Airports / Puerto Rico / ARE
Antonio Nery Juarbe Pol Airport
TJAB / AREArecibo, Puerto RicoELEV 23 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
26 nm
To the nearest alternate
Rafael Hernández International Airport (BQN) — 5 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Antonio Nery Juarbe Pol Airport, listed as TJAB / ARE, is a mid-sized airport in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Field elevation is 23 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list ARE as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Rafael Hernández International Airport (BQN, 26 nm), Mercedita International Airport (PSE, 27 nm), and Eugenio Maria De Hostos Airport (MAZ, 29 nm).
Trip costs from ARE are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from ARE to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
TJAB
IATA
ARE
FAA / Local
ABO
Elevation
23 ft
Coordinates
18.4508° N · 66.6758° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Puerto Rico fields
state range 9–237 ft
At 23 ft, ARE sits lower than 67% of the 9 Puerto Rico fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 26nmBQNRafael Hernández International AirportAguadilla
- 27nmPSEMercedita International AirportPonce
- 29nmMAZEugenio Maria De Hostos AirportMayaguez
- 33nmSIGFernando Luis Ribas Dominicci AirportSan Juan
- 38nmSJULuis Munoz Marin International AirportSan Juan
- 60nmNRRJosé Aponte de la Torre AirportCeiba
Location
Open the full mapTJAB · Antonio Nery Juarbe Pol Airport · Arecibo, Puerto Rico