Las Américas International Airport

Las Américas Airport opened in 1959 as the official airport of Santo Domingo. The official name of the airport was changed in 2002 to "Aeropuerto Internacional Las Américas- José Francisco Peña Gómez (AIJFPG)" but is known as "Las Américas International Airport", or locally, "Las Américas Airport" or "El Aeropuerto".

Las Américas was the hub for Dominicana de Aviación, APA Dominicana International, PAWA Dominicana, and a number of other, smaller airlines. Currently SAP Air is based there.

Las Américas also has served as a hub for airlines such as Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas, Aero Continente Dominicana and Queen Air.

Las Américas International Airport terminal exterior

Recently, the expressway leading from Santo Domingo to the airport (roughly 20 km east of the city center) was expanded and modernised. The airport was also modernised, and two more terminals were added, including 20 more gates. The new expressway crosses a new suspension bridge which spans the Ozama River, connecting traffic into the city's Elevated Freeway and Tunnel system onto the city's main street, Av. 27 de Febrero. A more scenic route following the coastal shore provides beautiful views of the Caribbean Sea and of the city. This secondary road crosses the Ozama River by means of a floating bridge, connecting traffic onto the Av. George Washington (el Malecón) which leads into the heart of the colonial city.

On 18 April 2007, a new terminal was completed and opened for operations. It can accommodate four Boeing 747s simultaneously. This new terminal has four gates with boarding bridges, an air-conditioning system, and maintenance facilities for aircraft.

Las Américas Airport's runway direction is north–south (designated 17–35). This runway is the largest in the country, and one of the largest in the Caribbean. With a length of 3,355 m, it is able to support a Boeing 747. The runway of SDQ was last renovated in June 2008. The old taxi-way was also renovated and converted into a full runway while the old runway was being renovated, then it was converted back into a taxiway after the normal runway was finished. The runway accommodated the Antonov An-225 to supply goods after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[2][3]

Las Américas has five gates on the main satellite concourse (A), A2 through A6. Other gate facilities are for the flights departing from a parking in the taxiway. back in the 1960s and 70s the airport used to be much smaller, The original building was half the size of today's newest structure but with a still modern look.

Concourse B has four gates (B1 through B4) and remote stand (P8). Terminal B now features a co-branded Copa Club operated jointly by United Airlines and Copa Airlines, and a Private Lounge exclusive to members and business people.

The average number of daily flights in and out of Las Américas ranges between 68 and 84 flights. JetBlue is the largest airline operating at Las Américas.

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Top Routes from Las Américas
(2019)[7]

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	New York-JFK	959,951	Delta Air Lines, JetBlue
2	Miami	441,987	American Airlines
3	Newark	429,160	United Airlines, Spirit Airlines
4	Madrid	387,576	Air Europa, Iberia
5	Panama City	320,322	Copa Airlines
6	Fort Lauderdale	240,830	JetBlue, Spirit Airlines
7	San Juan	224,242	JetBlue
8	Orlando	200,725	JetBlue
9	Boston	162,231	JetBlue
10	Atlanta	129,653	Delta Airlines
11	Caracas	118,324	Avior Airlines, Conviasa, LASER Airlines, Venezolana
12	Bogotá	113,215	Avianca, Wingo
13	Mexico City	60,014	AeroMéxico
14	Paris (Charles de Gaulle, Orly)	40,988	Air Caraïbes, Air France
15	Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)	29,975	Air Antilles, Air Caraïbes
16	Frankfurt	23,357	Condor
17	St. Maarten	20,123	InterCaribbean Airways, Sky High, Winair
18	Tortola	20,118	Air Santo Domingo, InterCaribbean Airways, Sky High
19	Valencia	19,872	Avior Airlines, Turpial Airlines
20	Santiago de Cuba	16,946	InterCaribbean Airways
21	Havana	16,773	InterCaribbean Airways, Sunrise Airways
22	Brussels	13,933	TUI fly Belgium
23	Moscow–Sheremetyevo	13,815	Nordwind Airlines
24	Providenciales	13,097	Caicos Express Airways, InterCaribbean Airways
25	San José-Juan Santamaría	12,609	Condor
26	Antigua	10,825	Sky High
27	Curaçao	10,263	Sky High
28	Philadelphia	8,877	American Airlines
29	Charlotte	6,695	American Airlines
30	Montréal–Trudeau	6,215	Air Transat
31	Milan–Malpensa	6,130	Blue Panorama Airlines
32	Toronto–Pearson	6,031	Air Transat
33	Aruba	5,176	Sky High
34	Dominica	4,924	Sky High
35	Anguilla	4,376	Air Santo Domingo, Sky High
36	Kingston	3,338	InterCaribbean Airways, Sky High
37	Dallas/Fort Worth	3,179	American Airlines
38	St. Kitts	2,231	Sky High
39	Bonaire	2,109	Sky High
40	Barquisimeto	1,792	Venezolana

• On February 15, 1970, a Dominicana de Aviación DC-9 flying to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, crashed, killing all 102 people on board (see: Dominicana DC-9 air disaster).
• On 30 January 1975, Douglas DC-3 HI-222 of LANSA crashed on take-off, killing one of the 30 people on board. The aircraft was on an international scheduled passenger flight to Mais Gate Airport, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[8]

• List of the busiest airports in Dominican Republic
• List of the busiest airports in the Caribbean

Media related to Las Américas International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Aeropuerto Internacional Las Américas-JFPG
• Airport information for MDSD at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.