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Encyclopedia > Puerto Plata Airport

Puerto Plata Airport in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, is that Caribbean nation's second largest airport, after Las Americas International Airport in Punta Caucedo, Dominican Republic near Santo Domingo. Puerto Plata Airport is actually an international airport, although the airport's name doesn't carry the international tag. Its IATA Airport Code is POP. Puerto Plata is one the northern provinces of the Dominican Republic. ... ... The Las Américas International Airport (IATA code SDQ) is an international airport located in Punta Caucedo, near Santo Domingo and Boca Chica in the Dominican Republic. ... Santo Domingo, population 2,061,200 (2003), is the capital of the Dominican Republic. ... An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ...


Capable of handling planes of all sizes, Puerto Plata Airport has benefited from being in an area with many beaches, which are popular among charter airline passengers. The popularity of the city where it is located at has also drawn a number of regularly scheduled passenger airlines over the years. A charter airline is one that operates charter flights, that is flights that take place outside normal schedules, by a hiring arrangement with a particular customer. ... An airline is an organization providing aviation services to passengers and/or cargo. ...


February 6, 1996, was a sad day that airport personnel who worked there at that time will probably never be able to forget: A Boeing 757 of turkish charter airline Birgenair, which had taken off this airport, crashed off the Puerto Plata coast, killing all 189 people on board. Every person in that plane was of the German nationality. February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Boeing 757 is a medium-range transcontinental commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. ...


Airlines flying to Puerto Plata Airport include:


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Gregorio Luperon International Airport is the gateway airport to this region.
It is one of four major international airports around the country that for the most part serve the tourist trade.
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Dominican Republic Taxi - Puerto Plata Airport (142 words)
If you are flying into Puerto Plata airport, there are usually plenty of taxi drivers waiting to take you on to Sosua, Cabarete of Puerto Plata centre.
To get a taxi back to the airport, there are usually taxi drivers in the center of Sosua town.
If you are flying into Santo Dominigo airport, then a taxi to the North Coast will usually cost around $100.
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