# Mercedita International Airport (PSE / TJPS)

**Mercedita International Airport** (IATA: PSE, ICAO: TJPS) is a medium airport in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It opened in Apr 1948. It has one runway, 8,002 ft (2,439 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 190 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PSE / TJPS
- FAA: PSE
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Opened: Apr 1948
- Elevation: 37 ft / 11 m
- Coordinates: 18.0083, -66.5630
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 8,002 ft / 2,439 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 1 departure
- Passengers: 190,351 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-4 · America/Puerto_Rico
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedita_International_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q652578
- Weather station: TJPS
- Ident: TJPS

## Timeline

- Apr 1948: Mercedita International Airport opens.
- 24 Jun 1972: Prinair Flight 191. 5 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 8,002 ft / 2,439 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 108° / 288° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05248AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 199,117 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 212,014 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 173,716 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 189,358 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 208,456 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 220,322 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 288,164 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 273,739 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 190,351 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [MCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmco.md) Orlando International Airport · United States · 1,179 mi / 1,898 km · Frontier Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- F9 [Frontier Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/frontier-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 190K (2025) | #1,557 of 3,974 | #342 in North America | #3 in PR |
| Longest runway | 8,002 ft / 2,439 m | =2,722 of 29,858 | =557 in North America | #4 in PR |
| Elevation | 37 ft / 11 m | =40,030 of 43,403 | =18,114 in North America | #7 in PR |
| Age | Opened 1948 | =3,279 of 15,079 | =2,168 in North America | #4 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 | 121.900 |
| RDO | SAN JUAN RDO | 109.000 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [ARE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjab.md) Antonio Nery Juarbe Pol Airport · 31 mi / 51 km
- [MAZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjmz.md) Eugenio Maria De Hostos Airport · 42 mi / 68 km
- [SIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjig.md) Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport · 43 mi / 70 km
- [SJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjsj.md) Luis Munoz Marin International Airport · 47 mi / 76 km
- [BQN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjbq.md) Rafael Hernández International Airport · 50 mi / 81 km
- [NRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjrv.md) José Aponte de la Torre Airport · 63 mi / 101 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: “Mercedita International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mercedita_International_Airport&oldid=1365746883), revision of 24 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/tjps/data