Cibao International Airport
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Cibao International Airport also known as Santiago Airport, is located in Santiago de los Caballeros
, Dominican Republic
's second largest city. It's the country's third busiest airport by passenger traffic and aircraft movements.
It has a modern terminal with some of the most advanced airport facilities in the country.
It mainly serves Dominicans residing in the United States
, Cuba
, the Turks and Caicos Islands
, Puerto Rico
and Panama
.
The Airport is currently used by Aerolineas Mas
as it Focus City, with regular domestic flights to JBQ
, and International Operatios to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, making it the most important national carrier.
JetBlue Airways
is the primary international operator, with up to seven daily flights to New York-JFK and Boston.
Air Turks and Caicos
, flag carrier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
, designates Santiago as their major international focus city, operating more than ten flights a week, in high season, to Providenciales
and Grand Turk
. They were planning to add more flights from Santiago.
Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas
had their secondary hub in Cibao Airport, where they operated flights to New York City and San Juan, originated from Santiago. Aeromar is no longer in service since 2004. Santiago's Airport operated as former Hub for VolAir
, which is now defunct, where they had based 3 of their aircraft. They operated flights to Puerto Plata, Punta Cana and Santo Domingo-JBQ
The construction of the airport began on February 15, 2000 and was finished in 2002.
The airport was inaugurated on March 18, 2002 with two direct flights to San Juan operated by American Eagle
.
In May 2002 Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas
made the first direct flight from Santiago to JFK Airport in New York City. Later that month American Airlines
and North American Airlines
began direct flights to New York, Miami, and San Juan. A few months later Continental Airlines
began direct flights from Newark
. This was followed by direct service by JetBlue Airways
and Delta Air Lines
, both from New York.
Aeromar became Santiago as it secondary hub, after Las Américas International Airport.
By the end of 2005 the airport's operator began one of the biggest expansions for this airport. They expanded the custom hall and rebuilt the west and east side of the terminal. The terminal saw the addition of a second floor. This expansion was finalized in 2006. The runway 400 meters expansion is currently in folders, but there is no scheduled date to begin or conclude this expansion yet.
In April 2008, Cibao International became the first airport in the country to exonerate fees for private planes, making it possible to increase tourism in the region.
In June, 2008, Continental Airlines announced the discontinuation of their services to Santiago until September 3.
Delta Air Lines announced the new service to Atlanta, starting on December 20, 2008, and the resuming of the New York route on December 13, 2008.
On September 8, 2009, Delta Air Lines
stopped again its services to Atlanta.
On January 9, 2009, Spirit Airlines
announced operations to Santiago City from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, starting on June 21, 2009. They are operating this route using Airbus A319 aircraft.
In 2010 the airport recovered passengers movement from last year, handling more than 900 thousand. It also became the third busiest airport by passengers in the country, been already ranked number three in aircraft operations.
In this year were established also regular domestics routes from Santiago operated by Aerolineas Mas, Air Century and VolAir. Aerolineas Mas became the strongest domestic airline in the airport and started operating Santiago's Airport as a Focus City-Destination.
The international terminal is the most utilized and receives most of the flights operating in here and it has modern installations to make easier the check-in, boarding and baggage climb processes.
The airport's owners are planning to expand the runway and the construction of the new taxiway next to the runway by the next year.
The runway length is 2,620 m, which can support all types of passenger airliners. The airport's operators are discussing the expansion of the runway to allow larger aircraft such as a Boeing 747
for long haul flights from Europe.
Runway 11/29 is one of the most modern runways in the country; it is provided of an ILS (Instrument Landing System) for the two directions of the runway. Cibao International Airport and Las Américas International Airport are the only two airports in Dominican Republic equipped with this system.
Taxiways
Cibao International Airport's taxiways are composed by two exits E-1 and E-2; E-1 is located on the west side of Runway 11/29, next to the direction 11 of that runway. E-2 is located in the east side of the runway, next to direction 29 of the runway.
Runway lighting
In 2005 the airport received an Antonov
AN-124 of Volga-Dnepr
, for the first time, from Spain for military activity along the border with Haiti
. It remained in Santiago for two days before returning to Spain.
JetBlue, as the current largest operator, has 7 daily flights to New York and 3 weekly flights to Boston with an 87% occupation in their flights, in summer 2011, all of them operated with their Airbus A320
fleet.
American, which is the former largest operator, operated 3 daily flights. 1 to New York, 1 to Miami and 1 to San Juan, operating Boeing 767-300, Boeing 757-200 and ATR-72 Aircraft. They had an occupation of 95% of the seats.
Delta Air Lines is the third largest carrier, operates a daily flight to New York with their Boeing 757-200 aircraft in the summer. 98% of seating occupation.
Spirit Airlines, which run as the fifth largest carrier, took over the fourth place from Copa Airlines, operating a daily flight to Fort Lauderdale, only in the summer, with Airbus A320 family
aircraft. Unfortunately their seating occupation was poor compared with the others carriers.
Copa Airlines operated 5 weekly flights to Panama City with 89% of seating occupation. They operated summer 2011 with both Boeing 737-700 and Embraer E-190 aircraft.
Air Tuks & Caicos operated four weekly flights to Providenciales using their Embraer E-120
fleet. Aerolineas Mas operated 6 weekly flights to Port-Au-Prince and Santo Domingo-JBQ, running as the sixth airline in flights but the seventh in seating capacity. Seating occupation for Aerolineas Mas was 70% and they operated JS31 Aircraft.
Air Century operated four weekly flights to Punta Cana and Santo Domingo-JBQ. They used JS31 aircraft for the summer.
and Punta Cana
.
The airport served more than 970 thousand passengers in 2006. While the passenger movements is increasing, the traffic operations is increasing as well, adding more frequencies and more new destinations.
In 2010 the airport recovered and is now on its way to get more than 950 thousand passengers in 2011.
Future expansion of this airport is being discussed which would include additional gates and baggage handling areas as well as expanding the taxiway.
American Airlines was formerly the largest carrier at this airport and JetBlue Airways
is the current largest carrier.
Aerolineas Mas
is currently the major domestic airline in this Airport. Operating flights to Santo Domingo-JBQ and Port-Au-Prince, and with plans to operate regularly to Punta Cana, Aerolineas Mas had made of this airport it Focus City.
Air Century
recently launched regular domestics flights from/to Santo Domingo-JBQ, Punta Cana and Puerto Plata, operating all their flights through the Domestic Terminal.
and The Bahamas
and also to many domestic cargo destinations like Santo Domingo
, Costanza
and others.
Santiago Airport is the second busiest airport by Cargo Movements in the Country behind Santo Domingo-SDQ.
Amerijet is the major cargo carrier at the airport with many flights to Miami, Port-au-Prince
, St. Kitts, Santo Domingo
, and other neighboring islands.
They have regular weekly direct flights to Miami and Santo Domingo and to others destinations only on Sunday.
Currently, there are only two international regular carriers operating Cargo flights, but many other airlines operate their flights through this terminal with seasonal and/or charter services, making this airport the second busiest one, in terms of cargo, in the country.
Cargo carriers
In this year, the airport operated up to eight flights a day to the main destinations for people in Santiago, New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport
, which was a record for flights from the Dominican Republic
to New York
. In this route, American Airlines handled more than 450,000 passengers, making it the major increasing of American in Santiago.
The airport received up to 600,000 passengers this year.
2006
IIn this year the airport impossed the highest score of passengers handled, with more than 970,000 users through its Terminals. The airport's operator said that every year this airport surpasses the expectations of arrivals and departures of aircraft and passenger movement before every beginning of year operations.
2007
In this year the airport reported a decrease in passenger movements of 0.02%.
2008
In 2008 the airport suffered a reduction in regular operations due to the economic crisis in middle 2008, decreasing a 17.2% of passengers movements. The airport spent almost two years to recover of this crisis. The Air facility received 820,159 passengers from New York
, Miami, San Juan
, Atlanta, Boston
, Panamá
, Haiti
and Turks and Caicos Islands
.
2009
This year three airlines announced intentions to operate in the airport, one of them, Spirit Airlines
, whose started operations from Fort Lauderdale in June. By this year the Airport was still planning the runway expansion, which is now a stopped project. Their expectations to handle one million passengers did not become a fact, with a decrease of 0.3% in passengers movements, in relation to the last year, handling 817 thousand passengers.
2010
In this year the airport handled more than 900 thousand passenger, becoming the third busiest airport in the country by passenger too. Numbers increased a 10.2%, making visible the recover to the 2008 economic crisis.
Received new carriers operations such as PAWA Dominicana, Aerolineas Mas
and VolAir
. Established regular scheduled domestic flights operating between Punta Cana, Puerto Plata and Santo Domingo.
The airport expects to handle almost a million passengers by 2011.
Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...
, Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
's second largest city. It's the country's third busiest airport by passenger traffic and aircraft movements.
It has a modern terminal with some of the most advanced airport facilities in the country.
It mainly serves Dominicans residing in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, the Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.The Turks and...
, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
and Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
.
The Airport is currently used by Aerolineas Mas
Aerolíneas Mas
Aerolíneas Mas is an airline based in the Dominican Republic which offers flights to several domestic destination. It is based at La Isabela International Airport in Santo Domingo.- History :...
as it Focus City, with regular domestic flights to JBQ
La Isabela International Airport
La Isabela International Airport airport opened in February 2006 to replace Herrera International Airport. The first flight to land at the airport was a Caribair flight from Port au Prince, Haiti....
, and International Operatios to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, making it the most important national carrier.
JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways Corporation is an American low-cost airline. The company is headquartered in the Forest Hills neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. Its main base is John F. Kennedy International Airport, also in Queens....
is the primary international operator, with up to seven daily flights to New York-JFK and Boston.
Air Turks and Caicos
Air Turks and Caicos
Air Turks and Caicos is a passenger airline based on the Turks and Caicos Islands. The airline offers scheduled domestic and short-haul international services, as well as charter flights. In 2008, Air Turks and Caicos bought its direct competitor SkyKing...
, flag carrier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.The Turks and...
, designates Santiago as their major international focus city, operating more than ten flights a week, in high season, to Providenciales
Providenciales
Providenciales is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The island has an area of and an approximate population of 15,542, making it the largest island in population and the third largest in area. It is served by the Providenciales International Airport...
and Grand Turk
Grand Turk
Grand Turk may refer to:* Grand Turk * Grand Turk Island* Cem, a Turkish prince made famous by his extended captivity in the West* an informal western name for the Great Sultan of the Turkish Ottoman dynasty...
. They were planning to add more flights from Santiago.
Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas
Aeromar Lineas Aereas Dominicanas
For the Mexican airline, see Aeromar.Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas was an airline based in the Dominican Republic.-History:The airline was established in 1998 to replace the defunct Dominicana de Aviación. Service began with a single Boeing 727 leased from Falcon Air, for routes to Miami and...
had their secondary hub in Cibao Airport, where they operated flights to New York City and San Juan, originated from Santiago. Aeromar is no longer in service since 2004. Santiago's Airport operated as former Hub for VolAir
VolAir
Not to be confused with Volaris, a low-cost airline of Mexico.VolAir is a Dominican-based airline that offers flights between many airports in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Its hub is La Isabela International Airport in Santo Domingo.-History:...
, which is now defunct, where they had based 3 of their aircraft. They operated flights to Puerto Plata, Punta Cana and Santo Domingo-JBQ
History
Plans for the construction of the airport were first proposed in 1969. The Cibao International Airport Corporation was created on March 29, 1978 with the cooperation of José Armando Bermúdez (president), Víctor Espaillat, Manuel Arsenio Ureña, Dr. José Augusto Imbert, Mario Cáceres and Ing. Carlos S. Fondeur, who acquired the land necessary to build the new airport.The airport was inaugurated on March 18, 2002 with two direct flights to San Juan operated by American Eagle
American Eagle Airlines
American Eagle Airlines is a brand name used by American Eagle Airlines, Inc. , based in Fort Worth, Texas, and Executive Airlines based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the operation of passenger air service as regional affiliates of American Airlines. All three airlines are wholly owned subsidiaries...
.
In May 2002 Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas
Aeromar Lineas Aereas Dominicanas
For the Mexican airline, see Aeromar.Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas was an airline based in the Dominican Republic.-History:The airline was established in 1998 to replace the defunct Dominicana de Aviación. Service began with a single Boeing 727 leased from Falcon Air, for routes to Miami and...
made the first direct flight from Santiago to JFK Airport in New York City. Later that month American Airlines
American Airlines
American Airlines, Inc. is the world's fourth-largest airline in passenger miles transported and operating revenues. American Airlines is a subsidiary of the AMR Corporation and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas adjacent to its largest hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport...
and North American Airlines
North American Airlines
North American Airlines, Inc. is an American airline with its headquarters in Building 141 on the grounds of John F. Kennedy International Airport in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, USA. Prior to May 2008, it operated scheduled international services from the USA to Africa and Guyana. Today, it...
began direct flights to New York, Miami, and San Juan. A few months later Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines was a major American airline now merged with United Airlines. On May 3, 2010, Continental Airlines, Inc. and UAL, Inc. announced a merger via a stock swap, and on October 1, 2010, the merger closed and UAL changed its name to United Continental Holdings, Inc...
began direct flights from Newark
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
. This was followed by direct service by JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways Corporation is an American low-cost airline. The company is headquartered in the Forest Hills neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. Its main base is John F. Kennedy International Airport, also in Queens....
and Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a major airline based in the United States and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The airline operates an extensive domestic and international network serving all continents except Antarctica. Delta and its subsidiaries operate over 4,000 flights every day...
, both from New York.
Aeromar became Santiago as it secondary hub, after Las Américas International Airport.
By the end of 2005 the airport's operator began one of the biggest expansions for this airport. They expanded the custom hall and rebuilt the west and east side of the terminal. The terminal saw the addition of a second floor. This expansion was finalized in 2006. The runway 400 meters expansion is currently in folders, but there is no scheduled date to begin or conclude this expansion yet.
In April 2008, Cibao International became the first airport in the country to exonerate fees for private planes, making it possible to increase tourism in the region.
In June, 2008, Continental Airlines announced the discontinuation of their services to Santiago until September 3.
Delta Air Lines announced the new service to Atlanta, starting on December 20, 2008, and the resuming of the New York route on December 13, 2008.
On September 8, 2009, Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a major airline based in the United States and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The airline operates an extensive domestic and international network serving all continents except Antarctica. Delta and its subsidiaries operate over 4,000 flights every day...
stopped again its services to Atlanta.
On January 9, 2009, Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines is a United States ultra low-cost carrier operating scheduled flights throughout the Americas. The airline is headquartered in Miramar, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. Spirit currently maintains a base in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...
announced operations to Santiago City from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, starting on June 21, 2009. They are operating this route using Airbus A319 aircraft.
In 2010 the airport recovered passengers movement from last year, handling more than 900 thousand. It also became the third busiest airport by passengers in the country, been already ranked number three in aircraft operations.
In this year were established also regular domestics routes from Santiago operated by Aerolineas Mas, Air Century and VolAir. Aerolineas Mas became the strongest domestic airline in the airport and started operating Santiago's Airport as a Focus City-Destination.
Infrastructure
The Cibao Airport infrastructure consists of the main international terminal, domestic terminal and a cargo terminal.The international terminal is the most utilized and receives most of the flights operating in here and it has modern installations to make easier the check-in, boarding and baggage climb processes.
The airport's owners are planning to expand the runway and the construction of the new taxiway next to the runway by the next year.
Runway and taxiways
Runway 11/29The runway length is 2,620 m, which can support all types of passenger airliners. The airport's operators are discussing the expansion of the runway to allow larger aircraft such as a Boeing 747
Boeing 747
The Boeing 747 is a wide-body commercial airliner and cargo transport, often referred to by its original nickname, Jumbo Jet, or Queen of the Skies. It is among the world's most recognizable aircraft, and was the first wide-body ever produced...
for long haul flights from Europe.
Runway 11/29 is one of the most modern runways in the country; it is provided of an ILS (Instrument Landing System) for the two directions of the runway. Cibao International Airport and Las Américas International Airport are the only two airports in Dominican Republic equipped with this system.
Taxiways
Cibao International Airport's taxiways are composed by two exits E-1 and E-2; E-1 is located on the west side of Runway 11/29, next to the direction 11 of that runway. E-2 is located in the east side of the runway, next to direction 29 of the runway.
Runway lighting
| RWY Designador | Tipe LEN INTST | THR LGT (Colour) WBAR | PAPI | LGT LEN | RWY Center Line LGT | RWY Edge LGT (Colour) | RWY End LGT (Colour) | SWY LGT (Colour) | ILS (Colour) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runway Runway According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth... 11 |
MALSR | Green | PAPI 4 Precision Approach Path Indicator Precision approach path Indicator is a visual aid that provides guidance information to help a pilot acquire and maintain the correct approach to an aerodrome or an airport. It is generally located beside the runway approximately 300 metres beyond the landing threshold of the runway... |
None | Yellow-Blue | White-Blue | Red | None | White |
| Runway 29 | Green | PAPI 4 | None | Yellow-Blue | White-Blue | Red | Yellow-White | White |
Flights
In its first year of operation (2002) the airport had up to 6 daily flights; now (2011) it has up to 25 daily flights, to the U.S., the Caribbean and Central America. Presently it doesn't offer any direct flights to Europe or Canada yet, however it is expected that it will sometime in the near future, after the runway expansion.In 2005 the airport received an Antonov
Antonov
Antonov, or Antonov Aeronautical Scientist/Technical Complex , formerly the Antonov Design Bureau, is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company with particular expertise in the field of very large aircraft construction. Antonov ASTC is a state-owned commercial company...
AN-124 of Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr Airlines, LLC is an airline based in Ulyanovsk, Russia. It operates scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services, but specialises in outsize cargo operations using the world's largest fleet of Antonov An-124 aircraft. It is a world leader in the global market for the movement of...
, for the first time, from Spain for military activity along the border with Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
. It remained in Santiago for two days before returning to Spain.
JetBlue, as the current largest operator, has 7 daily flights to New York and 3 weekly flights to Boston with an 87% occupation in their flights, in summer 2011, all of them operated with their Airbus A320
Airbus A320
The Airbus A320 family is a family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger jet airliners manufactured by Airbus Industrie.Airbus was originally a consortium of European aerospace companies, and is now fully owned by EADS. Airbus's name has been Airbus SAS since 2001...
fleet.
American, which is the former largest operator, operated 3 daily flights. 1 to New York, 1 to Miami and 1 to San Juan, operating Boeing 767-300, Boeing 757-200 and ATR-72 Aircraft. They had an occupation of 95% of the seats.
Delta Air Lines is the third largest carrier, operates a daily flight to New York with their Boeing 757-200 aircraft in the summer. 98% of seating occupation.
Spirit Airlines, which run as the fifth largest carrier, took over the fourth place from Copa Airlines, operating a daily flight to Fort Lauderdale, only in the summer, with Airbus A320 family
Airbus A320 family
The Airbus A320 family is a family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger jet airliners manufactured by Airbus Industrie.Airbus was originally a consortium of European aerospace companies, and is now fully owned by EADS. Airbus's name has been Airbus SAS since 2001...
aircraft. Unfortunately their seating occupation was poor compared with the others carriers.
Copa Airlines operated 5 weekly flights to Panama City with 89% of seating occupation. They operated summer 2011 with both Boeing 737-700 and Embraer E-190 aircraft.
Air Tuks & Caicos operated four weekly flights to Providenciales using their Embraer E-120
E120
E120 may refer to:* Carmine, a food colour with the E number E120* E120 bomblet, a U.S. Cold War biological cluster bomb sub-munition* the ICAO aircraft type designator for the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia* Juniper E-Series, Broadband Services Router...
fleet. Aerolineas Mas operated 6 weekly flights to Port-Au-Prince and Santo Domingo-JBQ, running as the sixth airline in flights but the seventh in seating capacity. Seating occupation for Aerolineas Mas was 70% and they operated JS31 Aircraft.
Air Century operated four weekly flights to Punta Cana and Santo Domingo-JBQ. They used JS31 aircraft for the summer.
Increased passenger status
Since its inauguration, Cibao International has been projected to become one of most busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic in the country. Presently it has become the third-busiest airport in the Dominican Republic, only being surpassed by the airports of Santo DomingoSanto Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
and Punta Cana
Punta Cana
Punta Cana is part of the newly created Punta Cana-Bávaro-Veron-Macao municipal district in La Altagracia, the easternmost province of the Dominican Republic. The area is best known for its beaches and balnearios, which face both the Caribbean and Atlantic, and it has been a popular tourist...
.
The airport served more than 970 thousand passengers in 2006. While the passenger movements is increasing, the traffic operations is increasing as well, adding more frequencies and more new destinations.
In 2010 the airport recovered and is now on its way to get more than 950 thousand passengers in 2011.
Airport expansion
Cibao Airport Corporation has expanded the international terminal, which now include a new check-in area, an extension of the commercial area with a new food court, located in the second level, a new baggage claim carousel, making a total of three, and the reconstruction of a new Duty Free Zone, and the Customs Area is now ready to be used.International terminal
The airport's main terminal (international) has six gates (B1-B6). Three of these gates provide boarding docks (B4-B6). It is located between the domestic terminal and the cargo terminal. It has all of the facilities of a modern airport.Future expansion of this airport is being discussed which would include additional gates and baggage handling areas as well as expanding the taxiway.
American Airlines was formerly the largest carrier at this airport and JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways Corporation is an American low-cost airline. The company is headquartered in the Forest Hills neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. Its main base is John F. Kennedy International Airport, also in Queens....
is the current largest carrier.
Domestic terminal
The airport's domestic terminal, called too as General Aviation hall, has Three stands, (A1 to A3), and it's located next to the international terminal. It is used for domestic flights and charter private flights.Aerolineas Mas
Aerolíneas Mas
Aerolíneas Mas is an airline based in the Dominican Republic which offers flights to several domestic destination. It is based at La Isabela International Airport in Santo Domingo.- History :...
is currently the major domestic airline in this Airport. Operating flights to Santo Domingo-JBQ and Port-Au-Prince, and with plans to operate regularly to Punta Cana, Aerolineas Mas had made of this airport it Focus City.
Air Century
Air Century
Air Century, S.A., or ACSA is a Dominican Republic Air Charter operator that offers local and international services from the Santo Domingo Las Américas International Airport. The company was founded by Captain and Pilot Omar Chahin...
recently launched regular domestics flights from/to Santo Domingo-JBQ, Punta Cana and Puerto Plata, operating all their flights through the Domestic Terminal.
Cargo terminal
The airport has a cargo terminal with four stands ( C1 to C4) for cargo carriers such as Amerijet, IBC, SkyWay... These cargo carriers have regular flights from Santiago to the United States and other Caribbean islands including Saint MartinSaint Martin
Saint Martin is an island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately east of Puerto Rico. The 87 km2 island is divided roughly 60/40 between France and the Kingdom of the Netherlands ; however, the Dutch side has the larger population. It is one of the smallest sea islands divided between...
and The Bahamas
The Bahamas
The Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets . It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States...
and also to many domestic cargo destinations like Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
, Costanza
Costanza
-Fictional Seinfeld characters:*Estelle Costanza*Frank Costanza*George Costanza-People:*Robert Costanza, ecologist and economist*John Costanza, artist and letterer in the comics industry*Midge Costanza , American politician...
and others.
Santiago Airport is the second busiest airport by Cargo Movements in the Country behind Santo Domingo-SDQ.
Amerijet is the major cargo carrier at the airport with many flights to Miami, Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
, St. Kitts, Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
, and other neighboring islands.
They have regular weekly direct flights to Miami and Santo Domingo and to others destinations only on Sunday.
Currently, there are only two international regular carriers operating Cargo flights, but many other airlines operate their flights through this terminal with seasonal and/or charter services, making this airport the second busiest one, in terms of cargo, in the country.
Cargo carriers
Statistics
2005In this year, the airport operated up to eight flights a day to the main destinations for people in Santiago, New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport is an international airport located in the borough of Queens in New York City, about southeast of Lower Manhattan. It is the busiest international air passenger gateway to the United States, handling more international traffic than any other airport in North...
, which was a record for flights from the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. In this route, American Airlines handled more than 450,000 passengers, making it the major increasing of American in Santiago.
The airport received up to 600,000 passengers this year.
2006
IIn this year the airport impossed the highest score of passengers handled, with more than 970,000 users through its Terminals. The airport's operator said that every year this airport surpasses the expectations of arrivals and departures of aircraft and passenger movement before every beginning of year operations.
2007
In this year the airport reported a decrease in passenger movements of 0.02%.
2008
In 2008 the airport suffered a reduction in regular operations due to the economic crisis in middle 2008, decreasing a 17.2% of passengers movements. The airport spent almost two years to recover of this crisis. The Air facility received 820,159 passengers from New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, Miami, San Juan
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
, Atlanta, Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Panamá
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
, Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
and Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.The Turks and...
.
2009
This year three airlines announced intentions to operate in the airport, one of them, Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines is a United States ultra low-cost carrier operating scheduled flights throughout the Americas. The airline is headquartered in Miramar, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. Spirit currently maintains a base in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...
, whose started operations from Fort Lauderdale in June. By this year the Airport was still planning the runway expansion, which is now a stopped project. Their expectations to handle one million passengers did not become a fact, with a decrease of 0.3% in passengers movements, in relation to the last year, handling 817 thousand passengers.
2010
In this year the airport handled more than 900 thousand passenger, becoming the third busiest airport in the country by passenger too. Numbers increased a 10.2%, making visible the recover to the 2008 economic crisis.
Received new carriers operations such as PAWA Dominicana, Aerolineas Mas
Aerolíneas Mas
Aerolíneas Mas is an airline based in the Dominican Republic which offers flights to several domestic destination. It is based at La Isabela International Airport in Santo Domingo.- History :...
and VolAir
VolAir
Not to be confused with Volaris, a low-cost airline of Mexico.VolAir is a Dominican-based airline that offers flights between many airports in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Its hub is La Isabela International Airport in Santo Domingo.-History:...
. Established regular scheduled domestic flights operating between Punta Cana, Puerto Plata and Santo Domingo.
The airport expects to handle almost a million passengers by 2011.
| Year (Jan-Dec) | Passengers | % Change |
|---|---|---|
| In 2002 | 271,707 | |
| In 2003 | 591,402 | 117.7 |
| In 2004 | 680,121 | 15.0 |
| In 2005 | 900,252 | 32.4 |
| In 2006 | 973,541 | 8.1 |
| In 2007 | 950,136 | -0.02 |
| In 2008 | 820,159 | -17.2 |
| In 2009 | 817,518 | -0.3 |
| In 2010 | 901,080 | 10.2 |
| Jan-Oct 2011 | 786,930 | |
Incidents and accidents
Although no fatal accidents have occurred at the airport, a few incidents have taken place:- February 7, 2008, A CaribairCaribairCaribair is an airline based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It operated scheduled services within the Dominican Republic and to Haiti, as well as charter flights and air taxi services throughout the Caribbean. Its main base was La Isabela International Airport, Santo Domingo.- History...
flight crashed close to La Romana, when their engines shut down. There were no fatalities, but the pilot had some injuries. The aircraft was a Britten Norman Islander BN-2A, registered as HI-653CA, and departed from this Airport to Punta Cana International AirportPunta Cana International AirportPunta Cana International Airport is a privately owned commercial airport in Punta Cana, eastern Dominican Republic. The airport is built in a traditional Dominican style with open-air terminals with their roofs covered in palm fronds. built the Punta Cana International Airport in 1984. A number...
via La Romana International AirportLa Romana International AirportLa Romana International Airport is located on the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic, adjacent to the tourist town of La Romana and the resort of Casa de Campo. The airport, which opened in December 2000, is about 68 miles from the capital, Santo Domingo...
at 6 pm. There was a commission to investigate this accident.
- May 12, 2010, An American AirlinesAmerican AirlinesAmerican Airlines, Inc. is the world's fourth-largest airline in passenger miles transported and operating revenues. American Airlines is a subsidiary of the AMR Corporation and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas adjacent to its largest hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport...
Boeing 767-300 operating flight 814 to New York, got attach in the taxiway after the pilot derailed the landing gear out of the taxiway. The aircraft had to be towed and the flight got canceled. No Injures.
Military
This airport also serves as the northern air base for the Dominican Air Force, however, mainly as a support facility. Presently there are no military aircraft stationed at this airport.External links
- Cibao International Airport website
- Live Tracker MDST
- Video of Cibao Intl Aircraft movements
- Picture of CO Boeing 777 in STI Note: link this picture to others of the same airport
- Aeropuerto Cibao - Departamento Aeroportuario
- Airport Data for STI
- Dominican Republic Weather Information
- Dominican Republic Search Engine
- Fly Dominican Republic/Dominican Republic Pilots Guide
- Weather Information at NOAA