List of airports in Puerto Rico
This is a list of airports in Puerto Rico (a U.S. Commonwealth), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Airports
This list contains the following information:
- City served – The city generally associated with the airport, as per the airport's master record with the Federal Aviation Administration. This is not always the actual location since some airports are located in smaller towns outside of the city they serve.
- FAA – The location identifier assigned by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
- IATA – The airport code assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Those that do not match the FAA code are shown in bold.
- ICAO – The location indicator assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
- Airport name – The official airport name. Those shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
- Role – One of four FAA airport categories, as per the 2009–2013 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Report and updated based on FAA Passenger Boarding Data:
- P: Commercial Service – Primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have more than 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) each year. Each primary airport is sub-classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types:
- L: Large Hub that accounts for at least 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
- M: Medium Hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
- S: Small Hub that accounts for between 0.05% and 0.25% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
- N: Non-Hub that accounts for less than 0.05% of total U.S. passenger enplanements, but more than 10,000 annual enplanements.
- CS: Commercial Service – Non-Primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have at least 2,500 passenger boardings each year.
- R: Reliever airports are designated by the FAA to relieve congestion at a large commercial service airport and to provide more general aviation access to the overall community.
- GA: General Aviation airports are the largest single group of airports in the U.S. airport system.
- P: Commercial Service – Primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have more than 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) each year. Each primary airport is sub-classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types:
- Enpl. – The number of enplanements (commercial passenger boardings) that occurred at the airport in calendar year 2008, as per FAA records.
Footnotes:
- ↑ Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport is listed as a commercial service – non-primary airport in the 2009–2013 NPIAS, but is a commercial service – primary facility based on yearly enplanements in 2007 and 2008.
- ↑ José Aponte de la Torre Airport was not included in the 2009–2013 NPIAS, but is a general aviation airport as per its FAA master record.
See also
- Puerto Rico Ports Authority – operates all public-use airports in Puerto Rico
- Transportation in Puerto Rico
- List of airports by ICAO code: T#TJ - Puerto Rico
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America#Puerto Rico (United States)
References
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):
- FAA Airport Data (Form 5010) from National Flight Data Center (NFDC), also available from AirportIQ 5010
- National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, updated 15 October 2008
- Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) Data for CY 2008, updated 18 December 2009
- FAA Order JO 7350.8K – Location Identifiers, effective 29 July 2010
International:
- "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2006-01-12.
- "UN Location Codes: Puerto Rico". UN/LOCODE 2009-2. UNECE. 2010-02-08. – includes IATA codes
Other sites used as a reference when compiling and updating this list:
- Aviation Safety Network – used to check IATA airport codes
- Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Puerto Rico – used to check IATA and ICAO airport codes
- Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Puerto Rico
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