Samaná El Catey International Airport

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Samaná El Catey International Airport
IATA: AZS - ICAO: MDEP
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI S.A. (Aerodom)
Serves		Samaná
Elevation AMSL		N/A ft (N/A m)
Coordinates		N/A
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
N/A	9,843	3,000	Asphalt

Samaná El Catey International Airport (IATA: AZS, ICAO: MDEP) is a new international airport (to be opened in November 2006) serving the province of Samaná in the Dominican Republic.

The airport is located near the little village of El Catey, some 8 km (5 miles) west of Sánchez, at the base of the mountainous peninsula Cape Samana. Local travel times are given as 30 minutes drive to Las Terrenas, 40 minutes drive to the provincial capital, Santa Barbara de Samaná, and approximately 1 hour drive to Las Galeras.

The airport's new runway is 3000 m x 45 m, flexible pavement, designed to accommodate a Boeing 747.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Air Transat (Montreal, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver)
• Condor Airlines (Frankfurt)
• LTU International (Dusseldorf)
• Skyservice (Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto-Pearson)
• Sunwing Airlines (Toronto-Pearson)[1]

[edit] External links

• Airport operator's page about the new airport, including an artist's conception (Spanish)
• Cape Samana airports and airlines, including an aerial picture of the new airport's runway (English)
• Map showing Cape Samana with the location of its airports
• Website about El Catey