Esperanza Airport
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Esperanza Airport or Peñuela Airport is located in Esperanza
, a municipality of the Valverde province in the Dominican Republic
. It is mostly used for private aviation, and in cases for some charters from cities within the country.
of 100 metres (328 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway
designated 09/27 with a gravel
surface measuring 600 by 13 m (1,968.5 by 42.7 ).
Esperanza, Dominican Republic
Esperanza is a municipality of the Valverde province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are four municipal districts : Boca de Mao, Jicomé, Maizal and Paradero....
, a municipality of the Valverde province in the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
. It is mostly used for private aviation, and in cases for some charters from cities within the country.
Facilities
Peñuela Airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 100 metres (328 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
designated 09/27 with a gravel
Gravel
Gravel is composed of unconsolidated rock fragments that have a general particle size range and include size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments. Gravel can be sub-categorized into granule and cobble...
surface measuring 600 by 13 m (1,968.5 by 42.7 ).