Rafael Hernández Airport
Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rafael Hernández International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Rafael Hernández) (IATA: BQN, ICAO: TJBQ, FAA LID: BQN) is a joint civil-military airport located in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. It is named after the Puerto Rican composer Rafael Hernández Marín. It is Puerto Rico's second largest international airport in terms of passenger movement. It is located in Porta del Sol tourist region, in Puerto Rico's west coast. It is also home to Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen and to the Caribbean Branch of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations. The airport has the longest runway in the Caribbean region.
Rafael Hernández International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Rafael Hernández | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Puerto Rico Ports Authority | ||||||||||
Serves | Aguadilla, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||
Location | Aguadilla, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 237 ft / 72 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 18°29′42″N 067°07′46″W | ||||||||||
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In the past, the airport has been served by major carriers like Capitol Air, Pan Am (II and III), Kiwi International Air Lines, TWA, American Airlines, Aeronaves de Puerto Rico and Delta Connection,[5] and by Turkish Airlines Cargo on the cargo airline side.[6] Taesa flew in 1996 from Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City,[7] and at one time, Arrow Air flew domestic jet service between it and San Juan as well as to JFK International Airport in New York.[8] Pan Am III also flew jets between Aguadilla and San Juan during the early 2000s.[9] Currently, although the airport lacks non-stop flights to Asia, it is the only airport in Puerto Rico served by an Asian commercial airline, in this case by Emirates Sky Cargo.