- IATA
- SJU
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- TJSJ
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1955
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 12.2M
- in 2023
History & name
Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, opened in 1955, honours the Puerto Rican politician Luis Muñoz Marín (1898–1980). Operated by Aerostar Airport Holdings, it lies 11 km from San Juan, has two runways up to 3,049 m and served 12.2 million passengers in 2023.
Named afterLuis Muñoz Marín — Puerto Rican politician (1898–1980)
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Luis Munoz Marin International Airport
- Serves
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- City centre
- 11 km from San Juan
- Opened
- 1955
- Operator
- Aerostar Airport Holdings
- Passengers
- 12.2 million in 2023
- Runways
- 2 runways, longest 3,049 m
- Elevation
- 9 ft (3 m)
- Website
- aeropuertosju.com ↗
Where it sits
18.4°N, 66.0°W puts SJU in the northern hemisphere, 2,050 km from the equator and 7,957 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 409th most northerly, which makes it the 253rd most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 18.4°S, 114.0°E. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai (DPS) in Indonesia, still 1,085 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Cyril E. King (STT), 109 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from SJU
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | JFK | 2,578 km | 3h 42m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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