Transportation Facilities
Airports
World-Class Air Service
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Puerto Rico has eleven airports servicing residents and visitors.
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) handles around 5,000 cargo flights per month and over 2,200
weekly flights from more than 20 airlines.
Typical flight time from Miami to San Juan is approximately two hours and a half.
Two other international airports: Mercedita Airport (PSE), located on the south side of the island in Ponce and
Rafael Hernández Airport (BQN), which is located on the west side of the island in Aguadilla.
Regional airports are located : Arecibo, Isla Grande, Mayagüez (Eugenio María de Hostos), Fajardo, Humacao,
Vieques, Culebra and Ceiba. The Ceiba Regional Airport has an 11,000-foot runway.
Seaports
Major Seaports
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Puerto Rico has nine modern maritime ports.
Main seaport is located in San Juan and another major seaport is being developed in Ponce, which is aimed at
becoming one of the most important transshipment maritime facilities in the hemisphere.
There are also industrial shipping seaports in Guánica, Guayama, Guayanilla and Yabucoa.
The Port of San Juan is ranked 9th in container movement in the U.S. with 40 shipping lines and service to 80
domestic and international ports.
The Mayagüez seaport is expected to become an important cruise ship and tourism hub on the island as more
than 1 million passengers visit the island on cruise ships every year.
The seaports located in the East (Fajardo, Vieques and Culebra) are mainly for tourists and passengers moving
from the main island to Vieques, Culebra and other Caribbean islands.
Highways
Modern Transportation Network
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More than 24,000 miles of highway make all points on Puerto Rico no more than two hours from an airport or
seaport.
In addition, an efficient mass transit system, known as “Tren Urbano”, interconnects the San Juan metro area.
Puerto Rico has an extensive road system with a main freeway crossing the north side from San Juan to Arecibo.
Another one linking San Juan to Ponce that crosses the central east side from the north to the south coasts.
Another important freeway goes from San Juan to Canóvanas in the northeast.