Dorado Airport or Dorado Beach Airport was a small single runway airport in

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, the owner of the property at the time, ordered the strip be built, and her friend, Amelia Earhart, may have used the facility as well. Later on, the

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military, during

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, paved the runway. Much later on, a large airline named

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(later overtaken by Eastern Air Lines), began flights there. When Caribair became part of Eastern, flights to Dorado Airport were suspended. During the mid 1960s, Dorado was served by

Dorado Wings Dorado Wings was a small commuter airline that operated from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Dorado Airport in the tourist center of Dorado, Puerto Rico. Dorado Wings was the only commercial operator at Do ...

(later renamed Crown Air), a small airline that operated charter flights between Dorado Airport and

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in San Juan. The airline operated propeller airplanes. In the early 1990s, the airport was officially closed. In 1996, the parcel was rezoned and construction commenced of a master planned community: Dorado Beach East. In memory of Dorado Airport and its founder, Ms. Clara Livingston, the developers built a children's playground themed with unique play airplanes, a hangar for activities, and a runway plaza.

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MSR Maps: Dorado Airport
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aerial photo dated 24 November 1994 showing closed runway with X's).
World Airport Codes: Dorado Beach Airport (DDP)
{{Airports in Puerto Rico Dorado, Puerto Rico Airports in Puerto Rico Defunct airports in Puerto Rico

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