Humacao Airport

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Coordinates: 18°08′17″N 065°48′03″W / 18.13806, -65.80083

Humacao Airport
IATA: HUC – ICAO: none – FAA: X63
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Puerto Rico Ports Authority
Location Humacao, Puerto Rico
Elevation AMSL 33 ft / 10 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 2,450 747 Asphalt
Statistics (1998)
Aircraft operations 5,349
Based aircraft 35
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Humacao Airport (IATA: HUCFAA LID: X63) is a public airport located one mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Humacao, in Puerto Rico.[1]

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Humacao Airport covers an area of 14 acres (6 ha) which contains one runway (10/28) measuring 2,450 x 60 ft. (747 x 18 m).[1]

For 12-month period ending March 16, 1998, the airport had 5,349 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 76% general aviation, 22% air taxi and 2% military. There are 35 aircraft based at this airport: 66% ultralights, 26% single engine, 6% multi engine and 3% helicopters.[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 Fajardo Airport will occur.

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  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for X63 (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15

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