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Gregorio Luperón International Airport

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Airport type
  
Public / Military

Website
  
aerodom.com

Address
  
57000, Dominican Republic

Elevation
  
5 m

Elevation AMSL
  
16 ft / 5 m

08/26
  
3,081

Code
  
POP

Phone
  
+1 809-291-0000

Gregorio Luperón International Airport

Operator
  
Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI S.A. (Aerodom)

Location
  
Sosua, Puerto Plata in Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic

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Gregorio Luperón International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón) (IATA: POP, ICAO: MDPP), also known as Puerto Plata Airport, is located in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. It is the Dominican Republic's fourth busiest airport by passenger traffic and aircraft movements, after Punta Cana, Santo Domingo and Santiago de los Caballeros airports. The airport is named after General Gregorio Luperón, a Dominican military and state leader.

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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.

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Facilities

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 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.

Incidents

  • On February 6, 1996, Birgenair Flight 301 was bound for Frankfurt, Germany, but crashed shortly after take-off from Puerto Plata Airport into the Atlantic Ocean 26 kilometres off-shore. All 176 passengers and 13 crew members, among them 164 Germans, were killed. It was discovered later that one of the air speed indicators of the Boeing 757-200 was not working properly, confusing the pilots about whether the aircraft's speed was too fast or too slow.
  • References

    Gregorio Luperón International Airport Wikipedia


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