Gregorio Luperón International Airport
Gregorio Luperón International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI S.A. (Aerodom) | ||||||||||
| Location | Sosua, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 16 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°45′28″N 70°34′12″W / 19.75778°N 70.57000°W | ||||||||||
| Website | aerodom.com | ||||||||||
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  MDPP Location of airport in Dominican Republic | |||||||||||
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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 is the Dominican Republic's fourth busiest airport by passenger traffic and aircraft movements, after Punta Cana, Santo Domingo and Santiago de los Caballeros airports. 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.
History
The facility opened in 1979 with the purpose of boosting tourism in the North region, it has a track 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: 5 with boarding bridges on the satellite concourse, and 2 boarding bridges and 3 without in the frontal concourse. The terminal was recently[when?] remodeled with new floors, escalators, immigration hall, departure hall and duty-free areas along with restaurants. The terminal can support 4 Boeing 747-400s simultaneously after renovations to the airport made in 2013/14.[4]
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
| Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
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| 1 |  Toronto
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115,708 | Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines, Westjet |
| 2 | Montréal
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74,523 | Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines |
| 3 |  Miami
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51,124 | American Airlines |
| 4 | New York City
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48,425 | JetBlue Airways |
| 5 | Newark
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40,572 | United Airlines |
| 6 |  Cologne
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27,544 | Eurowings |
| 7 | Charlotte
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19,327 | American Airlines |
| 8 | Frankfurt
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14,517 | Condor Flugdienst |
| 9 |  Manchester
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14,096 | TUI Airways |
| 10 | Ottawa
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12,681 | Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines |
| 11 | Halifax
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12,260 | Air Transat |
| 12 | Québec City
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11,456 | Air Transat |
| 13 |  Moscow
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9,472 | Nordwind Airlines |
| 14 | London
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9,301 | TUI Airways |
| 15 |  Stockhom
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8,742 | TUIfly Nordic |
| 16 | Winnipeg
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8,245 | Air Transat |
| 17 | Dusseldorf
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7,544 | Eurowings |
| 18 | Boston
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4,619 | JetBlue Airways |
| 19 | Charlottetown
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4,533 | Sunwing Airlines |
| 20 |  Helsinki
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8,742 | Finnair |
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Amerijet | Miami, Santiago de los Caballeros |
| DHL Aviation | Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo–Las Américas |
| IBC Airways | Miami |
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 aircraft's speed was too fast or too slow.
See also
Dominican Republic portal
Aviation portal- Transport in Dominican Republic
- List of airports in Dominican Republic
- List of the busiest airports in the Caribbean
References
- ^ Departamento Aeroportuario - 2008 passenger statistics[permanent dead link]
- ^ Template:WAD
- ^ Airport information for Gregorio Luperón International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Puerto Plata Gregorio Luperon Airport". www.puerto-plata-airport.com. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "Allegiant Air adds Dominican Republic flights". Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ 2018. "Eurowings verlegt Langstrecke von Köln nach Düsseldorf". rp-online.de. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help) - ^ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Finnair W16 Leisure service additions". Retrieved 12 May 2018.
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help) - ^ "Press releases-Sunwing". www.sunwing.ca. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "TUINordic Adds Puerto Plata in W16 Network". Retrieved 12 May 2018.
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