Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport


IATA = ARE
ICAO = TJAB
FAA = ABO
type = Public
owner = Puerto Rico Ports Authority
operator =
city-served =
location = Arecibo, Puerto Rico
elevation-f = 23
elevation-m = 7
coordinates = coord|18|27|04|N|066|40|32|W|type:airport_region:US
website =
r1-number = 8/26
r1-length-f = 3,975
r1-length-m = 1,212
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 1998
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 1,836
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 13
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=ABO|use=PU|own=PU|site=53008.*A, retrieved 2007-03-15]

Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport Airport codes|ARE|TJAB|ABO is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Arecibo, in Puerto Rico.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport is assigned ABO by the FAA and ARE by the IATA (which assigned ABO to Aboisso, Côte d'Ivoire). The airport's ICAO identifier is TJAB. [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/ARE Great Circle Mapper: ARE / TJAB - Arecibo, Puerto Rico] ] [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/ABO Great Circle Mapper: ABO / DIAO - Aboisso, Côte d'Ivoire] ]

Facilities and aircraft

Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport covers an area of 178 acres (72 ha) which contains one asphalt runway (8/26) measuring 3,975 x 60 ft (1,212 x 18 m).

For 12-month period ending March 17, 1998, the airport had 1,836 aircraft operations, an average of 5 per day: 65% general aviation, 20% air taxi and 14% military. There are 13 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.

The airport has become popular with skydiving.

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External links

*Wikimapia|18.4511|-66.6756|13
*US-airport2|ABO|TJAB