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Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (TJSJ/SJU) is Puerto Rico's principal international gateway, sited on the beachfront in Isla Verde, Carolina, close to San Juan. It has served the metropolitan area since 1955 and today handles the great majority of the island's passenger and cargo traffic, making it a key waypoint for any simulator pilot flying the Caribbean.
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, named after Puerto Rico's first popularly elected governor, is the main air gateway to Puerto Rico and the busiest airport in the insular Caribbean. It sits on the coast at Isla Verde in the municipality of Carolina and is owned by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, with operations managed under a long-term concession by Aerostar Airport Holdings. For the virtual pilot it offers a large, well-equipped international field with a long history, dual instrument runways and a mix of commercial, general aviation and military traffic sharing the airfield.
The airport lies in the beachfront resort district of Isla Verde within the municipality of Carolina, on the eastern side of the San Juan metropolitan area. It is around four to seven miles east of the Milla de Oro financial district in Hato Rey, the Condado resort area and the Isla Grande secondary airport in Santurce, and the historic Old San Juan quarter on the San Juan Islet. The field is accessed from the city via the Teodoro Moscoso Bridge and the Baldorioty de Castro Expressway (PR-26).
The airport has two paired runways. Runway 08/26 is a hard-surfaced, lit runway of roughly 9,970-9,983 feet, with an ILS serving runway 08. Runway 10/28 is a hard-surfaced, lit runway of roughly 7,984-7,985 feet, with an ILS serving runway 10. Field elevation is 7 feet above mean sea level.
Air traffic is worked as San Juan on the following frequencies: San Juan Approach 119.4 MHz, ATIS 125.8 MHz, Clearance Delivery 126.4 MHz, Ground 121.9 MHz, San Juan Radio 122.2 MHz, San Juan Tower 132.05 MHz, and Unicom on 123 MHz. Both runway ends 08 and 10 are equipped with an ILS for instrument approaches.
As a major controlled international airport, arrivals and departures are handled by San Juan Approach and Tower rather than through an informal VFR circuit; pilots should expect to operate under ATC clearance and instruction throughout, including on the ground via Clearance Delivery and Ground frequencies.
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport opened on 22 May 1955 and was previously known as Isla Verde International Airport before being renamed in honour of Luis Muñoz Marín, the first popularly elected governor of Puerto Rico. Between 1990 and 2000 the airport underwent roughly $128 million of infrastructure works, including expansion of its access road and construction of a new air traffic control tower designed by Segundo Cardona of SCF Architects. American Airlines reduced its San Juan presence from 2008 and closed its base there in 2013 as part of a wider restructuring, retiring its ATR fleet at the field. In 2012 the new Terminal A opened, subsequently occupied by JetBlue Airways, alongside broader terminal upgrades, new lighting systems and consolidated security areas. In 2013 the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, which continues to own the airport, entered a 40-year public-private partnership handing operation to Aerostar Airport Holdings, following political disruption caused by management changing with each change of administration prior to privatisation. The 156th Airlift Wing, part of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard, is also based at the airport for air mobility missions.
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport remains the busiest airport in Puerto Rico and the insular Caribbean, handling around 93 percent of the island's passenger traffic and 90 percent of its air cargo. It serves as a Caribbean hub for Cape Air and Air Sunshine, a focus city for JetBlue, and, since 2024, an operating base for Frontier Airlines. The airport also supports military operations through the 156th Airlift Wing based on the field. Both main runways are equipped with ILS approaches, and the airport continues to be managed by Aerostar Airport Holdings under its long-term concession from the Puerto Rico Ports Authority.
