Mercedita Airport
PSE · TJPS · Ponce, Puerto Rico · --Puerto Rico County · map
Mercedita Airport is a public-use airport owned by Puerto Rico Port Auth, 3 miles east of Ponce, Puerto Rico, 37 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 8,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now TJPS · observed 5:10 pm AST (21:10 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (140°) at 19 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 4,700 feet, scattered clouds at 6,000 feet, scattered clouds at 8,000 feet
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 2:09 pm AST (18:09 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm AST (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm AST (18:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 17 knots, gusting to 27, visibility more than 6 miles, thunderstorms nearby, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet (thunderheads), scattered clouds at 4,500 feet VFR
- At times between Tue 5:00 pm AST (21:00 UTC) and 7:00 pm AST (23:00 UTC): wind variable at 15 knots, gusting to 25, visibility 4 miles, light thunderstorms with rain, a broken layer at 2,500 feet (thunderheads), overcast at 5,000 feet MVFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm AST (23:00 UTC): wind from the east at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, a few clouds at 3,000 feet, scattered clouds at 6,000 feet VFR
- 30% chance between Wed 12:00 am AST (04:00 UTC) and 6:00 am AST (10:00 UTC): visibility 4 miles, thunderstorms with rain, a broken layer at 2,500 feet (thunderheads) MVFR
- From Wed 9:00 am AST (13:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 15 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 2,500 feet VFR
- From Wed 1:00 pm AST (17:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 15 knots, gusting to 25, visibility more than 6 miles, thunderstorms nearby, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet (thunderheads), a broken layer at 6,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR TJPS 062110Z AUTO 14019KT 10SM SCT047 SCT060 SCT080 31/08 A2983 RMK AO2
TAF TJPS 061809Z 0618/0718 14017G27KT P6SM VCTS SCT030CB SCT045 TEMPO 0621/0623 VRB15G25KT 4SM -TSRA BKN025CB OVC050 FM062300 08009KT P6SM VCSH FEW030 SCT060 PROB30 0704/0710 4SM TSRA BKN025CB FM071300 14015KT P6SM FEW025 FM071700 14015G25KT P6SM VCTS SCT025CB BKN060
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PSE · ICAO TJPS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Puerto Rico Port Auth
- Elevation
- 37 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 8,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 1,879 ft, power line 295 ft high 4,155 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 247 ft, trees 41 ft high 1,570 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Pse and aWOS-3PT | 118.4 | |
| El Yunque Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 118.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 787-843-0444.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Ponce from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Ponce, Puerto Rico: 7 piston singles, 2 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Puerto Rico.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- High-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 preset med intst DUSK-2200; to incr intst and activate high-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 and runway end identifier lights runway 12 after 2200 - UNICOM 122.70. PAPI runway 30 oper continuous.
- Fee for other than home based aircraft.
- Ext 5100 or 5101
- Approach ratio 16:1 to displaced threshold.
- Runway 30, last 1100 feet not grooved.
- Customs available 1200Z to 2100Z MON-FRI.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.