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Las Americas Airport
Airport Directory » Dominican Republic » Santo Domingo » Las Americas Airport- "SDQ" airts here. SDQ is also the former callsign of a TV station in Warwick, Queensland, Australia.
Las Américas International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Las Américas-JFPG) (IATA: SDQ, ICAO: MDSD) is an international airport turn up in Punta Caucedo, near Santo Domingo and Boca Chica in the Dominican Republic. The airport is run by Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (AERODOM), a Dominican Republic-based private company, with a 25-year grant to construct, function, and transport (BOT) six airports in the Dominican Republic.
Recently, the state highway direct from Santo Domingo to the airport (or so 20 kilometre east of the town centre) was spread out and overhauled. The new state highway cuts across a new suspension span which traverses the Ozama River, link up traffic into the town's Elevated Freeway and Tunnel system onto the town's high street, Av. 27 de Febrero. A more scenic path coming after the coastal shore furnishes beautiful positions of the Caribbean Sea and of the town. This secondary road tracks the Ozama River by averages of a pontoon bridge, link up traffic onto the Av. George Washington (elevated railroad Malecón) which takes into the bosom of the colonial town.
The airport is the biggest in the Dominican Republic and 1 of the biggest in the Caribbean, deal over 3 million riders per yr through its air depot.
History
Las Américas Airport was opened in 1959 as the functionary airport of Santo Domingo.
The functionary name of the airport was modified in 2002 to "Aeropuerto Internacional Las Américas- José Francisco Peña Gómez (AIJFPG)" but is most normally bring up to as "Las Américas International Airport", or locally, "Las Américas".
On February 15, 1970, a Dominicana de Aviación's DC-9 that was winging to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, crashed, assassination all 102 individuals on board (see: Dominicana DC-9 air calamity).
Las Américas was the hub for Dominicana de Aviacion, APA Dominicana International, and a figure of other, little air hose. Currently, a few air hose use Las Américas as a hub. Some of these are Caribair, PAWA Dominicana, and SAP Air.
Las Américas also has assisted as a hub for air hose such as Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas, Air Santo Domingo, Aero Continente Dominicana, and Queen Air.
The new Northern depot
This new depot is complete and open for functioning. It is able to adapt 4 Boeing 747s at a time. This new depot has 4 entrances with boarding spans, an air-conditioning system, and care installations for aircraft.
Runway
Las Américas' landing track way is 17/35. This landing track is the biggest in the land, and 1 of the biggest in the Caribbean, with a length of 3,355 m. It is able to back up an Airbus A380 without jobs. The landing track of SDQ was last restituted in June 2008.
Original article.