Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport
VQS · TJVQ · Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico · --Puerto Rico County · map
Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles southwest of Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico, 48 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 4,294 feet of asphalt. It has about 33 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 70,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 32,439 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport?
Its FAA code is VQS, and its ICAO code is TJVQ.
Where is Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport?
It is 3 miles southwest of Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico, 48 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport?
Its one runway, 09/27, is 4,294 feet long, asphalt.
Does Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport?
Airline flights go to 6 airports, the busiest of them Luis Munoz Marin International, Ceiba, Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci, Benjamin Rivera Noriega, Henry E Rohlsen. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport?
6 pilot examiners and 5 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VQS · ICAO TJVQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 48 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1968
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,294 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 200 ft, 4,094 ft available for landing, trees 15 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 27: right-hand traffic pattern, 4,094 ft available for landing, road 19 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | · UNICOM monitored during attnd. Hours. |
| El Yunque Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 128.65 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Jose Aponte DE LA Torre Airport (11 nm northwest), Cyril E King Airport (32 nm east), Luis Munoz Marin International (34 nm northwest), Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (40 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Jose Aponte DE LA Torre Airport (11 nm northwest), Cyril E King Airport (32 nm east), Luis Munoz Marin International (34 nm northwest), Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (40 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Puerto Rico · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR operations only.
- Closed to schedule air carrier oper with more than 9 psgr seats and unscheduled air carrier oper with more than 30 psgr seats.
- Landing fee for all aircraft.
- UNICOM monitored during attnd. Hours.
- Ext 5300
- 15 feet. Trees, 0-199 feet. Dstc, 100 feet. L.
- 8 feet. 0-199 feet. Dstc, 145 feet. R, 19 feet road, 199 feet dstc, 220 feet L.
- Runway 09 PAPI beyond 9 degrees R of rcl unusable.
- Approach ratio 17:1 to dthr over 35 feet. Trees, 622 feet. Dstc, 195 feet. R. also 25 feet tree, 492 feet. Dstc, 100 feet R obstruction clnc slope 11:1.
- Rising terrain south.
- Aircraft not visible from opposite runway end.
- Loose stones all surfaces.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 5,816 departures from VQS in those twelve months, carrying 18,691 passengers in 40,762 seats (46% filled), to 6 destinations on 4 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Rivera Rodriguez → Luis Munoz Marin International VQS–SJU | 3,236 | 10,963 | Hyannis Air Service,..., Air Charter, Inc d/b/a..., Tradewind Aviation |
| Antonio Rivera Rodriguez → Ceiba VQS–JRV | 1,276 | 3,908 | Vieques Air Link Inc., Air Charter, Inc d/b/a... |
| Antonio Rivera Rodriguez → Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci VQS–SIG | 750 | 3,501 | Vieques Air Link Inc. |
| Antonio Rivera Rodriguez → Benjamin Rivera Noriega VQS–CPX | 507 | 106 | Vieques Air Link Inc., Air Charter, Inc d/b/a..., Hyannis Air Service,... |
| Antonio Rivera Rodriguez → Henry E Rohlsen VQS–STX | 38 | 200 | Hyannis Air Service,... |
| Antonio Rivera Rodriguez → Cyril E King VQS–STT | 9 | 13 | Hyannis Air Service,... |
All 6 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 31 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 70,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 60,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 5,000 |
| general aviation, local | 5,000 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Isla de Vieques from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Isla de Vieques, PR as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for type ratings; 6 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 5 aviation medical examiners, 2 training center examiners.
- Stanley McDuffie private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Ceiba Airport · Ceiba, PR (11 nm) · (505) 264-1887 · [email protected]
- Alex Ortiz Torres private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · FAA/San Juan FSDO-63 · San Juan, PR (34 nm) · (787) 507-0372 · [email protected]
- Neil Devon Rose private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Isla Grande Flying School · San Juan, PR (34 nm) · (718) 868-8855 · [email protected]
- Oswart Mora Lemus private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · San Juan, PR (34 nm) · (787) 564-0457 · [email protected]
- Uriel Cleophas Hodge private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · CYRIL E. KING AIRPORT · St. Thomas, VI (35 nm) · (340) 690-4141 · [email protected]
- Ivan David Ocasio Tapia private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Bayamon, PR (42 nm) · (939) 240-3101 · [email protected]
All 13 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Puerto Rico 282 since 1982 · 33 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Puerto Rico 10 landing places
- Puerto Rico 492 aircraft registered
- Luis Munoz Marin International (SJU) 3,236 flights in twelve months · Hyannis Air Service, Inc. dba Cape Air, Air Charter, Inc d/b/a Air Flamenco
- Ceiba (JRV) 1,276 flights in twelve months · Vieques Air Link Inc., Air Charter, Inc d/b/a Air Flamenco
- Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci (SIG) 750 flights in twelve months · Vieques Air Link Inc.
- Benjamin Rivera Noriega (CPX) 507 flights in twelve months · Vieques Air Link Inc., Air Charter, Inc d/b/a Air Flamenco
- Henry E Rohlsen (STX) 38 flights in twelve months · Hyannis Air Service, Inc. dba Cape Air
- Cyril E King (STT) 9 flights in twelve months · Hyannis Air Service, Inc. dba Cape Air
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VQS.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.