Diego Jiménez Torres Airport
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Diego Jiménez Torres Airport | |||
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IATA: FAJ – ICAO: TJFA – FAA: X95 | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | Public | ||
Owner | Puerto Rico Ports Auth. | ||
Location | Fajardo, Puerto Rico | ||
Elevation AMSL | 64 ft / 20 m | ||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
8/26 | 3,600 | 1,097 | Asphalt |
Statistics (1998) | |||
Aircraft operations | 14,314 | ||
Based aircraft | 5 | ||
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Diego Jiménez Torres Airport (IATA: FAJ, ICAO: TJFA, FAA LID: X95) is a public airport located one mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of the city of Fajardo in Puerto Rico.[1]
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[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Diego Jiménez Torres Airport covers an area of 95 acres (38 ha) which contains one asphalt runway (8/26) measuring 3,600 x 75 ft. (1,097 x 23 m).[1]
For 12-month period ending March 16, 1998, the airport had 14,314 aircraft operations, an average of 39 per day: 90% air taxi and 10% general aviation. There are 5 aircraft based at this airport: 2 single engine, 2 multi engine and 1 ultralight.[1]
The airport is scheduled to shut-down operations on September 2008, because of the new airport in Ceiba ( Jose E. Aponte de La Torre), that is sheduled to begin operations in September 2008. Alongside, the shutdown of Humacao Airport will occur.
[edit] Airlines
Air taxi service is provided by the following airlines[2]:
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for X95 (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15
- ^ List of airlines serving Puerto Rico
- ^ Home Page
[edit] External links
- Diego Jiménez Torres Airport at WikiMapia
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for TJFA
- ASN accident history for X95
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker for TJFA
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for TJFA
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for X95
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