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Gregorio Luperón International Airport

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Gregorio Luperón
International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón
Puerto Plata Airport 1.JPG
Summary
Airport type Public / Military
Operator Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI S.A. (Aerodom)
Location Sosua, Puerto PlataDominican Republic
Elevation AMSL 16 ft / 5 m
Coordinates 19°45′28″N 70°34′12″WCoordinates19°45′28″N 70°34′12″W
Website aerodom.com
Map
MDPP is located in the Dominican Republic

MDPP
MDPP
Location of airport in Dominican Republic
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 3,081 10,108 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 875,941
Aircraft Operations 4,811
Sources: Departamento Aeroportuario[1] WAD[2] GCM[3]

Gregorio Luperón International Airport (SpanishAeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón) (IATAPOPICAOMDPP), also known as Puerto Plata Airport, is located in Puerto PlataDominican Republic. It is the Dominican Republic’s fourth busiest airport by passenger traffic and aircraft movements, after Punta CanaSanto 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Airlines Destinations
Air Canada Rouge Montréal–TrudeauToronto–Pearson
Air Century Charter: Santiago de los Caballeros
Air Transat Montréal–TrudeauToronto–Pearson
Seasonal: HalifaxHamiltonLondon (ON)OttawaQuébec City
American Airlines Miami
Seasonal: Charlotte
Condor Seasonal: Frankfurt
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
Flycana Charter: Port of SpainSanto Domingo–Las Americas
InterCaribbean Airways Providenciales
JetBlue New York–JFK
Seasonal: Boston
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal charter: Warsaw-Chopin
Nordwind Airlines Charter: Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Sunwing Airlines Montréal–TrudeauToronto–Pearson
Seasonal: BagotvilleOttawaQuebec CityReginaSaskatoonWinnipeg
TUI fly Belgium Brussels
TUI fly Deutschland Seasonal: Düsseldorf (begins 4 November 2020)[5]
TUI fly Nordic Seasonal charter: CopenhagenStockholm–Arlanda
United Airlines Newark
WestJet Toronto–Pearson

Statistics[edit]

Top Routes from Puerto Plata
(January-June 2018)
[6]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Canada Toronto 163,053 Air Canada RougeAir TransatSunwing AirlinesWestJet
2 Canada Montréal 97,794 Air Canada RougeAir TransatSunwing Airlines
3 United States Miami 95,618 American Airlines
4 United States New York City 89,562 JetBlue
5 United States Newark 60,854 United Airlines
6 Germany Cologne 45,518 Eurowings
7 United States Charlotte 25,746 American Airlines
8 United Kingdom Manchester 23,268 TUI Airways
9 Russia Moscow 22,136 Nordwind Airlines
10 Germany Frankfurt 16,246 Condor Flugdienst
11 Canada Ottawa 12,975 Air TransatSunwing Airlines
12 Canada Québec City 12,532 Air Transat
13 Canada Halifax 12,260 Air Transat
14 Germany Dusseldorf 11,934 Eurowings
15 Germany Munich 9,838 Condor FlugdienstEurowings
16 United Kingdom London 9,301 TUI Airways
17 Sweden Stockhom 8,742 TUIfly Nordic
18 Canada Winnipeg 8,245 Air Transat
19 France Paris-CDG 6,748 XL Airways France
20 United States Boston 5,680 JetBlue