Mercedita Airport

Mercedita Airport Aeropuerto Mercedita
IATA: PSE ICAO: TJPS FAA LID: PSE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Puerto Rico Ports Authority
Serves	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Location	Barrio Vayas / Barrio Sabanetas, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Elevation AMSL	29 ft / 9 m
Coordinates	18°00′30″N 66°33′47″W / 18.00833°N 66.56306°W / 18.00833; -66.56306Coordinates: 18°00′30″N 66°33′47″W / 18.00833°N 66.56306°W / 18.00833; -66.56306
Map
PSE Location of airport in Puerto Rico
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 8,000 2,438 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Aircraft operations 6,211 Based aircraft 20 Passenger movement 215,165
Source: Federal Aviation Administration Manager: José Riollano Irizarry

Mercedita Airport (IATA: PSE, ICAO: TJPS, FAA LID: PSE) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The airport covers 270 (approx. 262.2 acres) of land and has one runway. It was inaugurated as an international airport on November 1, 1990. Mercedita is Puerto Rico's largest airport in terms of military personnel volume and the second largest in terms of military freight. The airport is certified under part 139 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 110,159 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 90,267 enplanements in 2009, and 97,660 in 2010. There were 215,165 enplanements in fiscal year 2015-2016. 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). Mercedita was the only one of Puerto Rico's three international airports to see an increase in passenger flow in 2012. The municipality of Ponce has been attempting to gain ownership of the airport from the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as it believes local management of the airport will help the municipal and regional economy.