# Benjamin Rivera Noriega Airport (CPX / TJCP) **Benjamin Rivera Noriega Airport** (IATA: CPX, ICAO: TJCP) is a medium airport in Culebra, Puerto Rico. It opened in Oct 1963. It has one runway, 2,596 ft (791 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 41 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjcp ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: CPX / TJCP - FAA: CPX - Type: Medium airport - Serves: Culebra, Puerto Rico - Opened: Oct 1963 - Elevation: 43 ft / 13 m - Coordinates: 18.3130, -65.3039 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 2,596 ft / 791 m - Passengers: 41,474 (2025) - Time zone: UTC-4 · America/Puerto_Rico - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjam%C3%ADn_Rivera_Noriega_Airport (10 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q620090 - Weather station: TIST · WMO 78543 - Ident: TJCP ## Timeline - Oct 1963: Benjamin Rivera Noriega Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 13/31 | 2,596 ft / 791 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | | yes | - 13/31 slopes 1.4%: threshold 31 at 7 ft / 2 m, threshold 13 at 43 ft / 13 m. ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2015 | 67,040 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2016 | 65,775 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2017 | 52,398 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2018 | 30,445 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2019 | 45,498 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2020 | 27,153 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2021 | 57,562 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2022 | 45,413 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2023 | 38,993 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2024 | 30,340 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2025 | 41,474 | BTS T-100 Segment | ## Routes 4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (4) - [VQS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjvq.md) Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport · Puerto Rico · 17 mi / 28 km · Cape Air, Vieques Air Link - [NRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjrv.md) José Aponte de la Torre Airport · Puerto Rico · 22 mi / 36 km · Air Flamenco, Vieques Air Link - [SJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjsj.md) Luis Munoz Marin International Airport · Puerto Rico · 47 mi / 75 km · Cape Air - [SIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjig.md) Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport · Puerto Rico · 53 mi / 85 km · Air Flamenco, Vieques Air Link ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CPX, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (3) - V4 [Vieques Air Link](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vieques-air-link) · 3 - F4 [Air Flamenco](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-flamenco) · 2 - 9K [Cape Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cape-air) · 2 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 41K (2025) | #2,161 of 3,974 | #495 in North America | #5 in PR | | Longest runway | 2,596 ft / 791 m | =20,084 of 29,858 | =8,810 in North America | #13 in PR | | Elevation | 43 ft / 13 m | =39,668 of 43,403 | =17,956 in North America | #5 in PR | | Age | Opened 1963 | =5,069 of 15,079 | =3,512 in North America | =6 in PR | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2 in PR | ## Nearby airports - [VQS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjvq.md) Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport · 18 mi / 28 km - [STT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tist.md) Cyril E. King Airport · 21 mi / 35 km - [NRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjrv.md) José Aponte de la Torre Airport · 22 mi / 36 km - [SJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjsj.md) Luis Munoz Marin International Airport · 47 mi / 75 km - [EIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tupj.md) Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport · 51 mi / 82 km - [SIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjig.md) Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport · 53 mi / 85 km ## In collections - [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #38 ## Sources - [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government)) - [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government)) - [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: “Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benjamín_Rivera_Noriega_Airport&oldid=1364142561), revision of 14 Jul 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/tjcp/data