La Isabela International Airport

Dr. Joaquín Balaguer International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Dr. Joaquin Balaguer[1]
IATA: JBQ ICAO: MDJB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Aerodrom
Serves	Santo Domingo
Location	La Isabela, El Higuero, La Victoria and Santo Domingo Norte in Santo Domingo Province, Dominican Republic
Hub for	Air Century
Time zone	Eastern Caribbean Time (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	98 ft / 30 m
Coordinates	18°34′20″N 069°59′08″W
Map
MDJB Location of airport in Dominican Republic
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 01/19 5,443 1,659 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 60 16 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations 3,703 Passengers 50,838 Based Aircraft 57
Source: [1]

La Isabela International Airport (IATA: JBQ, ICAO: MDJB) is a minor international airport in the Dominican Republic, serving as a secondary airport for Santo Domingo.

History

The airport opened on 23 February 2006 to replace Herrera International Airport.^[2] The first flight to land at the airport was a Caribair flight from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.^[3]

Operations

It primarily serves the Dominican Republic with domestic flights and international flights to other Caribbean islands.^[1] La Isabela Airport is a hub for Dominican airlines that operate small aircraft. The airport has the largest number of hangars in the country (+40) for Dominican-based carriers. It is, as of June 2020, also the only airport in Santo Domingo that serves domestic destinations, as Las Americas International Airport, the Santo Domingo's larger, main airport, lacks domestic air service.^{[citation needed]}

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Century^[citation needed]	Aruba, Barranquilla, Cartagena,[4] Curaçao, Havana, Port-au-Prince, Santiago de Cuba, Sint Maarten
Sunrise Airways	Port-au-Prince[5]

Statistics

Top Routes from La Isabela
(2019)^[6]^[needs update]

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Port-au-Prince	29,679	Air Century, Sunrise Airways
2	Curaçao	13,826	Air Century
3	St. Maarten	11,955	Air Century
4	San Juan	8,893	Air Century
5	Havana	7,684	Air Century

Other facilities

The airport hosts the corporate headquarters of Servicios Aéreos Profesionales (SAP Group) and Air Century.^[7][8]

References

1. www.caribbeanjet.com Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
2. www.aerodom.com Archived 2007-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
3. http://www.clavedigital.com/Portada/Articulo.asp?Id_Articulo=6964^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. "Air Century adds Cartagena service from August 2022". AeroRoutes. June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
5. sunriseairways.net - Destinations retrieved 22 December 2024
6. jac.gob.doArchived 2019-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
7. "Home." Servicios Aéreos Profesionales. Retrieved on January 15, 2013. "Headquarter: Dr. Joaquín Balaguer International Airport, La Isabela, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic"
8. "Contact Us Archived 2012-08-26 at the Wayback Machine." Air Century. Retrieved on January 15, 2012. "Address: Dr. Joaquín Balaguer International Airport, Local No. 1032, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic."

External links

Media related to La Isabela International Airport at Wikimedia Commons