Antonio Sáenz Heredia International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional Antonio José Sáenz y Heredia | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Private | ||||||||||||||
Owner | 25% Nuevo Xichútepa World Airways 75% Creeperian Airport Holdings | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Nuevo Xichútepa World Airways | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Nuevo Xichútepa and surrounding department | ||||||||||||||
Location | Nuevo Xichútepa, Xichútepa, Creeperopolis | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 15 April 1971 | ||||||||||||||
Hub for | Passenger Airlines Cargo Airlines | ||||||||||||||
Built | 1967–1971 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 212 ft / 65 m | ||||||||||||||
Website | aeropuertosanromero.org.cr | ||||||||||||||
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Antonio José Sáenz y Heredia International Airport (IATA: ASH, ICAO: CASH, FAA LID: ASH), commonly referred to as ASH (with each of its letters pronounced individually), is the primary international airport serving Nuevo Xichútepa, Xichútepa, Creeperopolis, and its surrounding metropolitan area.
ROM is located in Nuevo Xichútepa. ASH has four runways and two terminals.
In 2019, ASH handled 24,319,292 passengers, making it one of the world's busiest and Creeperopolis' fourth busiest.
ASH serves as a secondary hub for Creeperian Airlines, Creeperopolis's largest airline, along with its cargo counterpart: Creeperian Airlines Cargo. ASH is the largest airport in Xichútepa.
The airport is named after Antonio José Sáenz y Heredia, the founder of the Catholic Royalist Party who served as Prime Minister of Creeperopolis four times, Mayor of Nuevo Xichútepa, and Secretary of the Creeperian Initiative.