Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport Totally Explained

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Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport is a public airport located in Carolina, Puerto Rico 3 miles (5 km) southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The airport receives over 10 million passengers per year making it the busiest airport in the Caribbean in terms of movement of passengers, and it's owned and managed by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority.

History

Isla Verde, the airport was for many decades known as Isla Verde International Airport, until 1985, when then Governor Rafael Hernández Colón decided to name it after Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rico's first democratically elected governor.
The airport served as a Caribbean hub for Pan Am, Trans Caribbean Airways, Eastern Air Lines, and a short lived focus city for TWA. It was also the hub of Puerto Rico's international airline, Prinair from 1966 until 1984, when Prinair went bankrupt. In 1986, American Airlines (along with American Eagle) established a hub in the airport to compete with Eastern Air Lines. In the past, the airport has been served by Avianca, Mexicana, Lufthansa, Air France, ACES Colombia, British Airways, Air Jamaica, Viasa, Aerolineas Argentinas, Virgin Atlantic, Dominicana De Aviacion.

Operations

Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport is the island's main international gateway and its main connection to United States mainland. Domestic flights fly between Carolina and other local destinations, including Aguadilla, Culebra, Mayagüez, Ponce and Vieques. The airport offers rapid access to San Juan, the capital of the island and this airport is the biggest airport in the caribbean.
Facilities include a hotel, a barber's shop, beauty salons, souvenir kiosks, duty-free shops, a Banco Popular de Puerto Rico branch and several ATMs throughout the facilities.
The airport also serves as the Caribbean hub for American Airlines and American Eagle.

Terminals and airlines

Luis Muñoz Marín Airport has two terminals, the Main Terminal and the American Airlines Terminal. The original airport design had a different layout which consisted of three terminals B, C and D. New signing around the airport has changed this.
The Main Terminal houses Concourse A, B and Concourse C, while the American Airlines Terminal houses Concourse D and Concourse E. All airlines except American Airlines and American Eagle check in the Main Terminal. American Airlines and American Eagle check in the American Airlines Terminal.

Concourse A

Concourse A is currently under construction and is expected to open on the end of 2008 or in January 2009. The new expansion will house 7 gates and the tenants will be US Airways and Delta Air Lines.

Concourse B

Concourse B has 11 gates: 31 - 41

Air Canada (Montréal [seasonal], Toronto-Pearson)
Air Dominicana (Punta Cana [beginsJuly 1])
Air Sunshine (St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola, Vieques, Virgin Gorda)
AirTran Airways Gate 32 (Atlanta, Orlando)
Cape Air Gate 31A (Mayagüez, Ponce, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola, Vieques)
Delta Air Lines Gates 39 - 41 (Atlanta, New York-JFK)
LIAT Gate 31B (St. Maarten, St.Vincent, Port of Spain, Dominica)
Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul [seasonal])
PAWA Dominicana (Santiago (DR), Santo Domingo-Las Americas) [begins2008]
San Juan Aviation (Punta Cana, Santiago (DR), Santo Domingo, Vieques, St Maarten)
United Airlines Gates 33 - 34, 36 (Chicago-O'Hare, St. Thomas)
- Ted operated by United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles)
US Airways Gates 35, 37 - 38 (Boston, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington-Dulles [seasonal])
Vieques Air Link (Vieques)

Concourse C

Concourse C has 9 gates: 20, 22 - 29

Continental Airlines (Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)

Copa Airlines Gate 20 (Panama City)

Iberia Airlines (Madrid)

JetBlue Airways Gates 22, 24 (Boston [seasonal], New York-JFK, Orlando)

Spirit Airlines Gates 23, 25 (Fort Lauderdale, Orlando)

Concourse D

Concourse D has 8 gates: 11 - 12, 14 - 19

American Airlines Gates 11 - 12, 14 - 19 (Antigua, Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Caracas, Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale, Hartford/Springfield, Los Angeles, Miami, New York-JFK, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, Santo Domingo, St. Maarten, St. Thomas, Tampa, Washington-Dulles)

Concourse E

Concourse E has 14 gates: 1A - 1F, 2 - 9

American Airlines Gates 3 - 9 (see above)

American Eagle operated by Executive Airlines Gates 1A - 1F, 2 (Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Beef Island, Bonaire, Bridgetown, Curacao, Canouan, Dominica, Fort-de-France, Grenada, La Romana, Nevis, Pointe-a-Pitre, Port of Spain, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Samana, Santiago (DR), Santo Domingo, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Thomas)

Air charters

All charters arrive and depart from Concourse C

Avianca (Bogota)

Caribair (Santiago (DR), Santo Domingo-Las Americas) [seasonal]

Condor (Frankfurt, Munich)

Martinair Holland (Amsterdam)

Mexicana (Mexico City)

Miami Air (Varies, depending on the tour operator)

Pace Airlines (Orlando)

Omni Air International (Varies, depending on the tour operator)

TACA operated by Lacsa (San José (CR))

Thomas Cook Airlines (Düsseldorf)

Thomsonfly (London-Gatwick, Manchester)

Sunwing Airlines (La Romana, Puerto Plata, Quebec City, Toronto-Pearson)

Military/cargo ramps

Military ramp

United States Air Force

Air National Guard

Puerto Rico Air National Guard

Muniz ANGB
- 156th Airlift Wing

Cargo services

ABX Air

Air Atlanta Icelandic

Air Tahoma

Ameriflight

Amerijet International

Arrow Air

DHL

Evergreen International Airlines

FedEx

Four Star Aviation

LAN Chile Airlines Cargo

Martinair Holland Cargo

Roblex Aviation

Tampa Cargo

UPS

USPS Airport Facility Ramp

Volga-Dnepr

Airport expansion

As of 2006, the airport has been receiving major upgrades, including a new Concourse (Concourse A), reconstruction of runway 10-28, pavement and apron expansions, and new light systems. press conference rooms, and new fast food franchises along its corridors. These include Wendy's, McDonald's, Subway, Starbucks, Buffalo Wings, Taco Maker and Chester's.
Over $400 million will be used to expand the airport facilities through 2011. The new concourse A will open in Spring, 2008 for use by US Airways and Delta Air Lines. Concourse B, C & D will be expanded to accommodate new gates. Concourse E will be expanded to have its own check in counters and guest services.

Incidents and accidents

On February 15, 1970, a Dominicana de Aviacion DC-9 that was flying to Isla Verde crashed shortly after takeoff from Las Américas International Airport in Punta Caucedo, Dominican Republic, near Santo Domingo, killing everyone on board, including Puerto Rico's national women's volleyball team and Dominican Carlos Cruz, a former world boxing champion who was going to San Juan for a rematch with Carlos Ortiz. See: Dominicana DC-9 air disaster

On June 24, 1972, Prinair Flight 191, which took off from Isla Verde Airport, crashed while attempting to land at Mercedita Airport in Ponce.

On December 31 of that same year, baseball star Roberto Clemente and his companions died when their DC-7 crashed soon after takeoff from Isla Verde during a relief flight bound for Nicaragua. Neither the bodies of the victims nor the plane's wreckage were ever found.

In 1983, a hijacked Alitalia DC-10 landed at this airport, under orders by the hijacker.

In 1985, an American Airlines DC-10 taking off from Muñoz Marín to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Texas overran the runway and nosedived into a nearby lake. There were no injuries.

24 September 1998 - Trans-Florida Airlines Convair 240-13 (N91237) had an engine problem on take-off. It attempted to return to the airport, but lost altitude and was force landed in a salt water lagoon some 2 miles short of the runway. The aircraft was written off, but the two crew and one passenger were uninjured.

On May 9, 2004 an American Eagle Super ATR, flight 5401, crash-landed when one of the tires popped. Seventeen people were injured, but no one died.Further Information

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