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Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport {{airport codes|SIG|TJIG|SIG}}, also commonly known as Isla Grande Airport, is a airport in Isla Grande, a district in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is owned by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority and is adjacent to the Puerto Rico Convention Center, the San Juan Bay, and the Pan American Cruise Ship Terminal, and overlooks Cataño. While Isla Grande's main activity is general aviation, it is still a commercial airport, handling domestic and international commercial flights.

It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).^[4]

History

Originally constructed by the U.S. Navy as Naval Air Station Isla Grande just prior to World War II,^[5] the facility also served as Puerto Rico's main international airport until 1954, when Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport was built. Until that year, international airlines such as Deutsche Luft Hansa, 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 Muñoz Marín International Airport, then known as – but not named – Isla Verde International Airport.

Until 1971, the airport also hosted Coast Guard Air Station San Juan. That year, the Coast Guard relocated its air station to Ramey Air Force Base on Puerto Rico's northwest coast.

Isla Grande was renamed in honor of United States Air Force Major Fernando Luis Ribas-Dominicci, an F-111 pilot who was killed in action during Operation El Dorado Canyon (the 1986 airstrike of Libya).

A controversy regarding Isla Grande and Dorado Airport surfaced in 2003. Dorado Airport wanted to expand and attract the private aviation sector that has been Isla Grande's main business for so long. Dorado airport eventually became a victim of urban development in Dorado and no longer exists.

On October 26, 2003, the airport made history by becoming the first Puerto Rican site of a SCCA Grand Prix race.^[6]^[7]

In 2006, after a detailed impact study and many rumors about the future of the airport, the Puerto Rico Ports Authority announced that Isla Grande airport would remain open for the foreseeable future, mostly because of its key function as the primary reliever for the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport.^[8]

On August 4, 2011 the FAA announced that they were planning to close the airport's control tower due to budget cuts, since they operate it instead of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}

On July 8, 2012 airport officials denied via written communication to a local newspaper of "any plans to eliminate or privatize the airport, since the airport is one of the most important airports for general aviation on Puerto Rico, taking into account that its operation approximates around 300 daily operations." On that same newspaper it was published that Seaborne Airlines would transition its operations to the neighboring Luis Muñoz Marin Intl Airport with complete pullout on January 16, 2013.^[9] That move, however, has not materialized as of 2015.

For a short period of time between 2007 and 2009, the airport became the flight hub of Puerto Rico's unofficial flag carrier, Prinair, when that airline briefly returned to operating.

Facilities and aircraft

Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport covers an area of {{convert|102|acres}} at an elevation of {{convert|10|ft}} above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring {{convert|5539|by|100|ft}}.^[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2013, the airport had 116,447 aircraft operations, an average of 319 per day: 92% general aviation, 6% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 232 aircraft based at this airport: 33% single-engine, 37% multi-engine, 1% jet, 24% helicopter, and 6% military.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Statistics

Puerto Rico Army National Guard Aviation Support Facility

The Puerto Rico National Guard Aviation Support Facility is the only military site on Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport. Its mission is to support the Puerto Rico Army National Guard, 111th Aviation Regiment, 1st Battalion, Company A the 114th Aviation Regiment, 1st Battalion, Company D and the 114th AVN, 1st Battalion, Detachment 1, Company B. The military aircraft at this facility are the UH72 Lakota, the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and the Beechcraft C-12 Huron.

Incidents and accidents

See also

References

1. ^¹²{{FAA-airport|ID=SIG|use=PU|own=PU|site=53180.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
2. ^{{GCM|SIG|Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport}}
3. ^{{cite web |title=Isla Grande Airport |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@18.4574067,-66.0981653,2582m/data=!3m1!1e3 |website=Google Maps |publisher=Google |accessdate=9 June 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf |title=2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A |format=PDF, 2.03 MB |work=National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |date=October 4, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf |archivedate=September 27, 2012 |df=mdy }}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/buildbaseswwii/bbwwii2.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-06-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008180312/http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/buildbaseswwii/bbwwii2.htm |archivedate=October 8, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2003/07/25/165650.html|title=Puerto Rico Grand Prix Releases Circuit Map|date=July 25, 2003|publisher=The Auto Channel|accessdate=2016-11-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126115818/http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2003/07/25/165650.html|archivedate=2016-11-26}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2003/vol7n44/PRSportsBeat0744-en.html|title=Wally Castro Scores Upset Victory At P.R. Grand Prix|last=Paese|first=Gabrielle|date=October 31, 2003|work=Puerto Rico Herald|accessdate=2016-11-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126120014/http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2003/vol7n44/PRSportsBeat0744-en.html|archivedate=2016-11-26}}
8. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?contentBlockId=6dc889af-bb34-43bf-80dd-75f0408c4018 | title = Historic Puerto Rico GA Airport Saved! Isla Grande Economic Analysis Sways Politicos | publisher = Aero-News Network | date = July 18, 2006}}
9. ^"Niegan el cierre del Aeropuerto de Isla Grande {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713044329/http://www.vocero.com/niegan-cierre-del-aeropuerto-de-isla-grande/ |date=July 13, 2012 }}, Vocero de Puerto Rico July 8, 2012.
10. ^¹ {{cite web | url = http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=SIG | title = San Juan, PR: Isla Grande (SIG) | publisher = Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation | date = February 2016 | accessdate = February 15, 2016 }}
11. ^aviation-safety.net
12. ^https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/seguridad/nota/unaavionetaconcuatrotripulantescaeenlabahiadesanjuan-2337470/#cxrecs_s