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{{Airport infobox| IATA = STI
| ICAO = MDST
| type = Public
| run by = Cibao Corporation
| closest town = Santiago de los Caballeros
| location = Licey, Santiago, DR
| elevation_ft = 565
| elevation_m = 172
| coordinates = {{coor dms|19|24|21.93|N|070|36|16.88|W|type:airport-->
-->{{Runway| runway_angle = 11/29
| runway_length_f = 8,595
| runway_length_m = 2,620
| runway_surface = Asphalt
-->|-! colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background-color: #4682B4; color: white;" | Helipads|-! colspan="4" bgcolor="lightgrey"|Cibao Intl Helipads|-| colspan="3" | Direction || H1|-| colspan="3" | Length
Metre || 16 m|-| colspan="3" | Length Feet || 80 ft|-| colspan="3" | Surface || Asphalt|-! colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background-color: #4682B4; color: white;" | Statistics|-! colspan="4" bgcolor="lightgrey"|2007 JAN-SEP|-| colspan="3" | Passengers || 700,557|-| colspan="3" | Traffic Movements (Arrivals and Departures) || 17,689|-| colspan="3" | Arrivals per Day || 11 to 24|-| colspan="3" | Departures per Day || 12 to 27|-| colspan="3" | Based Aircraft || 17
Cibao International Airport (Spanish language:
Aeropuerto Internacional del Cibao) is an international airport located in Santiago de los Caballeros, the Dominican Republic's second largest city. It has a modern terminal with some of the most advanced airport facilities in the country. It serves mainly Dominican nationals residing in the
United States, Cuba, the Turks and Caicos Islands,
Puerto Rico and Panama.,
Newark and Miami
History
Plans for the construction of the airport were first proposed in 1969. The Cibao International Airport Corporation was created on March 29,
1978 with the cooperation of José Armando Bermúdez (president), Victor Espaillat, Manuel Arsenio Ureña, Dr. José Augusto Imbert, Mario Cáceres and Ing. Carlos S. Fondeur, who acquired the land necessary to build the new airport.
The construction of the airport began in February 15,
2000 and was finished in 2002.The airport was inaugurated on
March 18, 2002 with two direct flights to San Juan operated by American Eagle
On
May,
2002 Aeromar Lineas Aereas Dominicanas made the first direct flight from Santiago to the mainland United States from JFK Airport in New York City. Later that month
American Airlines and North American Airlines began direct flights to New York, Miami, and San Juan. A few months later
Continental Airlines began direct flights from
Newark, New Jersey. This was followed by direct service by
JetBlue Airways and Delta Airlines, both from New York.
Statistics 2006
In 2006 Cibao Airport recived more than 15,700 flights from its destinations and with it more than 987,850 passengers. The Airport's operator said that every year this Airport surpass the spectatives of arrivals/departures of aircrafts and passenger movement specificated before every begining of year operations. This year, 2007, the activities status will surpass the million of passenger that use this Airport and more than 17,000 arrivals and departures. The increased status of this airport is with a diference of 512,150 passengers and 2,000 arrivals and departures in 2006 and 2007.
{| colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background-color: #4682B4; color: white;" | Statistics|-| colspan="4" bgcolor="lightgrey"|January-December 2006|-| colspan="3" | Passengers || 987,843|-| colspan="3" | Traffic Movements (Arrivals and Departures) || 15,746|-| colspan="3" | Arrivals per Day || 22 to 24|-| colspan="3" | Departures per Day || 23 to 27|-| colspan="3" | Based Aircraft || 11|}
The minimun activity registred in a day in 2006 in this airport was about 14 aircrafts and the maximun was about 28 in a day.
Runway and Taxiways
Runway 11/29
The runway length is 2,620 m, which can support all types of passenger airliners. The airport's operators are discussing the expansion of the runway to allow larger aircraft such as a Boeing 747 for long haul flights from Europe.
The Runway 11/29 is one of the two most moderns runways in the country; it is provided of an ILS (Instrument Landing System) for the two directions of the runway. Cibao International Airport and Las Americas International Airport are the only two airports in the country equipped with this system.
Taxiways
Cibao International Airport's taxiways are composed by two exits E-1 and E-2; E-1 is located on the west side of Runway 11/29, next to the direction 11 of that runway. E-2 is located in the east side of the runway, next to direction 29 of the runway.
Airlines and destinations
International Terminal
The airport's main terminal (international flights) has six gates (B1-B6). Three of these gates provide boarding docks (B4-B6). It is located between the domestic terminal and the cargo terminal. It has all of the facilities of a modern airport.Future expansion of this airport is being discussed which would include additional gates and baggage handling areas as well as expanding the taxiway.
American Airlines is the largest carrier at this airport and operates three daily flights. Prior to the summer 2005 it has five daily flights to New York City's
John F. Kennedy International Airport, two daily flights to Miami International Airport and two daily to
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico.
at Cibao Airport arriving from New York
JetBlue is another major carrier at the airport, with a daily flight to John F. Kennedy International Airport, however seasonally two more flights are added. JetBlue will begins operations to Boston´s Logan International Airport in December with a Daily flight. This 2nd destination for JetBlue, makes it a very important competitor to the Cibao Airport's mayor Carrier, American Airlines. JetBlue also has indicated interest in flying to
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, but no concrete plans have been made as of yet.
Continental Airlines operates flights between Santiago and
Newark Liberty International Airport. This airline has brought to Santiago its enormous
Boeing 767-400 and its
Boeing 777-200 as an answer to the enormous amounts of customer demand in the New York routes. New York is the main destination from this airport, so much so that there are nine daily flights to the airports of the tri-state area.
Delta Air Lines operates daily flights between Santiago de los Caballeros and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport utilizing a
Boeing 757-200.In December 2006 Delta was to commenced service from Atlanta's
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, however service was use two time during that prior of time. The airline instead decided to concentrate on flights between
Puerto Plata and Atlanta pushing service to Santiago until sometime again after the near future.
Copa Airlines,
Panama's
flag carrier has scheduled flights to
Panama City from since July 15,
2006, with five weekly flights utillizing an
Embraer 190.Santiago de los Caballeros is the second city served by Copa in the Dominican Republic. Copa also serves Punta Cana since July 15 2007 in addition to Santo Domingo.
International destinations
- Aerocaribbean (Santiago de Cuba) seasonal
- Aeropostal (Caracas) late 2007 or early 2008
- Air Jamaica (Miami)
- Air Turks and Caicos (Providenciales)
- American Airlines (Miami, New York-JFK)
- Ameristar Jet Charter (Fort Lauderdale)
- Bahamas Air (Nassau) seasonal
- Caribair (Aguadilla , Cap Haitien, Nassau , Santiago de Cuba, Varadero , San Juan )
- Continental Airlines (Newark)
- Copa Airlines (Panama City)
- Corporate Air (Aguadilla, Providenciales, San Juan)
- Delta Air Lines (New York-JFK)
- Dominair (Port-au-Prince)
- Interisland Airways (Providenciales)
- JetBlue Airways (Boston December 12, New York-JFK)
- Merlin Express (Aguadilla, Providenciales)
- Myrtle Beach Direct Air operated by Sky King, Inc. (Georgetown, Nassau, Fort Lauderdale, Santo Domingo)
- Pan Am World Airways Dominicana (Port Au Prince November 1, San Juan 2007, Aguadilla 2007, Providenciales December 2007)
- San Juan Aviation (San Juan)
- Servicios Aereos Profesionales (Nassau)
- SkyKing (Providenciales)
- TAG Aviation (Fort Lauderdale, New York-JFK, Santo Domingo)
- Viva Air Dominicana (Curacao)
- VolAir (Cap-Haïtien)
Domestic Terminal
The airport's domestic terminal has four gates, all without boarding bridges, and it's located next to the international terminal. It is used for domestic flights and charter flights.
Caribair is the mayor domestic carrier, flying to all airports throughout the country, offering both charter and scheduled commercial flights. Caribair also has international flights from this terminal to destinations such as
Port-au-Prince, Cap-Haitien and
Santiago de Cuba.
Pan Am World Airways Dominicana will reopen a hub in Cibao International to fly to
Port au Prince,
Aguadilla and San Juan from the international terminal. From this terminal Pan Am will fly to/from
Santo Domingo on scheduled flights and to
Punta Cana on a charter schedule.
Domestic destinations
Private carriers
- Private Wings(Teterboro (New Jersey), Hartford (Connecticut), Wilmington (Delaware), Richmond (Virginia), Baltimore (Maryland), Houston-Hobby (Texas), San Pedro Sula (Honduras), Allentown (Pennsylvania))
- Agape Flights (Sarasota, Cap Haitien, Exuma, Santo Domingo, Providenciales, West Palm Beach)
- Air America Inc.(San Juan-Isla Grande)
- National Jets (Fort Lauderdale)
- Infra Limited SE(San Juan)
- Blue Sky Aviation Group Inc.(Varadero, St. Lucia)
- MaxFly Aviation Inc. (Santo Domingo, Providenciales)
- Blue Sky Aviation (Fort Lauderdale-Executive, Miami, Santo Domingo-La Isabela)
Cargo terminal
The airport has a cargo terminal with four gates for cargo carriers such as Amerijet, Cargo Logistic. These cargo carriers have regular flights from Santiago to the United States and other Caribbean islands including
Saint Martin and The Bahamas.
Amerijet is the major cargo carrier at the airport with many flights to
Miami,
Port-au-Prince, St. Kitts, Santo Domingo, and other neighboring islands.It has regular weekly direct flights to Miami and Santo Domingo and to others destinations only on Sunday.
Cargo carriers
- Ameriflight (Aguadilla, Providenciales, San Juan)
- Amerijet (Miami, Port-au-Prince, Santo Domingo, Grenada, Antigua, St. Vincent, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, Bridgetown, Fort de France, Georgetown, Aruba, Barcelona (VE), Kingston, Port of Spain)
- Caribe Trans (Santo Domingo)
- Contract Air Cargo (Providenciales, Miami-Opa Locka, Santo Domingo, Aguadilla)
- Missionary Flights (Cap Haitien, Exuma, St. Lucie, Providenciales)
- Mountain Air Cargo (Aguadilla)
- Cargo logistic
- D. J. Expert Cargo
- FEDEX
- Merlin Express (San Juan, Aguadilla, Providenciales)
- United Parcel Service
Airport Expansion
Cibao Airport Corporation is expanding the International Terminal, it includes a new chek in area, an extension of the commercial area with a new cafetery, a new baggage climb and the reconstruction of the actual, a new Dufry Shopping, and the Aduanas Area will be readdy in
December.
The airport's owners are planing too the expanding of the runway and the construction of the new taxiway next to the runway by ending 2007.
Flights
Boeing 777-200 at exit E-2 leaving the Main Terminal for a flight to Newark
In its' first year of operation (2002) the airport had five to six daily flights, (presently it has from 17 to 25 daily flights) to the USA, the Caribbean and Central America. Presently it doesn't offer any direct flights to Europe or
Canada yet however it is expected that it will sometime in the near future.
In 2005 the airport received an
Antonov AN-124 from Spain for military activity along the border with Haiti. It remained in Santiago for two days before returning to Spain.
In 2006, Air Europa, Dominican investors and the Government, joined a total of $10 million dollars like capital to form a national flag carrier which the country currently lacks. In April 2007
Air Dominicana was born and the new carrier is expected to commence service by early 2008. The president of this newly formed company will be Juan Jose Hidalgo, current president of Globalia and
Air Europa.
The main hub of this airline will be Punta Cana International Airport.
Las Américas International Airport, in
Santo Domingo, and Cibao International Airport in
Santiago de los Caballeros will both become secondary hubs.
Another future airline, tentatively named
Sol Dominicana Airlines, will be based both at Cibao International Airport and La Romana International Airport. It would commence flights with two types of airplanes, mainly five
BAE-146 and two Boeing 767-200. The airline is estimated to begin operations in July 2007, with flights from La Romana to Brazil.
Flights to Europe
Investors have proposed and considered the possibilities of commencing direct flights between Santiago and Europe, However, presently there is no idea on the possibility of flights between this airport and Europe.
Iberia Airlines, Spain's flag carrier, intends to begin direct flights to the airport sometime before the end of 2007. Direct service to
Madrid using an
Airbus A340-300 will begin once the airline receives approval from both the Spanish and Dominican governments.
Air Europa also is interested in this route, but this one says that their aircraft, the
Airbus A330-300 require a longer runway than is available at the airport. Their plans entailed a weekly flight in December 2007. In 2005 Air Europa conducted a field compatibility test flight using a 767-300 under charter. According to Air Europa the tests were successful and revealed no inherent compatibility issues with the field.
Tentative Destinations
The most tentative detination for
Santiago de los Caballeros Cibao International Airport is the Santiago-Boston route by
Logan International Airport. Dominicans, mostly
Cibaeños prefers the north site of
United States such as New York, Providence, in Rhode Island, Boston and Washington. JetBlue Airways will opens this route in
December 12 with a daily flight.
Another tentative destination is the
Santiago-Fort Lauderdale route.Spirit Airlines is interested in this route.
Santiago-
Madrid route is another tentative for Iberia and
Air Europa that wants to begins this route by
December or early 2008. If this route is approved and confirmed, it will be the first direct route between Santiago and Europe.
Aeropostal has expressed interest in the Santiago de los Caballeros-Caracas route , with speculation that it will commence flights something around early 2008.
The new Dominican airline
Sol Dominicana Airlines is interested to utilize the airport as a hub for its operations. Its' principal hub is based at La Romana´s airport.The airline wants to commence scheduled flights from Santiago to New York, Toronto and
Mexico sometime in early 2008.
Boeing 737-800 at gate B6 getting readdy for a flight to Miami
Increased Passenger Status
Since its' beginning the airport has been projected to becomeone of most busiest in terms of passenger traffic in the country. Presently it has become the third busiest airport in the Dominican Republic, only being surpassed by the airports of Santo Domingo and Punta Cana.
Military
This airport also serves as the northern air base for the national air force, however, mainly as a support facility. Presently there are no military aircraft stationed at the airport.
Incidents
Although no fatal accidents have occurred at the airport, however a few incidents have taken place:
- December 20, 2003, Continental Airlines flight 850 to Newark was departing at its scheduled departure time, 8:30am, and just a few minutes before take-off the crew reported a problem with the aircraft's air-conditioning system. The aircraft had to return from the Runway 11 to the main Terminal for reparation of the system. This flight departed 2 hours after scheduled departure, at 10:50am.
- October 31, 2005, American Airlines flight 1774 bound for New York encountered engine problem 45 minutes after takeoff. The flight returned to the airport after the crew smelled smoke in the main cabin and many heard noise emitting from the engines. There were no injuries.
- September 2006, American Airlines flight 2054 was scheduled to depart at 4:11pm to New York, but a strong winds caused an object to the crash into the cockpit window causing it to shatter. The airline postponed the flight until 7:30am the following day.
See also
Other airports in Dominican Republic
Destinations Maps
Rail system
A
Santiago light rail has been proposed to link the airport and the city of
Santiago de los Caballeros. This rail service will benefit residents and visitors due to the economic impact it will have in reducing the transportation costs between the airport and the city. The construction of this major project is scheduled to begin in
October 2007, and it will commence service by 2009.
Previously Operated
External links
- Santiago Municipal Airport Cibao Interntional Airport (Spanish)
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- Map from MultiMap
- Cibao International Airpot at Wikimapia
- Satellite image from TerraServer
- Flight schedule life tracker of STI at Flight Aware
- Live Flight Tracker Cibao Intl Air Area at Flight Aware STI satellital area
- Airport information with satellite map
- Cibao Intl Airport Info
References
- Cibao International Airport Photos at Myaviation.net
- Videos of aircraft at STI from Flight Level 350
- AA834 departing to JFK from gate B1. American B738 at gate B2, Delta B763 at gate B4 and American A300 at gate B5.:
- Continental Airlines B737-800 landing in Cibao Intl Youtube Videos
- American Airlines departing from direction 29/11 in Cibao Intl Youtube Videos
- JetBlue Airways departing from direction 29/11 in Cibao Intl Youtube Videos
- Continental Airlines Arriving in direction 29/11 and American Airlines departing at same direction in Cibao Intl Youtube Videos
- Delta Airlines Arriving in Cibao Intl Youtube Videos
- Continental Airlines departing in direction 11/29 at Cibao Intl Youtube Videos
- American Airlines departing in Cibao Intl seen from the Control Tower Youtube Videos
- American Eagle departing in Cibao Intl Youyube Videos
- American Eagle departing to San Juan in Cibao Intl Youtube Videos
{{Airport infobox| IATA = STI
| ICAO = MDST
| type = Public
| run by = Cibao Corporation
| closest town = Santiago de los Caballeros
| location = Licey, Santiago, DR
| elevation_ft = 565
| elevation_m = 172
| coordinates = {{coor dms|19|24|21.93|N|070|36|16.88|W|type:airport-->
-->{{Runway| runway_angle = 11/29
| runway_length_f = 8,595
| runway_length_m = 2,620
| runway_surface = Asphalt
-->|-! colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background-color: #4682B4; color: white;" | Helipads|-! colspan="4" bgcolor="lightgrey"|Cibao Intl Helipads|-| colspan="3" | Direction || H1|-| colspan="3" | Length Metre || 16 m|-| colspan="3" | Length Feet || 80 ft|-| colspan="3" | Surface || Asphalt|-! colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background-color: #4682B4; color: white;" | Statistics|-! colspan="4" bgcolor="lightgrey"|2007 JAN-SEP|-| colspan="3" | Passengers || 700,557|-| colspan="3" | Traffic Movements (Arrivals and Departures) || 17,689|-| colspan="3" | Arrivals per Day || 11 to 24|-| colspan="3" | Departures per Day || 12 to 27|-| colspan="3" | Based Aircraft || 17
Cibao International Airport (Spanish language:
Aeropuerto Internacional del Cibao) is an international airport located in
Santiago de los Caballeros, the Dominican Republic's second largest city. It has a modern terminal with some of the most advanced airport facilities in the country. It serves mainly Dominican nationals residing in the
United States, Cuba, the
Turks and Caicos Islands, Puerto Rico and
Panama., Newark and
Miami
History
Plans for the construction of the airport were first proposed in 1969. The Cibao International Airport Corporation was created on March 29,
1978 with the cooperation of José Armando Bermúdez (president), Victor Espaillat, Manuel Arsenio Ureña, Dr. José Augusto Imbert, Mario Cáceres and Ing. Carlos S. Fondeur, who acquired the land necessary to build the new airport.
The construction of the airport began in
February 15, 2000 and was finished in 2002.The airport was inaugurated on March 18,
2002 with two direct flights to San Juan operated by
American EagleOn May, 2002 Aeromar Lineas Aereas Dominicanas made the first direct flight from Santiago to the mainland United States from JFK Airport in
New York City. Later that month
American Airlines and North American Airlines began direct flights to New York, Miami, and San Juan. A few months later Continental Airlines began direct flights from
Newark, New Jersey. This was followed by direct service by JetBlue Airways and
Delta Airlines, both from New York.
Statistics 2006
In
2006 Cibao Airport recived more than 15,700 flights from its destinations and with it more than 987,850 passengers. The Airport's operator said that every year this Airport surpass the spectatives of arrivals/departures of aircrafts and passenger movement specificated before every begining of year operations. This year, 2007, the activities status will surpass the million of passenger that use this
Airport and more than 17,000 arrivals and departures. The increased status of this airport is with a diference of 512,150 passengers and 2,000 arrivals and departures in 2006 and 2007.
{| colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background-color: #4682B4; color: white;" | Statistics|-| colspan="4" bgcolor="lightgrey"|January-December 2006|-| colspan="3" | Passengers || 987,843|-| colspan="3" | Traffic Movements (Arrivals and Departures) || 15,746|-| colspan="3" | Arrivals per Day || 22 to 24|-| colspan="3" | Departures per Day || 23 to 27|-| colspan="3" | Based Aircraft || 11|}
The minimun activity registred in a day in 2006 in this airport was about 14 aircrafts and the maximun was about 28 in a day.
Runway and Taxiways
Runway 11/29
The runway length is 2,620 m, which can support all types of passenger airliners. The airport's operators are discussing the expansion of the runway to allow larger aircraft such as a
Boeing 747 for long haul flights from Europe.
The Runway 11/29 is one of the two most moderns runways in the country; it is provided of an ILS (Instrument Landing System) for the two directions of the runway. Cibao International Airport and Las Americas International Airport are the only two airports in the country equipped with this system.
Taxiways
Cibao International Airport's taxiways are composed by two exits E-1 and E-2; E-1 is located on the west side of Runway 11/29, next to the direction 11 of that runway. E-2 is located in the east side of the runway, next to direction 29 of the runway.
Airlines and destinations
International Terminal
The airport's main terminal (international flights) has six gates (B1-B6). Three of these gates provide boarding docks (B4-B6). It is located between the domestic terminal and the cargo terminal. It has all of the facilities of a modern airport.Future expansion of this airport is being discussed which would include additional gates and baggage handling areas as well as expanding the taxiway.
American Airlines is the largest carrier at this airport and operates three daily flights. Prior to the summer 2005 it has five daily flights to
New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, two daily flights to Miami International Airport and two daily to
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in
San Juan, Puerto Rico,
Puerto Rico.
at Cibao Airport arriving from New YorkJetBlue is another major carrier at the airport, with a daily flight to John F. Kennedy International Airport, however seasonally two more flights are added. JetBlue will begins operations to Boston´s Logan International Airport in December with a Daily flight. This 2nd destination for JetBlue, makes it a very important competitor to the Cibao Airport's mayor Carrier, American Airlines. JetBlue also has indicated interest in flying to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, but no concrete plans have been made as of yet.
Continental Airlines operates flights between Santiago and
Newark Liberty International Airport. This airline has brought to Santiago its enormous Boeing 767-400 and its
Boeing 777-200 as an answer to the enormous amounts of customer demand in the New York routes. New York is the main destination from this airport, so much so that there are nine daily flights to the airports of the tri-state area.
Delta Air Lines operates daily flights between
Santiago de los Caballeros and New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport utilizing a Boeing 757-200.In December 2006 Delta was to commenced service from
Atlanta's
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, however service was use two time during that prior of time. The airline instead decided to concentrate on flights between
Puerto Plata and
Atlanta pushing service to Santiago until sometime again after the near future.
Copa Airlines,
Panama's flag carrier has scheduled flights to Panama City from since July 15, 2006, with five weekly flights utillizing an Embraer 190.Santiago de los Caballeros is the second city served by Copa in the Dominican Republic. Copa also serves
Punta Cana since
July 15
2007 in addition to Santo Domingo.
International destinations
- Aerocaribbean (Santiago de Cuba) seasonal
- Aeropostal (Caracas) late 2007 or early 2008
- Air Jamaica (Miami)
- Air Turks and Caicos (Providenciales)
- American Airlines (Miami, New York-JFK)
- American Eagle Airlines (San Juan)
- Ameristar Jet Charter (Fort Lauderdale)
- Bahamas Air (Nassau) seasonal
- Caribair (Aguadilla , Cap Haitien, Nassau , Santiago de Cuba, Varadero , San Juan )
- Continental Airlines (Newark)
- Copa Airlines (Panama City)
- Corporate Air (Aguadilla, Providenciales, San Juan)
- Delta Air Lines (New York-JFK)
- Dominair (Port-au-Prince)
- Interisland Airways (Providenciales)
- JetBlue Airways (Boston December 12, New York-JFK)
- Merlin Express (Aguadilla, Providenciales)
- Myrtle Beach Direct Air operated by Sky King, Inc. (Georgetown, Nassau, Fort Lauderdale, Santo Domingo)
- Pan Am World Airways Dominicana (Port Au Prince November 1, San Juan 2007, Aguadilla 2007, Providenciales December 2007)
- San Juan Aviation (San Juan)
- Servicios Aereos Profesionales (Nassau)
- SkyKing (Providenciales)
- TAG Aviation (Fort Lauderdale, New York-JFK, Santo Domingo)
- Viva Air Dominicana (Curacao)
- VolAir (Cap-Haïtien)
Domestic Terminal
The airport's domestic terminal has four gates, all without boarding bridges, and it's located next to the international terminal. It is used for domestic flights and charter flights.
Caribair is the mayor domestic carrier, flying to all airports throughout the country, offering both charter and scheduled commercial flights. Caribair also has international flights from this terminal to destinations such as
Port-au-Prince,
Cap-Haitien and
Santiago de Cuba.
Pan Am World Airways Dominicana will reopen a hub in Cibao International to fly to Port au Prince, Aguadilla and
San Juan from the international terminal. From this terminal Pan Am will fly to/from Santo Domingo on scheduled flights and to
Punta Cana on a charter schedule.
Domestic destinations
Private carriers
- Private Wings(Teterboro (New Jersey), Hartford (Connecticut), Wilmington (Delaware), Richmond (Virginia), Baltimore (Maryland), Houston-Hobby (Texas), San Pedro Sula (Honduras), Allentown (Pennsylvania))
- Agape Flights (Sarasota, Cap Haitien, Exuma, Santo Domingo, Providenciales, West Palm Beach)
- Air America Inc.(San Juan-Isla Grande)
- National Jets (Fort Lauderdale)
- Infra Limited SE(San Juan)
- Blue Sky Aviation Group Inc.(Varadero, St. Lucia)
- MaxFly Aviation Inc. (Santo Domingo, Providenciales)
- Blue Sky Aviation (Fort Lauderdale-Executive, Miami, Santo Domingo-La Isabela)
Cargo terminal
The airport has a cargo terminal with four gates for cargo carriers such as Amerijet, Cargo Logistic. These cargo carriers have regular flights from Santiago to the United States and other Caribbean islands including
Saint Martin and
The Bahamas.
Amerijet is the major cargo carrier at the airport with many flights to Miami,
Port-au-Prince,
St. Kitts,
Santo Domingo, and other neighboring islands.It has regular weekly direct flights to Miami and Santo Domingo and to others destinations only on Sunday.
Cargo carriers
- Ameriflight (Aguadilla, Providenciales, San Juan)
- Amerijet (Miami, Port-au-Prince, Santo Domingo, Grenada, Antigua, St. Vincent, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, Bridgetown, Fort de France, Georgetown, Aruba, Barcelona (VE), Kingston, Port of Spain)
- Caribe Trans (Santo Domingo)
- Contract Air Cargo (Providenciales, Miami-Opa Locka, Santo Domingo, Aguadilla)
- Missionary Flights (Cap Haitien, Exuma, St. Lucie, Providenciales)
- Mountain Air Cargo (Aguadilla)
- Cargo logistic
- D. J. Expert Cargo
- FEDEX
- Merlin Express (San Juan, Aguadilla, Providenciales)
- United Parcel Service
Airport Expansion
Cibao Airport Corporation is expanding the International Terminal, it includes a new chek in area, an extension of the commercial area with a new cafetery, a new baggage climb and the reconstruction of the actual, a new Dufry Shopping, and the Aduanas Area will be readdy in December.
The airport's owners are planing too the expanding of the runway and the construction of the new taxiway next to the runway by ending 2007.
Flights
Boeing 777-200 at exit E-2 leaving the Main Terminal for a flight to
NewarkIn its' first year of operation (2002) the airport had five to six daily flights, (presently it has from 17 to 25 daily flights) to the USA, the Caribbean and Central America. Presently it doesn't offer any direct flights to Europe or
Canada yet however it is expected that it will sometime in the near future.
In 2005 the airport received an
Antonov AN-124 from
Spain for military activity along the border with Haiti. It remained in Santiago for two days before returning to Spain.
In 2006, Air Europa, Dominican investors and the Government, joined a total of $10 million dollars like capital to form a national flag carrier which the country currently lacks. In April 2007
Air Dominicana was born and the new carrier is expected to commence service by early 2008. The president of this newly formed company will be Juan Jose Hidalgo, current president of Globalia and
Air Europa.
The main hub of this airline will be Punta Cana International Airport. Las Américas International Airport, in
Santo Domingo, and Cibao International Airport in Santiago de los Caballeros will both become secondary hubs.
Another future airline, tentatively named
Sol Dominicana Airlines, will be based both at Cibao International Airport and La Romana International Airport. It would commence flights with two types of airplanes, mainly five
BAE-146 and two
Boeing 767-200. The airline is estimated to begin operations in July 2007, with flights from La Romana to Brazil.
Flights to Europe
Investors have proposed and considered the possibilities of commencing direct flights between Santiago and Europe, However, presently there is no idea on the possibility of flights between this airport and Europe.
Iberia Airlines, Spain's flag carrier, intends to begin direct flights to the airport sometime before the end of 2007. Direct service to
Madrid using an Airbus A340-300 will begin once the airline receives approval from both the Spanish and Dominican governments.
Air Europa also is interested in this route, but this one says that their aircraft, the Airbus A330-300 require a longer runway than is available at the airport. Their plans entailed a weekly flight in December 2007. In 2005 Air Europa conducted a field compatibility test flight using a 767-300 under charter. According to Air Europa the tests were successful and revealed no inherent compatibility issues with the field.
Tentative Destinations
The most tentative detination for
Santiago de los Caballeros Cibao International Airport is the Santiago-Boston route by Logan International Airport. Dominicans, mostly
Cibaeños prefers the north site of United States such as
New York, Providence, in
Rhode Island, Boston and Washington.
JetBlue Airways will opens this route in December
12 with a daily flight.
Another tentative destination is the
Santiago-
Fort Lauderdale route.Spirit Airlines is interested in this route.
Santiago-Madrid route is another tentative for
Iberia and
Air Europa that wants to begins this route by December or early 2008. If this route is approved and confirmed, it will be the first direct route between Santiago and Europe.
Aeropostal has expressed interest in the
Santiago de los Caballeros-
Caracas route , with speculation that it will commence flights something around early
2008.
The new Dominican airline
Sol Dominicana Airlines is interested to utilize the airport as a hub for its operations. Its' principal hub is based at La Romana´s airport.The airline wants to commence scheduled flights from Santiago to New York,
Toronto and
Mexico sometime in early 2008.
Boeing 737-800 at gate B6 getting readdy for a flight to
Miami
Increased Passenger Status
Since its' beginning the airport has been projected to becomeone of most busiest in terms of passenger traffic in the country. Presently it has become the third busiest airport in the Dominican Republic, only being surpassed by the airports of Santo Domingo and Punta Cana.
Military
This airport also serves as the northern air base for the national air force, however, mainly as a support facility. Presently there are no military aircraft stationed at the airport.
Incidents
Although no fatal accidents have occurred at the airport, however a few incidents have taken place:
- December 20, 2003, Continental Airlines flight 850 to Newark was departing at its scheduled departure time, 8:30am, and just a few minutes before take-off the crew reported a problem with the aircraft's air-conditioning system. The aircraft had to return from the Runway 11 to the main Terminal for reparation of the system. This flight departed 2 hours after scheduled departure, at 10:50am.
- October 31, 2005, American Airlines flight 1774 bound for New York encountered engine problem 45 minutes after takeoff. The flight returned to the airport after the crew smelled smoke in the main cabin and many heard noise emitting from the engines. There were no injuries.
- September 2006, American Airlines flight 2054 was scheduled to depart at 4:11pm to New York, but a strong winds caused an object to the crash into the cockpit window causing it to shatter. The airline postponed the flight until 7:30am the following day.
See also
Other airports in Dominican Republic
Destinations Maps
Rail system
A
Santiago light rail has been proposed to link the airport and the city of Santiago de los Caballeros. This rail service will benefit residents and visitors due to the economic impact it will have in reducing the transportation costs between the airport and the city. The construction of this major project is scheduled to begin in October 2007, and it will commence service by 2009.
Previously Operated
- Caribbean Sun Airlines (San Juan, Antigua) discontinued in [January 2007
- North American Airlines (New York-JFK) discontinued in [2005
- Boston-Maine Airways (Newark, San Juan) discontinued in [2003
- Dominicana de Aviacion (Miami, San Juan, Santo Domingo) Airport: services discontinued in [1993
- Aeromar Lineas Aereas Dominicanas (New York-JFK, San Juan) discontinued in [2004
External links
- Santiago Municipal Airport Cibao Interntional Airport (Spanish)
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- Map from MultiMap
- Cibao International Airpot at Wikimapia
- Satellite image from TerraServer
- Flight schedule life tracker of STI at Flight Aware
- Live Flight Tracker Cibao Intl Air Area at Flight Aware STI satellital area
- Airport information with satellite map
- Cibao Intl Airport Info
References
- Cibao International Airport Photos at Myaviation.net
- Videos of aircraft at STI from Flight Level 350
- AA834 departing to JFK from gate B1. American B738 at gate B2, Delta B763 at gate B4 and American A300 at gate B5.:
- Continental Airlines B737-800 landing in Cibao Intl Youtube Videos
- American Airlines departing from direction 29/11 in Cibao Intl Youtube Videos
- JetBlue Airways departing from direction 29/11 in Cibao Intl Youtube Videos
- Continental Airlines Arriving in direction 29/11 and American Airlines departing at same direction in Cibao Intl Youtube Videos
- Delta Airlines Arriving in Cibao Intl Youtube Videos
- Continental Airlines departing in direction 11/29 at Cibao Intl Youtube Videos
- American Airlines departing in Cibao Intl seen from the Control Tower Youtube Videos
- American Eagle departing in Cibao Intl Youyube Videos
- American Eagle departing to San Juan in Cibao Intl Youtube Videos