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| name = Mercedita Airport | nativename = Aeropuerto Mercedita | image = Mercedita Airport.JPG | IATA = PSE | ICAO = TJPS | FAA = PSE | GPS = | type = Public | owner = Puerto Rico Ports Authority | operator = | city-served = Ponce, Puerto Rico | location = Barrio Vayas / Barrio Sabanetas, Ponce, Puerto Rico | elevation-f = 29 | coordinates = {{coord|18|00|30|N|66|33|47|W|region:US-PR_scale:10000|display=inline,title}} | website = | pushpin_map = USA Puerto Rico | pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Puerto Rico | pushpin_label = PSE | pushpin_label_position = bottom | r1-number = 12/30 | r1-length-f = 8,004 | r1-surface = Asphalt | stat-year = 2014 | stat1-header = Aircraft operations | stat1-data = 6,211 | stat2-header = Based aircraft | stat2-data = 20 | stat3-header = Passenger movement | stat3-data = 215,165 | footnotes = Source: FAA[1][2] SkyVector[3] Manager: José Riollano Irizarry[4] }}Mercedita Airport {{airport codes|PSE|TJPS|PSE}} is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Ponce, Puerto Rico.[1] The airport covers 270 cuerdas (approx. 262.2 acres) of land[5] and has one runway.[6] It was inaugurated as an international airport on 1 November 1990.[6][7][8] Mercedita is Puerto Rico's largest airport in terms of military personnel volume and the second largest in terms of military freight.[9] The airport is certified under part 139 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.[4] As per Federal Aviation Administration records, there were 215,165 enplanements in fiscal year 2015-2016.[10] 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).[11] Mercedita was the only one of Puerto Rico's three international airports to see an increase in passenger flow in 2012.[12] The municipality of Ponce has been attempting to gain ownership of the airport from the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as it believes local management of the airport will help the municipal and regional economy.[13] HistoryEarly historyBuilt in 1939, Mercedita was originally a modest aerodrome used for the airborne irrigation of sugarcane fields belonging to Destilería Serrallés.[6] The airport took the name of the sugarcane plantation that it was part of, Hacienda Mercedita. The founder of the plantation, Juan Serrallés, had named his plantation in honor of his wife Mercedes.[14] To commemorate this, a portrait of Mrs. Mercedes Serrallés was unveiled in the airport on 30 December 1992 by then-governor of Puerto Rico Rafael Hernandez Colon.[15] The takeoff/landing strip was then only {{convert|850|ft|m}} long by {{convert|50|ft|m}} wide.[6] During World War II it was turned into a military airport, and in 1947 the U.S. Navy ceded the airport to the Puerto Rico Ports Authority.[6] The airport officially started operations in April 1948.[16] In 1949, however, it was determined that the runway of what was then the Ponce Airport at the nearby Losey Field[17] (today, Fort Allen,[18] Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico) no longer met the newer and more stringent minimum airport safety requirements, and airport operations were suspended. As a result, studies were initiated for the construction of a new airport at Mercedita Airfield.[6] A wall plaque inside the airport states the airport was built with funds from both the Government of Puerto Rico and the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce and that it was inaugurated in November 1955. The first scheduled commercial flights at Mercedita occurred in 1965 when domestic flights started. International flights started in 1971.[19] Meanwhile, Aerolineas de Ponce began services from Mercedita in 1966; the airline had a hub at the airport but soon had most of its flight operating from San Juan instead and changed its name to Prinair. On 12 August 1981, an Air Florida plane with 125 Haitian refugees aboard landed at Mercedita en route to the Fort Allen facility in Juana Diaz, part of the 1981 Haitian refugees exodus.[20] New airportThe airport has been enlarged on various occasions. One of the architects credited with the airport's construction is Raúl Gayá Benejam.[21] In 1962, Trade Winds started daily direct service to St. Thomas, V.I..[22] One major construction project, in particular, took place in 1963 when the runway was extended from {{convert|3000|ft|m}} to 3,900 feet.[6] In 1967, a master plan was adopted for the systematic development of the airport. In 1971 the runway was again extended, to {{convert|5000|ft|m}} to allow for the use by Boeing 727 aircraft. In 1987 the runway was once again extended, this time to {{convert|6900|ft|m}}. The passenger terminal was also remodeled, a platform was built for use by general aviation as was a new building for the Air Rescue Unit of the Puerto Rico Police.[6] 1990s expansion workIn the fall of 1992, the runway was extended to make it possible for American Airlines to run flights to Miami, Florida. The cost of the expansion was $3 million. The expansion provided {{convert|1900|ft|m}} additional length, as well as {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} additional width.[23] Also in the fall of 1992, the Puerto Rico Ports Authority spent another $6 million in improvements to the terminal building. These included an additional {{convert|14500|sqft|m2}} space in the baggage claim, immigration, customs, passenger waiting areas, vending areas, and Department of Agriculture installations.[24] Recent eventsAfter Ponce's mayor Rafael Cordero signed a contract to build a major seaport in the area, Mercedita's directors decided to expand the airport's runway to {{convert|8000|ft|abbr=on|0}} to accommodate anticipated growth in airline traffic. On 17 June 2005, JetBlue Airways began daily, non-stop service between John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Mercedita Airport. On 17 November 2005, Continental Airlines also commenced non-stop service between Newark Liberty International Airport and Ponce.[25] This service ended on 17 January 2008. On 3 June 2006, Delta Connection began servicing the airport, with twice-weekly, regional jet service to Atlanta, Georgia. The service ended on 20 January 2007. JetBlue has also added daily, non-stop service between Ponce and Orlando International Airport. During 2007, more passengers passed through the airport than the population of the entire city of Ponce itself. "Ponce's Mercedita airport served 251,000 passengers in 2007, an increase of 28% over the previous year."[26] Passenger movement at the airport in FY 2008 was 278,911, a 1,228% increase over fiscal year 2003 and the highest of all the regional airports for that 5-year period.[27] In February 2009, Ponce mayor María Meléndez sought transfer of the airport from the Puerto Rico central government to the Ponce Municipal government amidst discontent with the bureaucracy at the central government that could be avoided if the airport was locally managed.[28][29][30] In early 2010, members of the Ponce Chamber of Commerce strongly criticized the Puerto Rico Ports Authority and its director Alvaro Pilar Villagran after failure to execute on a legally binding agreement of November 2008, whereby the Ports Authority agreed to an investment of $8 million to build an airport drainage system needed as part of any additional expansion work.[31] The Puerto Rico Ports Authority recently announced an investment of $7 million to extend Mercedita's runway to {{convert|8000|ft|m}}. Construction began in February 2011.[32] In 2012 the Authority installed two boarding bridges among other terminal improvements.[33] Facilities and aircraftMercedita Airport covers an area of {{convert|274|acre}} at an elevation of {{convert|29|ft|0}} above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring {{convert|7988|by|150|ft}}. Runway length includes {{convert|1930|and|230|ft}} displaced thresholds on Runways 12 and 30 respectively.[34] Most of the airport is located in Ponce's Vayas barrio, but the western end of the runway (west of Calle la Esperanza) extends into the Sabanetas barrio. The airport is home to the southern aerial division of the Puerto Rico Police Department. It also has two heavy rescue vehicles.[35] Airline and destinationsPassenger{{Airport destination list| JetBlue Airways | New York–JFK, Orlando }} StatisticsTop destinations{{Bar graph| title = Carrier shares (October 2016 – September 2017)[45] | bar_width = 35 | width_units = em | label_type = Carrier | data_type = Passengers (arriving and departing) | data_max = 197,000 | label1 = JetBlue | data1 = 197,000 | comment1 = 100.00% }}
Air service historyUnited StatesUnited States air service history at Mercedita has been as follows:[6]
Intra-islandIn addition, several carriers have flown intra-island from Ponce:[6]
FreightFederal Express and DHL operate out of this airport for the distribution of surface freight.[6]Accidents and incidents
See also
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Senado de Puerto Rico. 16ta Asamblea 1ra Sesión. Legislativa Ordinaria | date = 20 February 2009 | accessdate = 26 March 2012}} 31. ^Jason Rodríguez Grafal. Revés para Aeropuerto Mercedita: Crece malestar por posposición de expansión (in Spanish). Ponce, Puerto Rico: La Perla del Sur (newspaper). January 2010 (section: Noticias Locales). Retrieved 1 November 2010. 32. ^Jason Rodríguez Grafal. Con inversión de $7 millones: Luz Verde a la expansión del Aeropuerto (in Spanish). Ponce, Puerto Rico: La Perla del Sur (newspaper). 14 April 2010 (section: Noticias Locales). 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El Vocero. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011. Further reading
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