Cabo Rojo Airport ( es, Aeródromo Doméstico de Cabo Rojo) is a
Caribbean
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coastal airport in the
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
southeast of
Pedernales, a port city on the border with
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
. The airport offers domestic flights to destinations within the Dominican Republic.
West approach and departures are over the water. Runway 12 has a
displaced threshold A displaced threshold or DTHR is a runway threshold located at a point other than the physical beginning or end of the runway.
The portion of the runway behind a displaced threshold may be used for takeoff in either direction and landings from the ...
.
The Cabo Rojo
VOR/DME
In radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its bearing to or from the beacon, while the DME provides the slan ...
(Ident: DCR) is located on the field.
Cabo Rojo VOR
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See also
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*Transport in Dominican Republic
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline tra ...
*List of airports in Dominican Republic
This is a list of airports in the Dominican Republic, grouped by type and sorted by location.
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
See also
* Transportation in the Dominican Republic
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References
External links
OpenStreetMap - Cabo Rojo AirportSkyVector - Cabo Rojo Airport
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Airports in the Dominican Republic
Buildings and structures in Pedernales Province