Patillas Airport Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patillas Airport . Google Maps . Google . 5 June 2018.
  2. Web site: 2007-10-09 . AirportIQ 5010 . 2024-06-17 . web.archive.org.