La Romana International Airport

La Romana International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional La Romana
IATA: LRMICAO: MDLR
LRM
Location of airport in Dominican Republic
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of La Romana
Operator Central Romana Corporation
Serves La Romana
Location City of La Romana in La Romana Province, Dominican Republic
Elevation AMSL 26 ft / 8 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 9,678 2,949 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (Jan-Nov 2011)
Passengers 218,725
Source: Departamento Aeroportuario

La Romana International Airport (IATA: LRMICAO: MDLR) is located on the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic, adjacent to the tourist town of La Romana and the resort of Casa de Campo. The airport, which opened in December 2000, is about 68 miles (110km) from the capital, Santo Domingo. The single terminal is built in the style of an old sugar mill.

The current La Romana airport replaced an earlier La Romana airport (same name, same IATA), which was located south of the Zona Franca, on the south western side of Casa de Campo, which was approximately at . The earlier airport serviced (aside from private planes) one daily American Airlines flight from Miami, served by a Boeing 727, and a couple of American Eagle flights.

The Airport receives flights from the United States, Canada and Europe. Other flights come from other Caribbean islands like Puerto Rico and Cuba.

The airport consists of a main terminal with 4 modern gates. It has facilities for passengers and for the maintenance of aircraft. This airport receives most of the private flights in the country, principally businessmen that come to La Romana for a vacation in Casa de Campo.

In 2008, 374,724 passengers passed through the airport.[1]

Contents

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Berlin Düsseldorf, Munich
Air Canada Seasonal: Toronto-Pearson
Air Italy Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto-Pearson
American Airlines Seasonal: Miami
American Eagle Miami, San Juan
Blue Panorama Airlines Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino
BVI Airways Tortola
CanJet Bagotville, Montréal-Trudeau, Quebec City, Toronto-Pearson
Iberworld Barcelona
Seasonal: Madrid
Jetairfly Brussels
JetBlue Airways New York-JFK
Miami Air Seasonal: Miami
Servicios Aéreos Profesionales Santo Domingo, Varadero
Sunwing Airlines Charlottetown, Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Saint John, Toronto-Pearson
Thomas Cook Canada operated by Jazz Air Seasonal: Toronto-Pearson
Thomson Airways London-Gatwick,
Winter Seasonal: Birmingham, Manchester
WestJet Seasonal: Toronto-Pearson
XL Airways France Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Seasonal: Lyon

Cargo airlines

Airlines Destinations
IBC Airways Miami

Accidents

References

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