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Gregorio Luperon Intl Airport |
Gregorio Luperón International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón |
| IATA: POP – ICAO: MDPP |
| Summary |
| Airport type |
Public / Military |
| Operator |
Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI S.A. (Aerodom) |
| Location |
Sosua, Puerto Plata in Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic |
| Elevation AMSL |
15 ft / 5 m |
| Coordinates |
19°45′28″N 70°34′12″W / 19.75778°N 70.57°W / 19.75778; -70.57 |
| Website |
Puerto Plata Airport |
| Runways |
| Direction |
Length |
Surface |
| m |
ft |
| 08/26 |
3,081 |
10,108 |
Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) |
| Passengers |
1,222,393 |
| Sources: Departamento Aeroportuario and DAFIF |
Pico Isabel de Torres with a ThomsonFly.com 767-300 Gregorio Luperón International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón) (IATA: POP, ICAO: MDPP), also known as Puerto Plata Airport, is located in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. It's the Dominican Republic's fourth busiest airport. The airport is named after General Gregorio Luperón, a Dominican military and state leader.
Capable of handling planes of all sizes, Puerto Plata 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. Main terminal
The main terminal building has 10 gates; 5 with boarding bridges on the satellite concourse, and 5 without in the frontal concourse. The terminal can support three Boeing 747-400s simultaneously.
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. All 176 passengers and 13 crew members, among them 164 Germans, were killed. 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 plane's speed was too fast or too slow.
- On January 22, 2009, Air Turks and Caicos flight 5103 landed in Puerto Plata and punched one of the gears in the middle of the runways; as a result the airport had to be closed for 5 hours and all incoming flights had been diverted to Santiago, Punta Cana and Santo Domingo. No injures were notified.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| AeroGal |
Guayaquil, Quito |
| Aeronaves Dominicanas |
Samaná, Santiago de los Caballeros |
| Air Berlin |
Düsseldorf, Munich |
| Air Canada |
Halifax [seasonal], Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson |
| Air Century |
Constanza, Santo Domingo, Varadero |
| Air Transat |
All Year: Montréal-Trudeau, Québec City, Vancouver
Seasonal: Calgary, Toronto-Pearson |
| American Airlines |
Miami |
| American Eagle |
San Juan [ends April 4] |
| Arkefly |
Amsterdam |
| CanJet |
Fredericton, Halifax, Montréal-Trudeau, Quebec City, St. John's, Toronto-Pearson |
| Condor |
Frankfurt |
| Continental Airlines |
Newark |
| Corsairfly |
Paris-Orly |
| Delta Air Lines |
Atlanta, New York-JFK [seasonal] |
| Edelweiss Air |
Zurich |
| Enerjet |
Toronto-Pearson [seasonal] |
| EuroAtlantic Airways |
Lisbon |
| ExpressJet Airlines |
Jacksonville, Orlando-Sanford |
| Jetairfly |
Brussels |
| JetBlue Airways |
New York-JFK |
| Monarch Airlines |
London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle |
| PAWA Dominicana |
San Juan |
| Primera Air |
Dublin |
| Servicios Aéreos Profesionales |
Barbados, Beef Island, Holguin, St. Croix [charter service], Havana, Nassau |
| Sunwing Airlines |
London (ON), Moncton, Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Quebec City, Sudbury, Toronto-Pearson, St. John's |
| TAME |
Quito, Guayaquil |
| Thomas Cook Airlines |
Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK) |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia |
Stockholm-Arlanda |
| Thomson Airways |
East Midlands [begins 10 May 2011], Glasgow-International [seasonal], London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK) |
| Vacation Express |
Orlando-Sanford |
| WestJet |
Toronto-Pearson |
Cargo carriers
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Puerto Plata ground crew attending to a flight. |
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| Amerijet |
Kingston [seasonal], Miami, Santiago de los Caballeros, Saint Vincent |
| DHL |
Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo |
| IBC Airways |
Miami |
| Volga-Dnepr |
Madrid [seasonal] |
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| General Info
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| Country |
Dominican Republic
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| ICAO ID |
MDPP
|
| Time |
UTC-4
|
| Latitude |
19.757900
19° 45' 28.44" N
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| Longitude |
-70.570033
070° 34' 12.12" W
|
| Elevation |
15 feet
5 meters
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| Type |
Joint (Civil and Military)
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| Magnetic Variation |
010° W (01/06)
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| Beacon |
Yes
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| Operating Agency |
MILITARY - CIVIL JOINT USE AIRPORT
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| Near City |
Puerto Plata
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| International Clearance Status |
Airport of Entry
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| Communications
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| PUERTO PLATA TWR |
118.0
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| GND |
121.9
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| PUERTO PLATA APP |
119.0
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| Communications Remarks |
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| APP |
Radar svc avbl 1130-0230Z++ dly.
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| Runways
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| ID |
Dimensions |
Surface |
PCN |
ILS
|
| 08/26 |
10108 x 151 feet
3081 x 46 meters |
ASPHALT |
- |
NO
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| Navaids
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| Type |
ID |
Name |
Channel |
Freq |
Distance From Field |
Bearing From Navaid
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| VOR-DME |
PTA |
PUERTO PLATA |
098X |
115.1 |
At Field |
-
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| NDB |
PPA |
PUERTO PLATA |
- |
450 |
At Field |
-
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| Supplies/Equipment
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| Fuel |
Jet A1, without icing nhibitor.
100/130 MIL Spec, low lead, aviation gasoline (BLUE)
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| Remarks
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| FUEL |
(NC-100LL, A1)
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| RSTD |
Acft AUW300 or greater, 180 turns permitted on rwy ends only.
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