Aeropuerto Internacional Diecisiete de Julio
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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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FedEx | Memphis |
UPS | Louisville, Miami |
Top destinations[edit | edit source]
Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
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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 |
Rank | Airline | Share |
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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% |