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Airport Directory » Puerto Rico » Aguadilla » Borinquen AirportAirport information for Borinquen AirportCountry: Puerto RicoLocation: Aguadilla Coordinates: 18.30.00N / 067.08.00W IATA Code: BQN Timezone: GMT -4 Direct flights form Borinquen Airport Direct flights to Borinquen Airport Find connecting flights to Borinquen Airport Find connecting flights from Borinquen Airport |
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Rafael Hernández International Airport (IATA: BQN, ICAO: TJBQ, FAA LID: BQN) is a little airport turn up in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico and is named after the Puerto Rican composer Rafael Hernández Marín.
History
The airport has been long link up with the adjacent army base, Ramey Air Force Base. It used to have domestic commercial voyages by Prinair as good as service from JFK International Airport in New York City with Capitol Air , and 707 rider voyages from Miami with Southeast Airlines . It is also mentioned for being the location that big habiliment corporation Wrangler uses to bring down their airplanes make full with company-related load.
In 1988, Rafael Hernández Airport set out to surface as an choice to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, when Carnival Air Lines and ATA set about jet plane services there. In the 1990s, American Airlines get together those 2 air hose. Later on, Pan Am (two) and TWA also come up.
In the early 1990s Carnival Air Lines functioned the 1st intra-Puerto Rican jet plane service from the airport to Ponce, with Boeing 727s and Airbus A300s.
Prinair endured various accidents and stopped functioning.
In 2000, North American Airlines re-open rider service with a non-stop voyage to New York-JFK 3 clips a hebdomad. Later on Continental Airlines get together North American with a daily voyage to their hub in Newark. The evident success of service from the Aguadilla, caught the attending of Boston-Maine Airways that opened a road to Orlando-Sanford and Santo Domingo.
In 2004, the Puerto Rico Ports Authority denoted that it shall be reconstructing and spreading out BQN to adapt more voyages and riders. An enlargement of the depot construction and a new car parking were amongst the labors in head. The enlargement was kick off on July 12, 2005.
In 2005, uninterrupted rider traffic ontogeny caught the attending of Jet Blue Airways, which open a daily voyage to their hub in New York. Soon after the reaching of Jet Blue to the airport, North American stopped functioning at the airport. Soon after, Jet Blue denoted that it shall be adding a 2nd daily voyage to New York-JFK.
In December 2006, thousands of individuals pulled together at the airport to welcome Carlos "El Indio" Quintana.
In 2006, Delta Connection start out regional jet plane service to Atlanta, Georgia 5 clips a hebdomad. The service ended on January 20, 2007 as division of Delta's reconstituting programme. Later on 2007 JetBlue Airways set about service to Orlando.
In the summertime of 2007 Spirit Airlines denoted programs to set about service from the airport to their hub in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida with a voyage 5 clips a hebdomad during the summertime. The success of the service ensued in Spirit offering two daily voyages. Service oftenness was take down to a voyage five clips a hebdomad or else of the anticipated finish of service at the stop of the summertime.
On July 5, 2007, the new restituted control tower directed its 1st aircraft.
During the low season of 2007 there were 59 voyages per hebdomad, one daily voyage to New York, one to Newark and Orlando and a voyage five clips per hebdomad to Ft. Lauderdale.
Due to the success of service, Spirit Airlines has increased their oftenness to daily to/from Ft. Lauderdale. In addition, Spirit added a daily non-stop service to Orlando on February. JetBlue will also elongate to have 2 daily voyages to New York-JFK after the Holiday Season. Also, start out May 1, JetBlue shall be adding a 2nd daily voyage to/from Orlando.
On June 2, 2008, Pan Am World Airways Dominicana reconstructed service between the Airport and Santo Domingo-Las Americas as good as to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. These are 2 of the routes that is obviously under-served due to high claim and propinquity of Aguadilla to the neighbour island. Other popular paths that now deficiency service from the town include Chicago, Illinois, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Boston, Massachusetts, Hartford, Connecticut, and Baltimore, Maryland.
On May 24, 2008, local leaders pulled together at the airport to run across Democratic presidential nominee Hillary R. Clinton.
The airport is also used by some local voyage schools for cross-country voyages. For instance, Caribbean Flight Training Center.
There are rumours that a new depot may be made. This new depot is probably to have jetways and moderns installations.
The capacity of the airport and its part as the independent gateway to Porta del Sol, the airport is see highly underserved, something that has do outrage in the district, which accounts for 1 3rd of the Puerto Rico's aggregative population, and the city manager of the town on a figure of junctures to ask for the airport to be reassigned to the town.
Statistics
This tabular array presents the uninterrupted growing of rider traffic at the airport since 2002:
| Year | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers | 56,257 | 132,668 | 254,436 | 301,017 | 402,142 |
For Fiscal Year 2006 the airport transported 402,142 riders, almost a 300% increase in 4 yr. With only 84 voyages per hebdomad during the peak season (Summer & Winter) and 59 voyages per hebdomad the remainder of the yr, Hernandez Airport has an Average Load Factor of 80%.
Recent News
Routes
- Pan Am World Airways Dominicana : Non-Stop service from Santiago, DR sets about 2009
Act 67
Act 67 of May 22, 2008 constitutes inducements for charter air hose offering service to the airport. It vouches earning of up to 10%, 50% brush off on districting fees, and check dollar per dollar ground on volume proyections/available sits.
To benefit from the move Charter Airlines moldiness transport 75% of the riders on board with a 3+ nighttimes reserve in a hotel in the district of 130 or small appartment.
Ahrens Airborne
Ahrens Aircraft, due to launch functioning at Punta Borinquen in Aguadilla to construct an aircraft known as the AR 404, has eventually acquired financing and is ready to acquire under fashion.
NASA Aviation Safety Program
Hernandez Airport will host the initial voyages of the late modified S-3 Viking. The Viking was modified to get state-of-the-art water ice research aircraft. This voyages will seek to characterise the water ice statuses that be in the tropical convective position of the ambience.
Facilities
Rafael Hernández Airport covers an area of 1,600 acres (647 ha) which host the longest landing track in the Caribbean.
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Runway 08/26: 11,702 x 200 foot (3,567 x 61 m), Surface: Asphalt
- With Blast Pads and Shoulders: 13,440 X 300 foot (4,097 X 91 m)
The airport establishes a rider depot with an international side capable of care voyages of over 200 riders. It also hosts a Cargo depot, a FedEx Terminal, a Copeca Jet Center Executive Terminal,a civil aviation depot, a Coast Guard depot (Air Station Borinquen), alongside with 5 aircraft service depots.
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