La Isabela International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = La Isabela International Airport
nativename = Aeropuerto Internacional Dr. Joaquin Balaguer [http://www.caribbeanjet.com/en/airports/la_isabela_airport.php www.caribbeanjet.com] ]
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IATA = JBQ
ICAO = MDJB
type = Public
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operator = Private
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location = Santo Domingo
elevation-f = 30
elevation-m = 15
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r1-number = 01/19
r1-length-f = 5,249
r1-length-m = 1,500
r1-surface = Asphalt
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La Isabela International Airport (IATA: JBQ, ICAO: MDJB) airport opened in February 2006 to replace Herrera International Airport. [ [http://www.aerodom.com/2005/aeropuertos_laisabela.htm www.aerodom.com] ] The first flight to land at the airport was a Caribair flight from Port au Prince, Haiti. [http://www.clavedigital.com/Portada/Articulo.asp?Id_Articulo=6964]

It serves mostly the Dominican Republic with domestic flights and some international flights to other Caribbean islands.

Major Dominican 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.

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, Curaçao, 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]
*VolAir (Aruba, Cap-Haïtien, Port-au-Prince, Santiago (DR))

References