Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport

Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico is the island's main international gateway, and its main connection to the United States. Intra-island flights fly between San Juan and various local points of interest, including Ponce and Vieques.

Located in the area known as Isla Verde, the airport was, for many decades, known as Isla Verde International Airport, until 1985, when then Governor Rafael Hernandez Colon decided to name it after Luis Muñoz Marin, Puerto Rico's first democratically elected governor.

The airport served as a Caribbean hub for Pan Am, Trans-Caribbean, and Eastern Airlines. It was also the hub of Puerto Rico's international airline, Prinair, from the airline's start in 1966 to 1984, when Prinair went bankrupt. From 1987 on, it became American Airlines' hub to the area.

Other companies flying to this airport include United Airlines, American Trans Air, Miami Air, Iberia, Condor, Delta Airlines, Air Sunshine, Northwest Airlines, Lacsa, Copa, TAM, and many air cargo companies.

In the past, the airport has been served by Mexicana, Aerolineas Argentinas, Lufthansa, Air France, British Airways and many other important airlines.

Various celebrities have been welcomed to Puerto Rico at this airport, including Menudo in 1981, after the group came back from touring Mexico; the boxer Felix Trinidad in 1999, after he defeated Oscar De La Hoya, and Pope John Paul II in 1984.