San Juan Airport

This article explains the airport in Puerto Rico; for the airport in Costa Rica see Juan Santamaría International Airport , for the airport in California see San José .

Aeropuerto Internacional Luis Muñoz Marín
Characteristics
ICAO code	TJSJ
IATA code	SJU
Coordinates	18 ° 26 ′ 22 ″  N , 66 ° 0 ′ 7 ″  W Coordinates: 18 ° 26 ′ 22 ″  N , 66 ° 0 ′ 7 ″  W
Height above MSL	3 m (10  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	12 km east of San Juan
Street	PR 17 / PR 26
Local transport	bus
Basic data
opening	1955
operator	Puerto Rico Ports Authority
surface	647 ha
Terminals	4th
Passengers	10.47 million (2007)
Flight movements	217,434 (2005)
Runways
08/26	3170 m × 61 m asphalt
10/28	2443 m × 46 m concrete

The San Juan Airport ( IATA : SJU , ICAO : TJSJ ) was founded in 1955 as Isla Verde International Airport ( Aeropuerto Internacional de Isla Verde opened) and 1985 in Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport ( Aeropuerto Internacional Luis Muñoz Marín renamed). It is located on the territory of the Puerto Rican city ​​of Carolina , but serves primarily as the airport for the capital San Juan .

It is now the largest and only international airport in Puerto Rico and serves as the local Caribbean hub for American Airlines and American Eagle . From 1966 to 1984 it also served as the base and hub for Puerto Rico's Prinair airline .

Traffic figures

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from San Juan (2018)

rank	city	Passengers	airline
01	Orlando , Florida	628.110	Frontier , JetBlue , Southwest , Spirit
02	New York – JFK , New York	421.710	Delta , JetBlue
03	Fort Lauderdale , Florida	416,560	JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit
04th	Miami , Florida	329.220	American
05	Atlanta , Georgia	238.980	Delta, Frontier
06th	Newark , New Jersey	191,690	JetBlue, Southwest, United
07th	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania	180,560	American, Frontier
08th	Tampa , Florida	128,540	JetBlue, Southwest
09	Charlotte , North Carolina	119,570	American
10	Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois	114.410	American, United

Incidents

• On March 15, 2012, a Convair CV-340 of the Jet One Express ( aircraft registration number N153JR ) crashed after taking off from San Juan Airport after an engine failed . Both pilots (the only occupants) were killed.

• On March 22, 2012, the Jet One Express (N406WA) failed to control the nose landing gear of a Douglas DC-4 while taxiing after landing at San Juan Airport. The plane got stuck over a moat. Both crew members of the cargo flight were uninjured. The machine was damaged beyond repair. Just seven days earlier, a Convair CV-340 of the Jet One Express had crashed after taking off from San Juan airport, killing both pilots.

Web links

Commons : Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official site
• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AirportIQ 5010: Luis Muñoz Marín International. GCR1.com, accessed September 18, 2017 . 
2. ^ San Juan, PR: Luis Munoz Marin International (SJU). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed April 29, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Accident Report CV-340 N153JR , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 8 December 2017th
4. ↑ accident report DC-4 N406WA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 11 of 2019.