Diego Jiménez Torres Airport

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Coordinates: 18°18′29″N 065°39′43″W / 18.30806, -65.66194

Diego Jiménez Torres Airport
IATA: FAJ – ICAO: TJFA – FAA: X95
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Puerto Rico Ports Auth.
Location Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Elevation AMSL 64 ft / 20 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 3,600 1,097 Asphalt
Statistics (1998)
Aircraft operations 14,314
Based aircraft 5
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (IATA: FAJ, ICAO: TJFA, FAA LID: X95) is a public airport located one mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of the city of Fajardo in Puerto Rico.[1]

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[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Diego Jiménez Torres Airport covers an area of 95 acres (38 ha) which contains one asphalt runway (8/26) measuring 3,600 x 75 ft. (1,097 x 23 m).[1]

For 12-month period ending March 16, 1998, the airport had 14,314 aircraft operations, an average of 39 per day: 90% air taxi and 10% general aviation. There are 5 aircraft based at this airport: 2 single engine, 2 multi engine and 1 ultralight.[1]

The airport is scheduled to shut-down operations on September 2008, because of the new airport in Ceiba ( Jose E. Aponte de La Torre), that is sheduled to begin operations in September 2008. Alongside, the shutdown of Humacao Airport will occur.

[edit] Airlines

Air taxi service is provided by the following airlines[2]:

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for X95 (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15
  2. ^ List of airlines serving Puerto Rico
  3. ^ Home Page

[edit] External links

Puerto Rico Portal


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