Gregorio Luperón International Airport
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Gregorio Luperón International Airport (Template:Langx) Template:Airport codes, also known as Puerto Plata Airport, is located in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.The airport is named after General Gregorio Luperón, a Dominican military and state leader. Capable of handling planes of all sizes, the 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.
With over 704,000 passagers, 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. American Airlines is the primary international operator.
History
The 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
The main terminal building has 10 gates: five with boarding bridges on the satellite concourse, and two boarding bridges and three without in the frontal concourse. The terminal has been remodeled with new floors, escalators, immigration hall, departure hall and duty-free areas along with restaurants. The terminal can support four Boeing 747-400s simultaneously since renovations to the airport made in 2013/14.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
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Cargo
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- Notes
- Template:Note Condor's flight from Puerto Plata to Frankfurt operates via Santo Domingo; however, the flight from Frankfurt to Puerto Plata is nonstop.
Statistics
| Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
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| 1 | Template:Flagicon Miami | 158,558 | American Airlines |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Toronto-Pearson | 156,855 | Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines, WestJet |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon New York–JFK | 146,921 | JetBlue |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Montreal-Trudeau | 125,549 | Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Newark | 57,285 | United Airlines |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Charlotte | 43,183 | American Airlines |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Quebec City | 25,195 | Air Transant, Sunwing Airlines |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Frankfurt | 20,853 | Condor |
| 9 | Template:FlagiconOttawa | 13,650 | Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Varsovia | 13,650 | LOT Polish Airlines |
Incidents
- 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
- Transport in Dominican Republic
- List of airports in Dominican Republic
- List of the busiest airports in the Caribbean
References
External links
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- OpenStreetMap – Puerto Plata
- Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón
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