Humacao Airport is a public use airport

Airport

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 owned by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority

Puerto Rico Ports Authority

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 and located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Humacao

Humacao, Puerto Rico

Humacao is a city in Puerto Rico located in the eastern coast of the island, north of Yabucoa; south of Naguabo; east of Las Piedras; and west of Vieques Passage. Humacao is spread over 10 wards and Humacao Pueblo...

, a city in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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Because of the new José Aponte de la Torre Airport

José Aponte de la Torre Airport

José Aponte de la Torre Airport is a public use airport owned by Puerto Rico Ports Authority and located from the central business district of Ceiba, a town in Puerto Rico....

 in Ceiba

Ceiba, Puerto Rico

Ceiba is a small town in northeast Puerto Rico. It is named after the famous Ceiba tree. Ceiba is located in the east coast of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Naguabo, south of Fajardo, and east of Río Grande. It is located about one hour's driving distance from San Juan...

 which opened in November 2008, Humacao Airport and Fajardo Airport are scheduled to shut down operations. However, as of July 2009, Humacao Airport is still listed as an active airport by the Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Aviation Administration

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Facilities and aircraft

Humacao Airport covers an area of 14 acres (5.7 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 33 ft (10.1 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

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 designated 10/28 which measures 2450 foot.

For the 12-month period ending March 16, 1998, the airport had 5,349 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 76% general aviation

General aviation

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, 22% air taxi

Air taxi

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 and 2% military

Military aviation

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. At that time there were 35 aircraft based at this airport: 66% ultralight, 26% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 6% multi-engine and 3% helicopter

Helicopter

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