La Isabela International Airport

Coordinates: 18°34′20″N 069°59′08″W / 18.57222°N 69.98556°W / 18.57222; -69.98556
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Dr. Joaquín Balaguer International Airport

Aeropuerto Internacional Dr. Joaquin Balaguer[1]
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAerodom
ServesSanto Domingo
LocationLa Isabela, El Higuero, La Victoria and Santo Domingo Norte in Santo Domingo Province, Dominican Republic
Hub for
Time zoneEastern Caribbean Time (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL98 ft / 30 m
Coordinates18°34′20″N 069°59′08″W / 18.57222°N 69.98556°W / 18.57222; -69.98556
Map
MDJB is located in the Dominican Republic
MDJB
MDJB
Location of airport in Dominican Republic
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 5,443 1,659 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 60 16 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations3,703
Passengers50,838
Based Aircraft57
Source: [1]

La Isabela International Airport (IATA: JBQ, ICAO: MDJB) opened in 23 February 2006 to replace Herrera International Airport.[2] The first flight to land at the airport was a Caribair flight from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[3]

It primarily serves the Dominican Republic with domestic flights and international flights to other Caribbean islands.[1] La Isabela Airport is a hub for Dominican airlines that operate small aircraft. The airport has the largest number of hangars in the country (+40) for Dominican-based carriers. It is, as of June 2020, also the only airport in Santo Domingo that serves domestic destinations, as Las Americas International Airport, the Santo Domingo's larger, main airport, lacks domestic air service.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Century Aruba, Barranquilla, Cartagena,[4] Curaçao, Havana, Port-au-Prince, Santiago de Cuba, Sint Maarten
Sunrise Airways Port-au-Prince
Charter: Dominica–Douglas-Charles

Statistics

Top Routes from La Isabela
(2019)
[5]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Haiti Port-au-Prince 29,679 Air Century, Sunrise Airways
2 Curaçao Curaçao 13,826 Air Century
3 Sint Maarten St. Maarten 11,955 Air Century
4 Puerto Rico San Juan 8,893 Air Century
5 Cuba Havana 7,684 Air Century

Other facilities

The airport hosts the corporate headquarters of Servicios Aéreos Profesionales (SAP Group) and Air Century.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b www.caribbeanjet.com Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ www.aerodom.com Archived 2007-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ http://www.clavedigital.com/Portada/Articulo.asp?Id_Articulo=6964[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Air Century adds Cartagena service from August 2022". AeroRoutes. June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  5. ^ [https://web.archive.org/web/20190401200126/http://www.jac.gob.do/transparencia/index.php/estadisticas/category/521-4to-trimestre Archived 2019-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Home." Servicios Aéreos Profesionales. Retrieved on January 15, 2013. "Headquarter: Dr. Joaquín Balaguer International Airport, La Isabela, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic"
  7. ^ "Contact Us Archived 2012-08-26 at the Wayback Machine." Air Century. Retrieved on January 15, 2012. "Address: Dr. Joaquín Balaguer International Airport, Local No. 1032, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic."