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María Montez International Airport () is an international airport north of the Barahona NDB
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Maria Montez Airport was officially inaugurated on Saturday, April 27, 1996, in a ceremony presided over by President Joaquín Balaguer. It was built at a cost of almost five hundred million pesos.
In the year 2010 as consequences of the devastating earthquake that shook Haiti on January 12, about 70 members of the 61 The fifth contingency Response Wing of the United States Army was deployed in the Dominican Republic with the support of Operation Unified Response. Due to the influx of overwhelming air traffic at the Port-au-Prince International Airport, Haiti, additional locations were identified at the San Isidro Air Base and Maria Montez International Airport, as delivery staging areas for the provision of humanitarian aid. In 2011, with an investment of $30 million peso RD, the runway was restored and takeoff of that air station, which has a dimension of 3,000 meters, a platform for aircraft parking 40,000 square meters, and a taxiway of 300 meters that, where they facilitate the operations of large aircraft.
In the month of July 2012, the operations of the International Company organization Terpel were initiated as an aviation fuel supplier for the airport. In 2016, Aerodom is the operator of this terminal who performs efficiently all the tasks of maintenance of this airport with around 22 employees. The IDAC who manages the operations in the airspace, with approximately 40 employees, 10 CTA and 3 of CNS who are in charge of radio communications, where Mr. Jesús Padilla stood out for his help and contributions to that department, 4 FIS and 3 safety Flight and more 15 administrative.
In 2017, the biggest investment in the private sector in the area was for the hotel and real estate project Perla del Sur, in La Cienaga, which is intended to inaugurate im 2019 with a first stage of 162 has Bitaciones. Although the project contemplates 1.200 rooms that will be finished in eight years, 5 that will allow the entrance more number of tourists via this terminal, which is and will be used for this project for expansive purposes.
In August 2018, The Ministry of Public Works and communications (MOPC) made an asphalt road access to the airport from the city as well as its parking aerial to improve the conditions of this air finish. These improvements are framed to make the airport's appearance and conditions better and for users who occasionally make use of that air terminal, can show the intentions that from the state are sought to put the terminal in operation Aerial. 6 Asphalt works North Park of AIMM Barahona. The asphalt that carries out public works, in first phase contemplates the road that gives access and the whole area of parking, which is already in phase of completion, of Maria Montez and then, according to source to this medium, will continue with the runway of that term Air Inar, which will be conditioned and extended.
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Caribbean
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port city of Barahona, in the Barahona Province
Barahona () is a province of the Dominican Republic. Located in the country's southwestern region, it is dividing into 11 municipalities and its capital bears the city of the same name. Barahona borders the provinces of Pedernales to the southwe ...
of the Dominican Republic
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. It is named after the late film star Maria Montez
María África Gracia Vidal (6 June 1912 – 7 September 1951), known professionally as Maria Móntez, was a Dominican actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume adventure fil ...
, who was born in the province of Barahona. The Barahona VOR/DME
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(Ident: BHO) and Barahona non-directional beacon
A non-directional beacon (NDB) or non-directional radio beacon is a radio beacon which does not include directional information. Radio beacons are radio transmitters at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. NDB are i ...
(Ident: BHN) are located on the field./ref>
History
Maria Montez Airport was officially inaugurated on Saturday, April 27, 1996, in a ceremony presided over by President Joaquín Balaguer. It was built at a cost of almost five hundred million pesos.
In the year 2010 as consequences of the devastating earthquake that shook Haiti on January 12, about 70 members of the 61 The fifth contingency Response Wing of the United States Army was deployed in the Dominican Republic with the support of Operation Unified Response. Due to the influx of overwhelming air traffic at the Port-au-Prince International Airport, Haiti, additional locations were identified at the San Isidro Air Base and Maria Montez International Airport, as delivery staging areas for the provision of humanitarian aid. In 2011, with an investment of $30 million peso RD, the runway was restored and takeoff of that air station, which has a dimension of 3,000 meters, a platform for aircraft parking 40,000 square meters, and a taxiway of 300 meters that, where they facilitate the operations of large aircraft.
In the month of July 2012, the operations of the International Company organization Terpel were initiated as an aviation fuel supplier for the airport. In 2016, Aerodom is the operator of this terminal who performs efficiently all the tasks of maintenance of this airport with around 22 employees. The IDAC who manages the operations in the airspace, with approximately 40 employees, 10 CTA and 3 of CNS who are in charge of radio communications, where Mr. Jesús Padilla stood out for his help and contributions to that department, 4 FIS and 3 safety Flight and more 15 administrative.
In 2017, the biggest investment in the private sector in the area was for the hotel and real estate project Perla del Sur, in La Cienaga, which is intended to inaugurate im 2019 with a first stage of 162 has Bitaciones. Although the project contemplates 1.200 rooms that will be finished in eight years, 5 that will allow the entrance more number of tourists via this terminal, which is and will be used for this project for expansive purposes.
In August 2018, The Ministry of Public Works and communications (MOPC) made an asphalt road access to the airport from the city as well as its parking aerial to improve the conditions of this air finish. These improvements are framed to make the airport's appearance and conditions better and for users who occasionally make use of that air terminal, can show the intentions that from the state are sought to put the terminal in operation Aerial. 6 Asphalt works North Park of AIMM Barahona. The asphalt that carries out public works, in first phase contemplates the road that gives access and the whole area of parking, which is already in phase of completion, of Maria Montez and then, according to source to this medium, will continue with the runway of that term Air Inar, which will be conditioned and extended.
Operations
It has the capacity to receiveBoeing 747
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After the introduction of the Boeing 707, 707 in October 1958, Pan Am ...
and other wide-bodied aircraft. It has a large parking lot for more than a hundred vehicles. Until November 1998 in this one labored about 100 employees. Later, from 1999 to 2017, the number of employees is lower, this is attributed to the reduction of the operations that this terminal has at the moment. The airport is on the coast, and approach from and departure toward the east each involve altitude changes over water. The terminal has immigration services, customs, plant and animal health, drug control. Security is commissioned by the specialized Civil Aviation Security Corps (CESAC), which controls the safety of the terminal.
Airlines and destinations
As of 2024, there are no regular scheduled services operated at María Montez International Airport.See also
*Transport in Dominican Republic
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Roadways
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*List of airports in Dominican Republic
This is a list of airports in the Dominican Republic, grouped by type and sorted by location.
Bolded airport names indicate that the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
See also
* Transportation in the Dominican Republic
* ...
References
External links
OpenStreetMap - María Montez International Airport
* * Live flight tracker of María Montez Intl a
Flight Aware
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maria Montez International Airport Airports in the Dominican Republic Buildings and structures in Barahona Province