Samaná El Catey International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = El Catey International Airport
nativename = Aeropuerto Internacional El Catey
(Pte. Juan Bosch)


image-width =
caption =
IATA = AZS
ICAO = MDCY
FAA =
type = Public
owner = Sanchez, Samana
operator = Aerodom
city-served = Samana
location = El Catey in Samana City, Dominican Republic
elevation-f = 12
elevation-m = 4
coordinates = coord|19|16|12|N|069|44|15|W|type:airport
website = [http://www.aerodom.com/2005/aeropuertos_samana.htm Aeropuerto El Catey]
r1-number = 07/25
r1-length-f = 9,843
r1-length-m = 3,000
r1-surface = Asphalt
h1-number =
h1-length-f =
h1-length-m =
h1-surface =
stat-year = Jan-Jun 07
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 496
stat2-header = Passengers
stat2-data = 70,569
stat3-header = Based Aircraft
stat3-data = 0
footnotes = Source: [http://www.departamentoaeroportuario.gob.do/index.html Departamento Aeropuertuario]

Samaná El Catey International Airport Airport codes|AZS|MDCY, also called Aeropuerto Internacional Presidente Juan Bosch (AISA), is a new international airport that opened on 6 November 2006, serving the province of Samaná in the Dominican Republic.

The airport is located near the little village of El Catey, some 8 km (5 miles) west of Sánchez, at the base of the mountainous peninsula Cape Samana. Local travel times are given as 30 minutes drive to Las Terrenas, 40 minutes drive to the provincial capital, Santa Barbara de Samaná, and approximately 1 hour drive to Las Galeras.

The airport's new runway is 3000 m x 45 m, flexible pavement load-rated PCN 66 F/A/W/T, designed to accommodate a Boeing 747. The terminal can accommodate 4 Boeing 747 aircraft simultaneously, albeit with a peak flow of 600 passengers per hour.

Airlines and destinations

*Air Canada (Toronto-Pearson) [begins December 21]
*Air Comet (Madrid)
*Air Dominicana (Miami [Charter] )
*Air Transat (Montreal)
*Blue Panorama Airlines (Milan-Malpensa)
*CanJet (Montreal, Toronto-Pearson) [http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CJA948] [http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CJA606]
*Caribair (Santo Domingo, Santiago, Samana-Arroyo Barril, San Pedro [begins December 2008] )
*Condor Airlines (Frankfurt)
*Corsairfly (Paris-Orly)
*ExpressJet Airlines (Miami) [seasonal]
*First Choice Airways (London-Gatwick)
*LTU International (Düsseldorf)
*Thomas Cook Airlines (London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK)) note: Thomas Cook will operate the routes operated by MyTravel Airways
*Neos (Milan-Malpensa)
*SATA International (Lisbon)
*Skyservice (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson)
*Sunwing Airlines (Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto-Pearson)
*XL Airways France (Paris-Charles De Gaulle)

External links

* [http://www.aerodom.com/2005/aeropuertos_samana.htm Airport operator's page about the new airport, including an artist's conception] es icon
* [http://www.samana.net/airlines-airports.html Cape Samana airports and airlines, including an aerial picture of the new airport's runway] en icon
* [http://www.samana.net/storage2005/samana_peninsula_airports-map.gifMap showing Cape Samana with the location of its airports]
* [http://www.elcatey.com Website about El Catey]