Samaná El Catey International Airport
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| El Catey International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional El Catey (Pte. Juan Bosch) |
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| IATA: AZS – ICAO: MDCY | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Sanchez, Samana | ||
| Operator | Aerodom | ||
| Serves | Samana | ||
| Location | El Catey in Samana City, Dominican Republic | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 12 ft / 4 m | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 07/25 | 9,843 | 3,000 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (Jan-Jun 07) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 496 | ||
| Passengers | 70,569 | ||
| Based Aircraft | 0 | ||
| Source:Departamento Aeropuertuario | |||
Samaná El Catey International Airport (IATA: AZS, ICAO: MDCY), also called Aeropuerto Internacional Presidente Juan Bosch (AISA), is a new international airport that opened on 6 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 load-rated PCN 66 F/A/W/T, designed to accommodate a Boeing 747. The terminal can accommodate 4 Boeing 747 aircraft simultaneously, albeit with a peak flow of 600 passengers per hour.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Air Comet (Madrid)
- Air Dominicana (Miami [Charter; begins June 24])
- Air Transat (Montreal, La Romana)
- American Airlines
- American Eagle operated by Executive Air (San Juan) [ends August 31]
- Blue Panorama Airlines (Milan-Malpensa)
- CanJet (Montreal)[1]
- Caribair (Santo Domingo, Santiago, Samana-Arroyo Barril, San Pedro [begins December 2008])
- Condor Airlines (Frankfurt, Puerto Plata)
- Corsairfly (Paris-Orly, Punta Cana)
- First Choice Airways (London-Gatwick)
- LTU International (Düsseldorf, Puerto Plata, Montego Bay)
- Thomas Cook Airlines (London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK)) [begins Summer 2008] note: Thomas Cook will operate the routes operated by MyTravel Airways
- Neos (Milan-Malpensa)
- SATA International (Lisbon)
- Skyservice (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson, La Romana)
- Sunwing Airlines (Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto-Pearson)
- XL Airways France (Paris-Charles De Gaulle)
- Zoom Airlines (Ottawa)
[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
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