# Las Américas International Airport (SDQ / MDSD)

**Las Américas International Airport** (IATA: SDQ, ICAO: MDSD) is a large airport in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic. It opened in 1959. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,353 m (11,000 ft). In 2023 it handled 5.3 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdsd

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SDQ / MDSD
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
- Opened: 1959
- Elevation: 18 m / 59 ft
- Coordinates: 18.4297, -69.6689
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,353 m / 11,000 ft
- Passengers: 5,287,206 (2023)
- Time zone: UTC-4 · America/Santo_Domingo
- Website: https://lasamericasairport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Am%C3%A9ricas_International_Airport (26 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1062676
- Weather station: MDSD · WMO 78485
- Ident: MDSD

## Timeline

- 1959: Las Américas International Airport opens.
- 15 Feb 1970: Dominicana DC-9 air disaster. 102 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 3,353 m / 11,000 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 161° / 341° | yes |
| 18/36 | 2,991 m / 9,813 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 173° / 353° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 3,085,774 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 3,130,393 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 3,107,969 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 3,286,420 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 3,536,090 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 3,686,988 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 3,810,736 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 3,886,000 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,898,484 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 3,821,002 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 4,519,573 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 5,287,206 | Wikidata |

## Routes

41 destinations in 28 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (34)

- [PAP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mtpp.md) Toussaint Louverture International Airport · Haiti · 277 km / 172 mi · Sky High Aviation Services
- [SJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjsj.md) Luis Munoz Marin International Airport · Puerto Rico · 387 km / 240 mi · Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Arajet, Sky High Aviation Services
- [STX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tisx.md) Henry E. Rohlsen Airport · U.S. Virgin Islands · 521 km / 324 mi · Sky High Aviation Services
- [EIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tupj.md) Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport · British Virgin Islands · 541 km / 336 mi · Sunrise Airways
- [AUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tnca.md) Queen Beatrix International Airport · Aruba · 660 km / 410 mi · Arajet
- [SXM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tncm.md) Princess Juliana International Airport · Sint Maarten · 694 km / 431 mi · Arajet
- [CUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tncc.md) Hato International Airport · Curaçao · 698 km / 434 mi · Arajet
- [KIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mkjp.md) Norman Manley International Airport · Jamaica · 754 km / 469 mi · Arajet
- [ANU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tapa.md) V. C. Bird International Airport · Antigua & Barbuda · 846 km / 526 mi · Sunrise Airways
- [CCS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/svmi.md) Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport · Venezuela · 917 km / 570 mi · LASER Airlines
- [CTG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skcg.md) Rafael Nuñez International Airport · Colombia · 1,088 km / 676 mi · Arajet
- [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · United States · 1,366 km / 849 mi · Arajet, Sky High Aviation Services, American Airlines
- [FLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfll.md) Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · United States · 1,372 km / 853 mi · JetBlue Airways
- [PTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mpto.md) Tocumen International Airport · Panama · 1,477 km / 918 mi · Copa Airlines
- [MDE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skrg.md) Jose Maria Córdova International Airport · Colombia · 1,500 km / 932 mi · Arajet, Wingo
- [BOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skbo.md) El Dorado International Airport · Colombia · 1,602 km / 995 mi · Arajet, Wingo, Avianca
- [MCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmco.md) Orlando International Airport · United States · 1,625 km / 1,010 mi · JetBlue Airways
- [GEO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sycj.md) Cheddi Jagan International Airport · Guyana · 1,814 km / 1,127 mi · Sky High Aviation Services
- [CUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmun.md) Cancún International Airport · Mexico · 1,823 km / 1,133 mi · Arajet
- [SJO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mroc.md) Juan Santamaría International Airport · Costa Rica · 1,825 km / 1,134 mi · Arajet
- [PBM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/smjp.md) Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport · Suriname · 2,133 km / 1,325 mi · Sky High Aviation Services
- [SAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mslp.md) El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez · El Salvador · 2,144 km / 1,332 mi · Sky High Aviation Services
- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 2,238 km / 1,391 mi · Delta Air Lines
- [GUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mggt.md) La Aurora International Airport · Guatemala · 2,263 km / 1,406 mi · Arajet
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 2,501 km / 1,554 mi · JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines
- [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 2,512 km / 1,561 mi · United Airlines, Arajet
- [BOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbos.md) Boston Logan International Airport · United States · 2,664 km / 1,655 mi · JetBlue Airways, Arajet
- [NLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmsm.md) Felipe Ángeles International Airport · Mexico · 3,083 km / 1,916 mi · Arajet
- [MEX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmmx.md) Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport · Mexico · 3,091 km / 1,921 mi · Aeroméxico
- [LIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spim.md) Jorge Chávez International Airport · Peru · 3,483 km / 2,164 mi · Arajet
- [EZE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/saez.md) Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini · Argentina · 6,037 km / 3,751 mi · Arajet
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 6,689 km / 4,156 mi · World2Fly, Iberia, Air Europa
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 7,171 km / 4,456 mi · Air Caraïbes
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 7,616 km / 4,732 mi · Condor Flugdienst

### Seasonal (4)

- [TPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktpa.md) Tampa International Airport · United States · 1,688 km / 1,049 mi · Frontier Airlines
- [PHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphl.md) Philadelphia International Airport · United States · 2,444 km / 1,519 mi · Frontier Airlines, American Airlines
- [YUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyul.md) Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Canada · 3,030 km / 1,883 mi · Air Canada
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 7,999 km / 4,970 mi · ITA Airways

### Cargo (4)

- [PUJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdpc.md) Punta Cana International Airport · Dominican Republic · 138 km / 86 mi · Amerijet International
- [BGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tbpb.md) Grantley Adams International Airport · Barbados · 1,241 km / 771 mi · Amerijet International
- [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · United States · 1,366 km / 849 mi · UPS Airlines, Amerijet International
- [SDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdf.md) Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · United States · 2,691 km / 1,672 mi · UPS Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from SDQ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- [Aerotours Dominicano](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerotours-dominicano)

### Passenger (20)

- DM [Arajet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/arajet) · 17
- DO [Sky High Aviation Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-high-aviation-services) · 7
- B6 [JetBlue Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetblue-airways) · 5
- F9 [Frontier Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/frontier-airlines) · 3
- AA [American Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-airlines) · 2
- DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 2
- S6 [Sunrise Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunrise-airways) · 2
- P5 [Wingo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wingo) · 2
- AM [Aeroméxico](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeromexico) · 1
- AC [Air Canada](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada) · 1 · seasonal
- TX [Air Caraïbes](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-caraibes) · 1
- UX [Air Europa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-europa) · 1
- AV [Avianca](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avianca) · 1
- DE [Condor Flugdienst](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/condor-flugdienst) · 1
- CM [Copa Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/copa-airlines) · 1
- IB [Iberia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iberia) · 1
- AZ [ITA Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ita-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- QL [LASER Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/laser-airlines) · 1
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 1
- 2W [World2Fly](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/world2fly) · 1

### Cargo (2)

- M6 [Amerijet International](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/amerijet-international) · 3
- 5X [UPS Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ups-airlines) · 2

Former hub of [Aerolineas Mundo (AMSA)](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerolineas-mundo-amsa), [Aerovías Quisqueyana](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerovias-quisqueyana), [Air Dominicana](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-dominicana).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 5.3M (2023) | #327 of 3,974 | #74 in North America | #2 in DO |
| Longest runway | 3,353 m / 11,000 ft | =658 of 29,858 | =157 in North America | #1 in DO |
| Elevation | 18 m / 59 ft | =38,756 of 43,403 | =17,584 in North America | #24 in DO |
| Age | Opened 1959 | =4,466 of 15,079 | =3,045 in North America | #2 in DO |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =1 in DO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 119.300 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.200 |
| FCC | SANTO DOMINGO INFO | 126.900 |
| FSS | FSS | 122.000 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [MDSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdsi.md) San Isidro Air Base · 13 km / 7.9 mi
- [JBQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdjb.md) La Isabela International Airport · 37 km / 23 mi
- [LRM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdlr.md) Casa De Campo International Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [AZS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdcy.md) Samaná El Catey International Airport · 94 km / 58 mi
- [PUJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdpc.md) Punta Cana International Airport · 138 km / 86 mi
- [STI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdst.md) Cibao International Airport · 146 km / 91 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Las Américas International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Las_Américas_International_Airport&oldid=1376732399), revision of 25 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdsd/data