Cibao International Airport
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Cibao International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional del
Cibao) (IATA: STI, ICAO: MDST) also known as Santiago Airport, is
located in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic's second
largest city. It's the country's third busiest airport by
passenger traffic and aircraft movements, after
Punta Cana
International Airport and
Las Américas International Airport.
This modern terminal has some of the most advanced airport
facilities in the country.
The air terminal mainly serves Dominicans residing in the United
States, Cuba, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Puerto Rico and
Panama, as well as Haitians residing in the Cibao Region. Recently
many tourists and missionary workers are using Cibao International
Airport as a gateway to the Dominican Republic.
The Airport is currently used by Aerolineas Mas as its Focus City,
with regular domestic flights to
Punta Cana
International Airport, and International Operations to
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, making it the most important national
carrier. They also had services to Santo Domingo-La Isabela.
JetBlue Airways is the primary international operator, with up to
seven daily flights to New York-JFK, Newark, Boston and San Juan.
InterCaribbean Airways, flag carrier of the Turks and Caicos
Islands, designates Santiago as their major international focus
city, operating more than ten flights a week, in high season, to
Providenciales and Grand Turk.
The airport's main
terminal (international) has six gates (B1-B6). Five of these
gates provide boarding docks (B1-B2/B4-B6). It is located between
the domestic terminal and the cargo terminal. It has all of the
facilities of a modern airport.
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