Cibao International Airport

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Cibao International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional del Cibao
IATA: STI ICAO: MDST
Summary
Airport type	Private
Owner/Operator	Aeropuerto Internacional del Cibao S.A.
Serves	Santiago de los Caballeros
Location	Licey in Santiago Province, Dominican Republic
Elevation AMSL	565 ft / 172 m
Coordinates	19°24′22″N 070°36′17″W / 19.40611°N 70.60472°W / 19.40611; -70.60472
Website	Aeropuerto Cibao
Map
MDST Location of airport in the Dominican Republic
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 8,595 2,620 Asphalt/Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 60 16 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Total Passengers 2,021,024 Aircraft Operations 14,737 Based Aircraft 14
Source: Cargo Terminal Info

Cibao International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional del Cibao) (IATA: STI, ICAO: MDST), also known as Santiago Airport, is located in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic's second-largest city. It is the country's third-busiest airport by passenger traffic and aircraft movements, after Punta Cana International Airport and Las Américas International Airport. Since its inauguration, in terms of passenger traffic, Cibao International has been projected to become one of the busiest airports in the country.^{[citation needed]} Presently it has become the third-busiest airport in the Dominican Republic, only being surpassed by the airports of Punta Cana and Santo Domingo. The airport served more than 1,900,000 passengers in 2021.^{[citation needed]}

The airport is located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southeast of Santiago City's center.

The air terminal mainly serves Dominicans residing in the United States, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Puerto Rico, as well as Haitians residing in the Cibao Region. Recently many tourists and missionary workers are using Cibao International as a gateway to the Dominican Republic.

JetBlue is the primary international operator, with up to twenty daily flights to New York–JFK, Newark, and Boston. The airline replaced flights from American Airlines, and some slots from other airlines flying to the United States of America.