La Isabela International Airport
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| La Isabela International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Dr. Joaquin Balaguer[1] |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: JBQ[1] - ICAO: MDJB | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public[1] | ||
| Operator | Private | ||
| Serves | Santo Domingo | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 30 ft (15 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 01/19 | 5,249 | 1,500[1] | Asphalt |
La Isabela International Airport (IATA: JBQ, ICAO: MDJB) airport was built in 2006 to replace Herrera International Airport.[2]
It serves mostly the Dominican Republic with domestic flights and some international flights to other Caribbean islands.[1]
[edit] Dominican Mayor Hub
La Isabela Airport is the major hub for Dominican Airlines that operates many small airplanes, such as Caribair, Air Century, etc.... This airport has the largest hangars in the country (over 10) for Dominican based carriers.
[edit] Airliners and destinations
- Aerolineas Mas (Santiago, Samana-Arroyo Barril, Barahona, Montecristi, Constanza, La Romana, Cabo Rojo, Punta Cana)
- Air Century (Antigua, Barahona, Bridgetown, Constanza, Habana, Fort Lauderdale, Santiago (DR), Miami, Nassau, Holguin, St. Maarten, Providenciales, Varadero)
- Caribair (Aruba, Antigua, Constanza, Barahona, La Romana, Port-au-Prince, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Samana, Santiago (DR), Santiago de Cuba, Aguadilla [Charter], Montego Bay)
- Fly Tortuga (Punta Cana)
- M&N Aviation (San Juan [seasonal])
- Servicios Aereos Profesionales (Santiago, Montego Bay, Habana, Varadero, Santiago de Cuba, Cayo Coco, Grand Cayman, Tórtola, Barbados, St. Marteen, Martinique, Antigua, Aruba, Curacao, Cancún, Caracas, Isla Margarita, Bogotá, Miami, San Juan (PR), Aguadilla) [Charter service], Samana-Arroyo Barril, Punta Cana)
- Pan Am World Airways Dominicana (San Juan [begins by midle 2008/Pending rights approval]
- Viva Air Dominicana (Aruba, San Juan)
- VolAir (Aruba, Cap-Haïtien, Port-au-Prince, Santiago (DR))
