La Romana International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = La Romana International Airport
nativename = Aeropuerto Internacional La Romana


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IATA = LRM
ICAO = MDLR
FAA =
type = Public
owner = City of La Romana
operator = Central Romana Corporation
city-served = La Romana City
location = La Romana City in La Romana Province, Dominican Republic
elevation-f = 26
elevation-m = 8
coordinates = coord|18|24|7|N|68|56|5|W|type:airport
website =
r1-number = 11/29
r1-length-f = 9,678
r1-length-m = 2,949
r1-surface = Asphalt/Concrete
stat-year = 2007 Jan-Jun
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 12,742
stat2-header = Passengers
stat2-data = 281,897
stat3-header = Based Aircraft
stat3-data = 9
footnotes = Source: [http://www.departamentoaeroportuario.gob.do/index.html Departamento Aeropuertuario]

La Romana International Airport airport codes|LRM|MDLR is located on the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic, adjacent to the tourist town of La Romana and the resort of Casa de Campo. The airport, which opened in December 2000, is about 68 miles (110km) from the capital, Santo Domingo. The single terminal is built in the style of an old sugar mill.

This Airport recives flights from USA, Canada and Europe. Other flights come from other caribbean islands like Puerto Rico and Cuba.

The Airport is conformed by a main terminal with 4 gates, moderns it has facilities for passenger and for the maintenance of the aircraft. This airport receives most of the private flights in the country, principality business men that comes to La Romana for a vacation in Casa de Campo.

La Romana to become a Hub

The new Dominican airline, Sol Airlines, has plans to begin operations in La Romana and make it its hub, with flights to the Caribbean, North, Central & South America and Europe. The airline plans to commence operations in 2007 with the following aircraft: Boeing 767-200 and British Airspace BAe-146, with a total of seven aircraft. This is the first time that a Dominican airline has chosen a British aircraft (BAE 146). In the near future, this airline has plans to increase the number of destinations from La Romana and is also planning on adding another hub in Santiago-Cibao.

Airlines and destinations

* Aeromexico (Mexico City) [Charter Service]
* Aeronaves Dominicanas (Samaná) [Charter Service]
* Air Italy Polska (Warsaw) [Seasonal] [Charter]
* Air Transat (Montreal, Toronto-Pearson)
* Air Pullmantur (Madrid) [seasonal] [http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=00917779]
* American Airlines (Miami)
** American Eagle (San Juan)
* Caribair (Santiago, Santo Domingo, Punta Cana)
* CanJet (Quebec City) [http://www.canjet.ca/en_flight_status.aspx]
* Condor Airlines (Frankfurt, Munich)
* Corsairfly (Paris-Orly)
* Czech Airlines (Prague) ("seasonal charter")
* Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia) [Charter Service]
* Eurofly (Milan-Malpensa)
* First Choice Airways (Glasgow-International [begins December 28] )
* Iberworld (Barcelona, Madrid) [Seasonal]
* Livingston Energy Flight (Antigua, Milan-Malpensa, St. Lucia)
* LTU International (Düsseldorf, Munich)
* Icelandair
** Loftleidir Icelandic (Reykjavik-Kleflavik) [http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=00291799]
* Miami Air (Miami) seasonal [http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=00992221]
* Servicios Aereos Profesionales (Varadero, Santo Domingo)
* Skyservice (Montréal, Toronto-Pearson)
* Sol Airlines ["Result unknown"]
* Sunwing Airlines (Charlottetown, Montreal, Saint John, San Juan (PR) [charter] , Toronto-Pearson)
* Thomsonfly (Birmingham [begins December 21] , Bournemouth [begins November 15] , Cardiff [begins January 18] Glasgow-International [begins December 28] , Manchester [begins December 21] )
* WestJet (Toronto-Pearson [begins November 3] )
* XL Airways France (Lyon [Seasonal] , Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
* Starair (Shannon)

Cargo

IBC Airways (Miami)

Accidents

*February 7th, 2008, A Caribair flight crashed close to La Romana, when their engines shut down. There are no fatal victims, but the pilot had some injures. The aircraft was a Britten Norman Islander BN-2A, registred as HI-653, and departed from Cibao International Airport to Punta Cana International Airport via La Romana International Airport at 6 pm. There is a commission to investigate this accident.

External links

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* [http://flightaware.com/live/airport/MDLR FlightAware]
* [http://www.centralromana.com.do/t_aeropuerto.php La Romana International Airport]