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AirNav: TJCP - Benjamin Rivera Noriega Airport

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 FEBRUARY 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: CPX
Lat/Long: 18-18-46.6160N 065-18-13.9690W
18-18.776933N 065-18.232817W
18.3129489,-65.3038803
(estimated)
Elevation: 49 ft. / 15 m (estimated)
Variation: 11W (1985)
From city: 1 mile N of ISLA DE CULEBRA, PR
Time zone: UTC -4 (year round; does not observe DST)
Zip code: 00775

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1963
Control tower: no
ARTCC: SAN JUAN CENTER
FSS: SAN JUAN FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: TJSJ (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: SR-SS
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: SS-SR
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
RTG BCN OTS INDEF. Operates sunset to sunrise.
Landing fee: yes
International operations: customs landing rights airport

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX ASOS at STT (19 nm E): 124.0 (340-776-7116)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
STTr271/16.1ST THOMAS VOR/DME108.6010W
SJUr113/39.9SAN JUAN VORTAC114.0011W

Airport Services

Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 13/31

Dimensions: 2600 x 60 ft. / 792 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in poor condition
RWY/TXY PVMT CRACKING, LOOSE STONES.
Weight bearing capacity: 
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RWY 13/31 MIRL-SEVERAL LTS OTS INDEF.
RUNWAY 13  RUNWAY 31
Latitude: 18-18.888317N18-18.665550N
Longitude: 065-18.425000W065-18.040633W
Elevation: 43.0 ft.7.5 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: basic, in fair conditionbasic, in fair condition
Obstructions: 480 ft. hill, 2200 ft. from runway, 4:1 slope to clear
ALSO 30 FT. TREE, 436 FT. DSTC, 0 FT. B.
6 ft. fence, 201 ft. from runway, 80 ft. left of centerline
6 FT FENCE, 0-200 FT DSTC, 90-150 FT R/L; 15 ROAD, 0-200 FT DSTC, 100-150 FT R/L.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: PUERTO RICO PORTS AUTHORITY
GPO BOX 362829
SAN JUAN, PR 00936-2829
Phone (787) 729-8715
Manager: JORGE SANTIAGO
PO BOX 1303
CEIBA, PR 00735-1303
Phone 787-742-0022

Additional Remarks

LOW ALT MANEUVERING REQUIRED FOR FINAL ALIGNMENT TO RWY. VARIABLE DEGS OF TURBULENCE MAY BE EXPECTED.
LDG FEE FOR ALL ACFT.
600 FT AGL ANT 1/2 MILE EAST OF ARPT.
RWY 13, 480 FT HILL, 12/ MILE FROM RWY END.
RAPIDLY RISING TERRAIN NW.
FOR CD CTC SAN JUAN CERAP AT 787-253-8664/8665
ACFT DEPARTING ARPT NORTHBOUND BE ALERT FOR TRAFFIC DESCENDING ON FINAL FOR CHARLOTTE AMALIE ST THOMAS, CYRIL E KING (STT).
BIRDS ON & INVOF RWY
UNATNDD SS-SR. EMERGS ONLY. OPNS BETWEEN SS-SR WILL BE AN OWN RISK.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at TJCP.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

TJVQ - Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport (15 nm SW)
TIST - Cyril E King Airport (19 nm E)
TJSJ - Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (40 nm W)
TJIG - Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (46 nm W)
TISX - Henry E Rohlsen Airport (47 nm SE)
   
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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 01-Mar-2025

 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1910:19
Sunrise06:4110:41
Sunset18:2622:26
Evening civil twilight18:4822:48

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  01-Mar-2025 20:06:33
Local (UTC-4)  01-Mar-2025 16:06:33
 
METAR
TIST 
18nm E 
011953Z 13012G21KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02940211
TAF
TIST 
18nm E 
011733Z 0118/0218 12015G25KT P6SM SCT030 FM012200 09010KT P6SM FEW030 FM021300 12015G25KT P6SM SCT030
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