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Eugenio M. De Hostos Airport
Airport Directory » Puerto Rico » Mayaguez » Eugenio M. De Hostos AirportAirport information for Eugenio M. De Hostos AirportCountry: Puerto RicoLocation: Mayaguez Coordinates: 18.14.00N / 067.08.00W IATA Code: MAZ Timezone: GMT -4 Direct flights form Eugenio M. De Hostos Airport Direct flights to Eugenio M. De Hostos Airport Find connecting flights to Eugenio M. De Hostos Airport Find connecting flights from Eugenio M. De Hostos Airport |
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Coordinates: 18°15′20″N 067°08′54″W / 18.25556°N 67.14833°W / 18.25556; -67.14833
Eugenio María de Hostos Airport (IATA: MAZ, ICAO: TJMZ, FAA LID: MAZ) is a little public airport turn up 4 land mile (six kilometre) northward of the central downtown of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The airport, named after the kept Mayagüez native Eugenio Maria de Hostos, covers 172 acres (70 ha) and has 1 landing track. It offers limited commercial service, subsidised by the Essential Air Service programme.
History
Eugenio María de Hostos Airport used to be the independent air gateway to the western district of Puerto Rico, until Rafael Hernández Airport in Aguadilla took over that place.
The airport was assisted to a great extent by the Puerto Rican national air bearer, Prinair, during the 1970s and early 1980s. It took the airport 3 yr to acquire commercial service once more one time Prinair locomoted break in 1984. American Eagle opened service from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in 1987, and Eastern Air Lines, not to be surpassed by their touch American's feeder bearer, before long set about services there to a fault, with their own feeder air hose, Eastern Metro Express.
Although the airport has ever been a turbo-prop aircraft airport, Pan Am denoted, in 2002, aims to set up jet plane voyages between Mayagüez and Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with Boeing 727s. Those programmes ne'er got a world, but in 2003, the airport derived international position, when Fina Air lift up the path to Santo Domingo. Fina Air has since get out of business organisation.
On November 8, 2004, American Eagle registered a 90-day find of design to the DOT to finish service to Mayagüez on February 5, 2005 due to poor burdens. MAZ is an Essential Air Service marketplace hence American Eagle's service was continued by the DOT until the new pick out bearer, Cape Air, set about functioning. American Eagle finished functioning on April 30, 2005.
Incidents
The airport has been regarded in various air disasters over its life:
- A Prinair Heron aircraft fell while districting there, assassination all 9 riders.
- On June 7, 1992 an American Eagle aircraft winging to San Juan from Mayagüez, assassination 5 riders.
- American Eagle Flight 5401 , which start from Mayagüez, crashed at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport on May 9, 2004, with 17 wound, but with no fatalities.
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