Gregorio Luperón International Airport
Airport in Puerto Plata Province, 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 Sosúa in the Puerto Plata Province, 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.
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 | Sosúa, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Air Century | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 16 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°45′28″N 70°34′12″W | ||||||||||
| Website | aerodom.com | ||||||||||
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  MDPP Location of airport in Dominican Republic | |||||||||||
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| Sources: Departamento Aeroportuario[1] WAD[2] GCM[3] | |||||||||||
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.[4]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Canada | Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau[5] |
| Air Canada Rouge | Toronto–Pearson |
| Air Transat | Montréal–Trudeau,[6] Toronto–Pearson[7] Seasonal: Halifax,[citation needed] Ottawa,[citation needed] Québec City[citation needed] |
| American Airlines | Miami Seasonal: Charlotte[8] |
| Condor | Frankfurt1 |
| Copa Airlines | Panama City–Tocumen [9] |
| Delta Air Lines | Atlanta[10] |
| Edelweiss Air | Zurich[11] |
| JetBlue | New York–JFK Seasonal: Boston[citation needed] |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Charter: Katowice[12] Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin[citation needed] |
| United Airlines | Newark |
| WestJet | Montréal–Trudeau,[13] Toronto–Pearson[14] Seasonal: Calgary[15] |
Cargo
- Notes
- ^1 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 |  Miami |
158,558 | American Airlines |
| 2 |  Toronto-Pearson |
156,855 | Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines, WestJet |
| 3 | New York–JFK |
146,921 | JetBlue |
| 4 | Montreal-Trudeau |
125,549 | Air Canada Rouge, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines |
| 5 | Newark |
57,285 | United Airlines |
| 6 | Charlotte |
43,183 | American Airlines |
| 7 | Quebec City |
25,195 | Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines |
| 8 |  Frankfurt |
20,853 | Condor |
| 9 | Ottawa |
13,650 | Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines |
| 10 |  Warsaw |
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.
