Patillas Airport | |
Faa: | X64 |
Type: | Closed |
Owner: | Puerto Rico Ports Authority |
Location: | Patillas, Puerto Rico |
Elevation-F: | 10 |
Coordinates: | 17.9822°N -66.0194°W |
Pushpin Map: | Puerto Rico |
Pushpin Label: | X64 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Puerto Rico |
R1-Number: | Closed |
R1-Length-F: | 2000 |
R1-Surface: | AsphaltSources: Google Maps, FAA[1] [2] |
Nativename: | Aeropuerto de Patillas |
Patillas Airport, (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Patillas) was a public airport south of the small town of Patillas, in Puerto Rico.
The airport is located on a 16-acre property owned by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority. During operation, the airport charged a non-commercial landing fee of an unspecified amount. For a 12 month period during operations lasting from July 15th, 1994 to July 15th, 1995, there were 2300 aircraft operations at the airport, with an average of 6 per day. There were 10 planes based out of Patillas at the time, 7 single-engine and 3 ultralight planes. The runway has a length of 2000feet and a width of 50feet.
Google Earth Historical Imagery (12/12/2014) shows an east-west asphalt runway. The (7/14/2015) image shows the runway marked closed. Imagery from 2018 (1/1/2018) shows the runway area used for industrial storage, which has since been removed.