Aeropuerto Internacional Diecisiete de Julio

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Diecisiete de Julio International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional Diecisiete de Julio
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IATA: RAY – ICAO: TRAY
Summary
Created by JanAir
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Rayo Par Ports Authority
Serves Rayo Distrito, Rayo Par
Location Costa Alta, Rayo Par
Elevation AMSL 9 ft / 3 m


Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 8,236 2,510 Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Aircraft operations 97,461
Passenger movement 3,423,542

Diecisiete de Julio International Airport (IATA: RAY, ICAO: TRAY) (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Diecisiete de Julio, literally July Seventeenth International Airport) is a civil international airport located in Costa Alta, Rayo Par. It is the sixth busiest airport in the Caribbean and the busiest in Rayo Par.

History[edit | edit source]

Rayo Airport was originally a small airfield, built in the 1950s.

In the 1990s, Rayo International Airport was renamed Diecisiete de Julio International Airport. July 17th is Rayo Par's independence day, when the US sent a small force to invade the island after the Spanish military fled, and Rayan natives defended against the US troops.

Terminals[edit | edit source]

Diecisiete de Julio International Airport originally had two terminals, the old terminal and the new terminal. The old terminal was demolished and the new terminal was expanded.

The current terminal has ten gates. Gate 8 serves up to three commuter aircraft. Gate 9 can handle either two narrowbody aircraft or one widebody aircraft.

There are plans for a second terminal in the northern area of the airport, surrounding the airport access road. The Airport Authority has no plans to actually build it, but it says it is monitoring the passenger numbers and may eventually decide to do so.

Airlines and Destinations[edit | edit source]

Passenger[edit | edit source]

Airlines Destinations
Air Canada Montréal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson
Air Europa Madrid
American Airlines Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Miami, New York–JFK, Philadelphia
Avianca Bogotá
Copa Airlines Panama City
Delta Air Lines Atlanta, Boston, New York–JFK
Winter Seasonal: Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Gol Linhas Aéreas São Paulo-Guarulhos (begins July 7)
Iberia Madrid
Interjet Mexico City
JetBlue Airways Boston, Fort Lauderdale, New York–JFK, Orlando, San Juan
Southwest Airlines Baltimore, Chicago-Midway (begins June 2), Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa
Spirit Airlines Fort Lauderdale, Orlando
United Airlines Chicago-O'Hare, Newark, Washington-Dulles
WestJet Toronto-Pearson
WOW Air Reykjavik-Keflavik (begins July 10)

Historical Destinations[edit | edit source]

Airlines Destinations
Aerolineas Argentinas Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Punta Cana
Air Jamaica Montego Bay
AirTran Airways Atlanta, Baltimore, Orlando
American Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth, Nashville, Raleigh-Durham, San Juan, St. Louis
American Eagle Miami, San Juan
British Airways London-Gatwick
Continental Airlines Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark
Delta Air Lines Cincinnati, Orlando
DeltaConnection Atlanta
JetBlue Airways Tampa
Northwest Airlines Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul
Winter Seasonal: Detroit
Rallas Boston, Caracas, Cleveland, Hartford, Havana, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, New Orleans, New York-JFK, Orlando, Punta Cana, Raleigh-Durham, San Juan, Santo Domingo, St. Louis, St. Maarten, Washington-Dulles
Southwest Airlines Atlanta
United Airlines Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Miami
US Airways Boston, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
Varig Rio de Janeiro-Galeão
Viasa Caracas
Virgin Atlantic Winter Seasonal: London-Gatwick
WestJet Montréal-Trudeau

Cargo[edit | edit source]

Airlines Destinations
FedEx Memphis
UPS Louisville, Miami

Top destinations[edit | edit source]

Busiest routes from RAY (2017)
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 New York–JFK, New York, USA 373,636 American, Delta, JetBlue
2 Orlando, Florida, USA 366,212 JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit
3 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA 309,283 JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit
4 Boston, Massachusetts, USA 221,343 Delta, JetBlue
5 Miami, Florida, USA 196,574 American
6 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 156,576 Air Canada, WestJet
7 Washington-Dulles, DC, USA 143,962 United
8 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 140,729 American
9 Panama City, Panama 115,106 Copa
10 San Juan, Puerto Rico 100,817 JetBlue
Largest airlines at RAY (2017)
Rank Airline Share
1 American Airlines 17.51%
2 JetBlue Airways 17.31%
3 Southwest Airlines 12.71%
4 Delta Air Lines 12.33%
5 United Airlines 8.8%
6 Spirit Airlines 6.65%
7 Air Canada 4.9%
8 Copa Airlines 3.37%
9 Avianca 1.8%
10 Iberia 1.69%