Puerto Rico Ports Authority
{{short description|Government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico}}
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| formed = {{start date and years ago|1955|03|19}}
| preceding1 = Puerto Rico Transport Authority
| jurisdiction = Executive Branch
| headquarters = San Juan, Puerto Rico
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| chief1_name = Omar Marrero Díaz
| chief1_position = Executive Director
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| parent_department = Department of Transportation and Public Works
| keydocument1 = [http://www.presupuesto.gobierno.pr/PresupuestosAnteriores/AF99/BASLEGAL/168/168.htm Law No. 17 of 1955]
| website = {{URL|www.prpa.pr.gov}}
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{{sidebar executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico}}
The Puerto Rico Ports Authority (PRPA) ({{langx|es|Autoridad de los Puertos}}; AP) is a government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico charged with developing, operating, and overseeing all seaports and airports in Puerto Rico.[http://www.prpa.gobierno.pr/ www.PRPA.gobierno.pr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206231930/http://www.prpa.gobierno.pr/ |date=2012-02-06 }}, official government website for Puerto Rico Ports Authority {{in lang|es}}{{cite web|url=http://www2.pr.gov/Directorios/Pages/InfoAgencia.aspx?PRIFA=168|title=Contáctenos|work=pr.gov|access-date=4 August 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.presupuesto.gobierno.pr/PresupuestosAnteriores/AF99/BASLEGAL/168/168.htm|title=Ley Núm. 17 de 19 abril 1955|work=gobierno.pr|access-date=4 August 2015}} The Authority is ascribed to the Department of Transportation and Public Works and is governed by a board of directors whose members are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Its day-to-day operations are under the charge of an executive director, currently Omar Marrero Díaz.{{Cite web|url=http://cb.pr/rossello-nombra-a-omar-marrero-para-dirigir-tres-corporaciones/|title=Rosselló nombra a Omar Marrero para dirigir tres corporaciones – CB Español|website=cb.pr|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-02}}
Seaports overseen
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! scope=col | Name
! scope=col | Municipality
! scope=col | Cardinality
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|Aguirre Port
| Salinas
| south
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| Port of Arecibo
| Arecibo
| north
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| Port of Ceiba
| Ceiba
| east
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| Port of Fajardo
| Fajardo
| east
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| Port of Guayanilla
| south
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| Mayagüez
| west
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| San Juan
| north
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| Port of Yabucoa
| Yabucoa
| southeast
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| Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Americas
| Ponce
| south
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Airports overseen
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! scope=col| Name
! scope=col| Municipality
! scope=col| IATA
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| Antonio (Nery) Juarbe Pol Airport
| Arecibo
| ABO
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| Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport
| Vieques
| VQS
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| Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport
| Culebra
| CPX
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| Eugenio María de Hostos Airport
| Mayagüez
| MAZ
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| Fernando Ribas Dominicci Airport
| San Juan
| SIG
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| Humacao
| HUC
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| José Aponte de la Torre Airport
| Ceiba
| RVR
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| Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
| Carolina
| SJU
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| Ponce
| PSE
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| BQN
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Executive Directors
- 2017{{ndash}}present: Omar Marrero Díaz
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.prpa.pr.gov/ www.prpa.pr.gov}}{{in lang|es}}
{{Department of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico}}
{{Government-owned corporations of Puerto Rico}}
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Category:Airports in Puerto Rico
Category:Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works
Category:Government-owned corporations of Puerto Rico
Category:Transportation in Puerto Rico