Arroyo Barril Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Samaná, Dominican Republic | ||||||||||
| Location | Las Pascualas | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 57 ft (17 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°11′55″N 69°25′50″W / 19.19861°N 69.43056°W | ||||||||||
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  MDAB Location of the airport in the Dominican Republic | |||||||||||
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| Source: AIP[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3] | |||||||||||
Arroyo Barril International Airport (IATA: EPS, ICAO: MDAB) is a domestic airport located in the Samaná Province of the Dominican Republic. Regulated by the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC), the facility is restricted to daytime operations and is managed by Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom) under a long-term concession agreement extending through 2060.
Originally inaugurated as an international airport by the government in 1994, Arroyo Barril was eventually reclassified as an exclusively domestic aerodrome. This reclassification occurred because its runway and apron were too small to accommodate large commercial aircraft, prompting Aerodom to construct the nearby Samaná El Catey International Airport in 2007.
Location
The airport is located in the Samaná Province, situated at the geographic coordinates of 19° 12’ N and 069° 26’ W. The facility operates at an elevation of 17.5 meters (57 feet) above sea level It has an asphalt runway oriented at 11/29 magnetic degrees, which measures 1,300 meters in length by 25 meters in width. Operating under the authority of the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC), the airport is restricted to daytime hours (HJ) and is authorized exclusively or domestic flights.[1]
iIts ICAO airport code is MDAB, and other nearby airports include Samaná El Catey International Airport, Consuelo Batey Anita Airport, Los Llanos de Sabanatosa Airport, La Romana Batey Lechuga Airport, and Angelina field.[4]
Operational
At first, the government officially announced in 1994 that Arroyo Barril Airport would be designated an international airport. Then, it was leased to Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom) under a 30-year concession beginning in 2000. Because the airport's runway and apron were too small to accommodate large commercial planes, Aerodom invested US$80 million to build the Samaná El Catey International Airport in 2007, which led the government to reclassify Arroyo Barril to serve only domestic flights.[5] In 2023, the airport concession was extended for more than 30 years to Aerodom, originally set to end in 2030, and now runs through 2060.[6]
The passenger declined over the years, dropping from 13,456 travelers in 2016 to just 769 in 2019.[5]
See also
References
- 1 2 "AIP-Republica Dominicana: AD 1.3-11" (PDF). AIS-Republica Dominicana. 17 January 2008. Archived from the original (PDF, 129 KB) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
- ↑ "Airport information for Arroyo Barril Airport" – via Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ "Arroyo Barril International Airport". Google Maps. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ↑ "About Arroyo Barril Airport". Metar-Taf (in European Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
- 1 2 M, Mariela; C, Graciela; M, Pedro (5 October 2020). "La inactividad se llevó los millones invertidos en los aeródromos domésticos". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
- ↑ "Arroyo Barril Airport". VINCI Airports. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
External links
Media related to Arroyo Barril International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- OpenStreetMap - Arroyo Barril Airport
- SkyVector - Arroyo Barril Airport
- OurAirports - Arroyo Barril Airport Archived 2018-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Accident history for El Portillo/Samaná-Arroyo Barril Airport at Aviation Safety Network
- FlightAware live flight tracker for MDAB: Arroyo Barril Int'l Airport (Samana)