Isla Grande Airport

Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport Isla Grande Airport Aeropuerto Isla Grande
IATA: SIG ICAO: TJIG FAA LID: SIG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Puerto Rico Ports Authority
Serves	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Location	Miramar, Puerto Rico
Elevation AMSL	10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	18°27′24″N 066°05′54″W / 18.45667°N 66.09833°W / 18.45667; -66.09833Coordinates: 18°27′24″N 066°05′54″W / 18.45667°N 66.09833°W / 18.45667; -66.09833
Map
SIG Location of airport in Puerto Rico
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 5,539 1,688 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 101,694 Passenger movement 105,107 Based aircraft 299
Source: Federal Aviation Administration Operations from the FAA passengers from the Puerto Rico Ports Authority

Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (IATA: SIG, ICAO: TJIG, FAA LID: SIG), also commonly known as Isla Grande Airport, is a small airport in Miramar, which is a district in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is owned by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority and is adjacent to the new Puerto Rico Convention Center, the San Juan Bay, and the Pan American Cruise Ship Terminal, and overlooks Cataño. While Isla Grande's main operation is with general aviation, it is still a commercial airport, dealing with some domestic and international commercial flights.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 13,837 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 23,083 enplanements in 2009, and 38,363 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).

Originally constructed by the U.S. Navy as Naval Air Station Isla Grande just prior to World War II, the facility also served as Puerto Rico's main international airport until 1954, when Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport was built. Until that year, international airlines such as Deutsche Luft Hansa, Iberia Airlines, Pan Am and other majors flew to Isla Grande. However, since Isla Grande airport was not built to accept jets, all international airlines then moved their operations in Puerto Rico to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, then known as – but not named – Isla Verde International Airport.