# Eugenio Maria De Hostos Airport (MAZ / TJMZ)

**Eugenio Maria De Hostos Airport** (IATA: MAZ, ICAO: TJMZ) is a medium airport in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. It opened in May 1947. It has one runway, 4,998 ft (1,523 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 17 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MAZ / TJMZ
- FAA: MAZ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
- Opened: May 1947
- Elevation: 29 ft / 9 m
- Coordinates: 18.2557, -67.1485
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,998 ft / 1,523 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Passengers: 16,699 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-4 · America/Puerto_Rico
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenio_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Hostos_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5408306
- Weather station: TJMZ
- Ident: TJMZ

## Timeline

- May 1947: Eugenio Maria De Hostos Airport opens.
- 8 May 1987: American Eagle Flight 5452. 2 killed.
- 7 Jun 1992: American Eagle Flight 5456. 5 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 4,998 ft / 1,523 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 076° / 256° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05328AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 11,279 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 10,218 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 11,560 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 13,206 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 14,539 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 9,029 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 11,889 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 12,907 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 15,147 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 17,060 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 16,699 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [SJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjsj.md) Luis Munoz Marin International Airport · Puerto Rico · 76 mi / 123 km · Cape Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 9K [Cape Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cape-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 17K (2025) | #2,511 of 3,974 | #595 in North America | #7 in PR |
| Longest runway | 4,998 ft / 1,523 m | =6,874 of 29,858 | =2,696 in North America | #6 in PR |
| Elevation | 29 ft / 9 m | =40,692 of 43,403 | =18,381 in North America | #11 in PR |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1 in PR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2 in PR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | SAN JUAN CNTR | 118.750 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.700 |
| RDO | SAN JUAN RDO | 110.600 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [BQN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjbq.md) Rafael Hernández International Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [ARE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjab.md) Antonio Nery Juarbe Pol Airport · 34 mi / 54 km
- [PSE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjps.md) Mercedita International Airport · 42 mi / 68 km
- [SIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjig.md) Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport · 70 mi / 113 km
- [SJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjsj.md) Luis Munoz Marin International Airport · 76 mi / 123 km
- [PUJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdpc.md) Punta Cana International Airport · 83 mi / 133 km

## 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: “Eugenio María de Hostos Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eugenio_María_de_Hostos_Airport&oldid=1364484330), revision of 16 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/tjmz/data