# Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport (VQS / TJVQ)

**Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport** (IATA: VQS, ICAO: TJVQ) is a medium airport in Vieques, Puerto Rico. It opened in Aug 1968. It has one runway, 4,294 ft (1,309 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 73 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VQS / TJVQ
- FAA: VQS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Vieques, Puerto Rico
- Opened: Aug 1968
- Elevation: 48 ft / 15 m
- Coordinates: 18.1348, -65.4936
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,294 ft / 1,309 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach, 1 departure
- Passengers: 73,378 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-4 · America/Puerto_Rico
- Website: https://vieques.com/airport-vieques/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Rivera_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1321656
- Weather station: TJNR · WMO 78535
- Ident: TJVQ

## Timeline

- Aug 1968: Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 4,294 ft / 1,309 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 076° / 257° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 144,428 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 125,726 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 98,625 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 58,858 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 74,597 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 46,542 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 74,508 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 78,643 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 59,118 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 76,526 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 73,378 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

4 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [CPX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjcp.md) Benjamin Rivera Noriega Airport · Puerto Rico · 17 mi / 28 km · Cape Air
- [STT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tist.md) Cyril E. King Airport · U.S. Virgin Islands · 37 mi / 59 km · Cape Air
- [SJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjsj.md) Luis Munoz Marin International Airport · Puerto Rico · 39 mi / 63 km · Cape Air
- [STX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tisx.md) Henry E. Rohlsen Airport · U.S. Virgin Islands · 55 mi / 88 km · Cape Air

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- V4 [Vieques Air Link](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vieques-air-link)

### Passenger (1)

- 9K [Cape Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cape-air) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 73K (2025) | #1,927 of 3,974 | #432 in North America | #4 in PR |
| Longest runway | 4,294 ft / 1,309 m | #8,633 of 29,858 | #3,361 in North America | #7 in PR |
| Elevation | 48 ft / 15 m | #39,431 of 43,403 | #17,859 in North America | #4 in PR |
| Age | Opened 1968 | =5,887 of 15,079 | =4,192 in North America | #8 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 CERAP | 128.650 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 123.000 |
| FSS | SAN JUAN RDO | 122.200 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [NRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjrv.md) José Aponte de la Torre Airport · 12 mi / 20 km
- [CPX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjcp.md) Benjamin Rivera Noriega Airport · 18 mi / 28 km
- [STT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tist.md) Cyril E. King Airport · 37 mi / 59 km
- [SJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjsj.md) Luis Munoz Marin International Airport · 39 mi / 63 km
- [SIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tjig.md) Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport · 45 mi / 73 km
- [STX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tisx.md) Henry E. Rohlsen Airport · 54 mi / 88 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: “Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antonio_Rivera_Rodríguez_Airport&oldid=1364139194), 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/tjvq/data