La Isabela International Airport opened in 23 February 2006 to replace
Herrera International Airport
Herrera International Airport was an airport located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Herrera used to be the hub of most Dominican airlines before being closed in 2006 and replaced by La Isabela International Airport, also in Santo Domingo. ...
. The first flight to land at the airport was a
Caribair
Caribair was an airline based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It operated scheduled services within the Dominican Republic and to Haiti, as well as charter flights and air taxi services throughout the Caribbean. Its main base was La Isabe ...
flight from
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...
,
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 ...
.
It primarily serves 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 ...
with domestic flights and some international flights to other Caribbean islands.
La Isabela Airport is the major hub for Dominican airlines that operate small aircraft. The airport has the largest number of hangars in the country (+40) for Dominican-based carriers. It is, as of June 2020, also the only airport in Santo Domingo that serves domestic destinations, as
Las Americas International Airport, the other airport serving Santo Domingo, lacks domestic air service.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
Other facilities
The airport hosts the corporate headquarters of
Servicios Aéreos Profesionales
Servicios Aéreos Profesionales, S.A. (also known as SAP Air or SAP Group) is an airline with its corporate headquarters on the property of La Isabela International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It operates services in the Caribbea ...
(SAP Group) and
Air Century.
[Contact Us]
." Air Century. Retrieved on January 15, 2012. "Address: Dr. Joaquín Balaguer International Airport, Local No. 1032, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic."
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Airports in the Dominican Republic
Buildings and structures in Santo Domingo Province
Airports established in 2006
2006 establishments in the Dominican Republic