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Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport

Vieques, Puerto Rico · Latin America

Latin America America/Puerto_Rico

5direct destinations

3airlines

1runway

1,311 mLongest runway

Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport (IATA: VQS, ICAO: TJVQ, FAA LID: VQS) is a public airport on the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico. Because a large amount of Vieques's yearly revenue comes from the tourism industry, this airport plays an important part in the Vieques economy. For decades, the airport has been the hub of Vieques Air Link, and also a destination for a number of small airlines. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).

Location

18.135°N, 65.494°O · 15 m s. n. m. (49 ft)

General data

CountryPuerto Rico

CityVieques

IATA codeVQS

ICAO codeTJVQ

Coordinates18.135°N, 65.494°O

Elevation15 m s. n. m. (49 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Puerto_Rico

Runways1

Longest runway1,311 m

Direct destinations5

Runways · 1

09/27

Length1,311 m4,301 ft

Width23 m75 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2 Official publication

Approach

128.650CERAP

Common traffic (CTAF)

123.000CTAF · UNICOM

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Frequencies from the official publication: FAA NASR, AIRAC 01 OCT 2026, checked on Oct 16, 2026. They change with each amendment: not for navigation without checking the current AIP. See the official publication In MHz.

History

When anti-military demonstrators started flocking into Vieques in 1999, Vieques Airport saw a considerable increase to its normal yearly average of passengers. In addition, many celebrities who travelled from all over Puerto Rico and the rest of Latin America to join the protesters arrived at Vieques through this airport. When Carla Tricoli, a Vieques native, won the 2002 Miss Puerto Rico contest, her first flight as a beauty queen landed at Vieques Airport.

The airport does not accept jet aircraft, but several international flights operate from it. Most of the commercial aviation operations are domestic flights such as to Ceiba, to Isla Grande Airport in San Juan, and to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, a suburb of San Juan. Air ambulance flights to San Juan are also available.

Early in 2005, plans were announced to expand the airport's runway, so that the airport could accept flights by smaller jets. This would be done in preparation for American Eagle to start operations to the airport on behalf of American Airlines via a code sharing agreement. The airline was expected to start flights to Vieques from San Juan's Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in early 2010; however, American Eagle decided not to begin service and then subsequently ceased all code sharing flights on behalf of American in the Caribbean.

Airlines operating here · 3

Other airlines with direct routes

Cape Air Vieques Air Link Air Flamenco

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Jaro Nemčok · CC BY-SA 3.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 16). Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport (VQS). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VQS

MLA

“Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport (VQS).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 16 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VQS. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_vqs,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport (VQS)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-16},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VQS},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VQS}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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