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Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (IATA: SJU, ICAO: TJSJ, FAA LID: SJU) is a joint civil-military international airport located in suburban Carolina, Puerto Rico, three miles (5 km) southeast of San Juan. It is named for Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rico's first democratically elected governor, and was known as Isla Verde International ...
The south side of the airport is the largest portion of the airport, but is currently undeveloped. Since the airport was transferred from the U.S. Air Force and the General Services Administration (GSA) to Puerto Rico Port Authority in 1973, the south side has been the object of various disputes and competing political campaign promises by local elected officials and local political candidates.
This is a list of airports in Puerto Rico (an unincorporated territory of the United States), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains 19 public-use and military airports in the Commonwealth. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial ...
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.
NAS San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the mid-1940s. Originally constructed by the U.S. Navy as Naval Air Station Isla Grande just prior to World War II, [5] the facility also served as Puerto Rico's main international airport until 1954, when San Juan Isla Verde International Airport (subsequently renamed Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in 1985) was built.
Puerto Rico has been the scene of a number of aviation accidents and incidents. The following is a list of some of the most notable ones: A Douglas DC-2 of the USAAF crashed into a mountain in the city of Coamo on October 1, 1942, during a flight to Isla Grande air-strip, after taking off in Juana Diaz. All 22 occupants perished.
Luis Muñoz Marín. José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marín (February 18, 1898 – April 30, 1980) was a Puerto Rican journalist, politician, statesman and was the first elected governor of Puerto Rico, regarded as the "Architect of the Puerto Rico Commonwealth." [1][2]
Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC is the public–private partnership, privately held company, and limited liability company that operates and manages the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport on behalf of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority. [2][3] Since 2017, the company is 60% owned by Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, a Mexican airport ...