Global InformationMercedita International Airport information
Mercedita International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Mercedita | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Puerto Rico Ports Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ponce, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||
| Location | Bo. Vayas / Bo. Sabanetas, Ponce, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 28 ft / 9 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°00′30″N 66°33′47″W / 18.00833°N 66.56306°W | ||||||||||
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Source: FAA[1][2] SkyVector[3] Manager: José Riollano Irizarry[4] | |||||||||||
Mercedita International Airport[5] (AIM,[6] Aeropuerto Internacional Mercedita) (IATA: PSE, ICAO: TJPS, FAA LID: PSE) is a public use international airport[7] located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Ponce, Puerto Rico.[1] The airport covers 270 cuerdas (approx. 262.2 acres) of land[8] and has one runway.[9] It was inaugurated as an international airport on 1 November 1990.[9][10][11] It was built with combined funds from the Municipality of Ponce and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.[a]
Mercedita International is Puerto Rico's largest airport in terms of military personnel volume, the second largest in terms of military freight,[12] and the third largest in terms of scheduled commercial passenger traffic.[13] The airport is certified under part 139 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.[4]
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, there were 215,165 enplanements in fiscal year 2015–2016.[2] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.[14] Mercedita was the only one of Puerto Rico's three international airports to see an increase in passenger flow in 2012.[15] The municipality of Ponce has been attempting to gain ownership of the airport from the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as it believes local management of the airport will help the municipal and regional economy.[16]
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for PSE PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 5 April 2012.
- ^ a b Pasajeros en Mercedita aumentaron un 7%. Voces del Sur. vocesdelsurpr.com 13 August 2016. Accessed 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Mercedita Airport". SkyVector. SkyVector Aeronautical Charts. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b Surge pugna sobre futuro de Mercedita. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 31. Issue 1527. Page 12. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ Request for Qualifications. Puerto Rico Ports Authority. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 15 March 2019. Accessed 16 January 2020.
- ^ Ponce’s Mercedita airport ready to receive more passengers. Agustín Criollo Oquero. Caribbean Business. 24 April 2017. Accessed 16 January 2020.
- ^ Archived from the original, Act 141 of July 20, 2012 Senate Bill No. 9. Senate of Puerto Rico. Government of Puerto Rico. 20 July 2012, by the Wayback Machine.
- ^ El Aeropuerto: otro diamante sin pulir Jason Rodríguez and Omar Alfonso. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 30. Issue 1480. Page 8. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ a b "Regional Airports: Mercedita Airport (Ponce)" (in Spanish). Puerto Rico Ports Authority. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- ^ "Aeropuerto Internacional Mercedita" (in Spanish). Municipality of Ponce. Archived from the original on 14 February 2010.
- ^ Terminal Building Improvements [permanent dead link] Bids. Vol. 29, No. 14 (19 April 2010), page 747 (Bid No. 30-90; BPR No. 50602). San Juan, Puerto Rico: Industrial Publishers, 19 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ Jose Valdes. Ponce Podria Administrar el Aeropuerto Mercedita (in Spanish). El Nuevo Dia. 12 November 1997.
- ^ Ports Authority invests $11.8M in infrastructure improvements at Ponce airport. News Is My Business. 16 August 2019. Accessed 16 January 2020.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A, 2.03 MB" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2012.
- ^ Fuera de peligro aeropuerto Mercedita. Omar Alfonso. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2013 (Printed edition publication data: Recortes en la FAA: Fuera de peligro el Aeropuerto Mercedita. Year 31. Issue 1526. Page 14. 27 February 2013.).
- ^ Piden estudio para traspaso de Mercedita. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 30. Issue 1492. Page 14. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012. Archive on 2013-03-15, 16:33:08 at the Wayback Machine.
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