AirportsAntonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Vieques, in (unassigned), Puerto Rico. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is VQS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- VQS
- ICAO code
- TJVQ
- City
- Vieques
- State or region
- (unassigned)
- Country
- Puerto Rico
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 18.1348° N, 65.4936° W
- Elevation
- 15 m (49 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,311 m (4,301 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, VQS means Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: TJVQ. ICAO codes that begin with T belong to the Caribbean. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 18.1348° N, 65.4936° W. It stands 15 metres (49 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is San Juan, about 74 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Puerto Rico, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,311 metres (4,301 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 8 airports of Puerto Rico on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 7.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,311 m 4,301 ft | 23 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| José Aponte de la Torre AirportCeiba | NRR | 20 km |
| Benjamin Rivera Noriega AirportCulebra | CPX | 28 km |
| Cyril E. King AirportCharlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands | STT | 59 km |
| Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane BaseCharlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands | SPB | 63 km |
| Luis Munoz Marin International AirportSan Juan | SJU | 63 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,449 km | 16 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,867 km | 17 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,003 km | 15 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,720 km | 8 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,625 km | 3 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,506 km | 7 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 17,562 km | 21 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,478 km | 16 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,981 km | 19 h 45 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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