La Isabela International Airport (IATA: JBQ, ICAO: MDJB) airport opened in February 2006 to replace Herrera International Airport

Herrera International Airport

Herrera International Airport was located in Santo Domingo. The airport was the hub of most of the Dominican airlines before they closed and opened the La Isabela International Airport, also in Santo Domingo. The airport had connections to Puerto Rico, Cuba, others Caribbean islands...

. The first flight to land at the airport was a Caribair

Caribair

Caribair 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 from Port au Prince, 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...

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It serves mostly 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...

 with domestic flights and some international flights to other Caribbean islands

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

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Major Dominican Hub

La Isabela Airport is the major hub for Dominican airlines that operate small airplanes for example 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...

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The airport has the largest number of hangars in the country (10) for Dominican based carriers.

Airlines and destinations

Charter