Rota International Airport

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Rota International Airport
IATA: ROP – ICAO: PGRO – FAA: GRO
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Commonwealth Ports Authority
Location Rota Island
Elevation AMSL 607 ft / 185 m
Coordinates 14°10′28″N 145°14′33″E / 14.17444, 145.2425
Website cpa.gov.mp/rotarpt.asp
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 6,550
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Rota International Airport (IATA: ROP, ICAO: PGRO, FAA LID: GRO) is a public airport located on Rota Island in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, near the village of Sinapalo. The airport is owned by Commonwealth Ports Authority.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Tinian International Airport is assigned GRO by the FAA and ROP by the IATA (which assigned GRO to Girona-Costa Brava Airport in Girona, Spain). [2] [3]

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[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Rota International Airport covers an area of 820 acres (324 ha) which contains one paved runway (9/27) measuring 6,000 x 150 ft. (1,829 x 46 m).[1]

For 12-month period ending March 31, 2006, the airport had 6,550 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day: 94% air taxi, 4% general aviation and 2% military.[1]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for GRO (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: ROP / PGRO - Rota Island, Northern Mariana Islands
  3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: GRO / LEGE - Girona, Spain

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