Fernando Ribas Dominicci Airport, also commonly known as Isla Grande Airport, is a small airport in San Juan, about 5 minutes by air and 15 minutes by car from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport. It is adjacent to the San Juan bay and overlooks Cataño. San Juan is the capital city of Puerto Rico. ... Executive Air dba American Eagle ATR-72 and American Airlines aircraft at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in April 2001 Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, is the islands main international gateway, and its main connection to the mainland United States. ... Cataño is a small city in northern Puerto Rico, and is one of the smallest towns in Puerto Rico as well as one of the youngest. ...

Isla Grande was Puerto Rico's main international airport until 1954, when Luis Munoz Marin was built. Until that year, international airlines such as Lufthansa, Iberia Airlines, Pan Am and other majors flew to Isla Grande. However, since Isla Grande airport was not built to accept jets, all international airlines then moved their operations in Puerto Rico to Luis Munoz Marin airport, then Isla Verde International Airport. 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lufthansa Boeing 737-300 Lufthansa Airbus A300-B4 Lufthansa Avro RJ85 Lufthansa (Deutsche Lufthansa AG) is the largest German airline company, headquartered in Cologne. ... Iberia Airlines of Spain (IATA: IB, ICAO: IBE, and Callsign: Iberia), often shortened to Iberia, is the name of the national airline of Spain. ... Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) was the United States principal international airline from the 1930s until its collapse in 1991, and was credited with many innovations that shaped the international airline industry. ...

While Isla Grande's main operation is with general aviation, it is still a commercial airport, dealing with some domestic commercial flights. General aviation (GA) encompasses all aviation other than scheduled airline flights and military aviation. ...

In 1994, a United Airlines pilot who was travelling for the first time to Puerto Rico, confused Isla Grande airport with the international airport, and accidentally landed a Boeing 757 there. He and his passengers then flew the five minute air trip from Isla Grande to Luis Munoz Marin. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... United Airlines Boeing 777 taking off at Schiphol, Amsterdam. ... The Boeing 757 is a medium-range transcontinental commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. ...

In December of 2002, a helicopter that had been rented from a company that operates out of this airport was hijacked and taken to a jail in Ponce, where six inmates boarded the helicopter, forcing the pilot to drop them off at a farm. The pilot was able to fly back after he lied to the prisoners about their whereabouts, making them jump off the helicopter and zig-zagging the helicopter to prevent them from shooting at him. Soon after, all escapees were found by the police. December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ponce, the second largest city in Puerto Rico outside of the San Juan metropolitan area is named after the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León. ...

A controversy regarding Isla Grande and Dorado Airport surfaced in 2003. Dorado Airport wants to expand and attract the private aviation sector that has been Isla Grande's main business for so long. Isla Grande's authorities have not made a decision yet on catering for the private aviation sector or letting Dorado Airport handle the private airplanes. Dorado Airport (IATA Code DDC) is a small airport in Dorado, Puerto Rico. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Some celebrities, such as Ricky Martin, Don King and John Ruiz have landed at Isla Grande. Ricky Martin is a popular music singer, born in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico on December 24, 1971. ... Don King. ... John Ruiz, (born January 4, 1972), is a native of Isabela, Puerto Rico, who was twice recognized by the World Boxing Association as its world heavyweight champion. ...

On October 26, 2003, the airport made history by becoming the first Puerto Rican site of a SCCA Grand Prix race. October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The SCCA could be considered the grass-roots level of auto racing in the United States. ... A Grand Prix (French for Grand Prize) is any of a number of competitions: Formula One Grand Prix motor racing Grand Prix motorcycle racing Grand Prix horse racing Grand Prix, 1966 movie Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson (Eurovision Song Contest). ...

Although not built to accept heavy or large jets (such as Airbus and Boeing aircraft), smaller bussines type jets such as Cessna Citation and Bombardier Challenger aircraft do operate in and out of Isla Grande on a regular basis. It is also the base of operations for the Puerto Rico Police Department aviation division.