The new Palmerola International Airport

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The new Palmerola International Airport began commercial operations and today we review its characteristics, flights, airlines and more details of the new terminal. Press photo Palmerola

Thought to be the replacement of the complex and historic International Airport of toncontin The new air terminal in Palmerola has started operations, which has a new, extensive and secure infrastructure that seeks to position Honduras as a potential center of international connections.

Beyond replacing Toncontín, fact that still has a wide rejection, even by political actors given the new distance and travel times that moving from the capital Tegucigalpa will imply, has come to the ring to enhance the sightseeing and connectivity of the Central American country, aiming above all at flights to Europe.

The new Palmerola Airport

Opened on 15 October 2021, being this property of the Honduran government, but under private management of Emco and Flughafen München GmbH, the new airport is located 83 kilometers from soon to close (or is it what is expected) toncontin, which represents approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes of transfer.

It is also known as Comayagua International Airport, given its geographical location.

• ICAO code:
• Code THERE IT IS: XPL

Infrastructure

Initially exceeding the capacity of Toncontín by four times, being able to accommodate more than 1.7 million annual passengers and 20 planes at the same time, the construction of this airport began 5 from December to 2016 and it has 39.000 square meters of construction.

In its first phase, four boarding bridges were contemplated, but as demand develops, expansion is expected 3.400 additional square meters, an additional bridge and a major expansion of the commercial cargo platform of more than 12.700 square meter.

Despite its recent opening, There is already talk of medium-term plans that would imply having up to 13 boarding gates at full capacity.

Clue

• asphalt strip 2.441 meters long
• Elevation 628 masl.

Palmerola will have the Instrument Landing System (ILS) Category I in Header 35 (On), DME, VOR and Radar ADSB and will generate more than 2.000 direct jobs boosting the country's economy.

Flights and airlines

It is projected for the first year of operations that at least 500 thousand passengers pass through this terminal with a growth rate between 6% and 8%, so the first step was taken 11 from December to 2021 when the flight 1334 from Spirit Airlines became the first commercial flight to operate at this airport flying from Houston.

In addition to Spirit, These are other airlines that confirmed their change of operations to the new terminal:

• Copa Airlines from 15 from December to 2021 – Panama.
• Avianca from the 16 from December to 2021 – San Salvador and Guatemala City.
• American Airlines from the 16 from December to 2021 – Dallas and Miami.
• Aeromexico from the 18 of January of 2022 – Mexico City.
• Spirit – Houston, Miami y Fort Lauderdale (from the 11 of January of 2022).
• United from the 16 from December to 2021 – Houston.
• You will fly El Salvador – San Salvador.

Thanks to the new facilities, the increase in frequencies and destinations is gradually expected, that should come hand in hand with the demand, so the 2022 it will be very moved for Honduras and its new airport.

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