barajas , Spain	348,680	Air Europa , Iberia
05	Fort Lauderdale , United States	241.231	JetBlue, Spirit
06th	San Juan , Puerto Rico	231.943	JetBlue
07th	Caracas , Venezuela	155.503	Avior , LASER , Venezolana
08th	Newark , United States	127.496	United
09	Atlanta , United States	119,763	Southwest
10	Boston , United States	110,967	JetBlue

Incidents

On February 15, 1970, a Douglas DC-9-32 of the Dominicana de Aviación ( aircraft registration number HI-177 ) crashed into the sea shortly after take-off en route from Las Américas to San Juan in Puerto Rico. All 102 people died on board.

Web links

Commons : Las Américas International Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
• Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
• Airport website (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Estadísticas. JAC.gob.do , accessed November 5, 2018 (Spanish). 
2. ^ Accident report DC-9-32 HI-177 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on July 11, 2017.