Culebra Island (CPX) → San Juan (SJU)
A reference for the Benjamin Rivera Noriega Airport to Luis Munoz Marin International Airport route. You'll find the operators on file, the great-circle geometry, the connecting options if no nonstop fits your dates, and a short profile of each endpoint airport.
The flight from Culebra Island (CPX) to San Juan (SJU) covers a great-circle distance of roughly 75 km (47 miles). Aircraft leave Benjamin Rivera Noriega Airport on an initial west heading. As domestic sectors go, this one sits in the short-haul bracket: long enough that most carriers run it as its own dedicated rotation, but short enough to fit inside a single crew duty period.
Cape Air is the only carrier filing a scheduled CPX to SJU service in the dataset. Single-operator routes like this usually reflect a focus-city or hub-spoke relationship, or a market that's big enough to support one dedicated daily but not big enough to attract a second entrant yet.
Operators on the CPX → SJU direction
Carriers with at least one scheduled rotation on this sector in the OpenFlights dataset, ranked by the number of code-shared filings.
| IATA | Airline | Country | Callsign |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9K | Cape Air | United States | CAIR |
At well under 1,500 km this is a regional sector. Carriers typically run narrow-body aircraft from the Airbus A320 family or the Boeing 737 series, with regional jets (Embraer E-Jet, CRJ) showing up on lower-frequency rotations. Block time runs around 50m. Expect a single-aisle cabin and no real meal service. A snack and a drink is usually all you get.
No obvious one-stop hubs appear on both ends of the network for this pair. Usually that means either the destination is a small spoke airport, or the only realistic itineraries route through a global super-hub well outside the region. The sections below point to the strongest candidates on each side.
Both endpoints sit inside Puerto Rico, so this is a domestic sector subject to local rules on baggage, identification, and security. Domestic flying often gets different tax treatment than international itineraries, so when you compare fares look at the all-in price (with domestic departure taxes included) rather than the base fare alone. See the Puerto Rico routes index for other domestic pairs.
On the day of operation, the CPX to SJU direction lifts off heading west, then the great-circle track curves to compensate for the Earth's rotation. The return SJU to CPX sector heads east out of the gate, with 1 operators on file for the inbound side. Combine the two operator lists for a full picture of the city pair's competitive landscape.
BTS domestic traffic (CPX → SJU, 2025)
Real 2025 passenger, freight, and departure-frequency totals for this exact non-stop segment, from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics T-100 Domestic Segment (All Carriers) database — not an OpenFlights field. Scheduled-passenger service (BTS service class F) only; all-cargo and non-scheduled service are excluded.
| Carrier code | Carrier (BTS record) | Passengers | Departures performed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9K | Hyannis Air Service, Inc. dba Cape Air | 6,647 | 1,375 |
| F4 | Air Charter, Inc d/b/a Air Flamenco | 0 | 0 |
Aircraft types flown on this segment in 2025, by departures performed: Cessna C-402/402A/402B (1,375 departures), Pilatus Britten-Norman BN2/A Islander (0 departures). Mail carried: 0 lb. Departures scheduled vs. performed: 1,393 scheduled, 1,375 performed.
Data as of: full calendar year 2025 (all 12 months) · Source: BTS T-100 Domestic Segment (All Carriers), U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics (public domain, U.S. government work). Carrier names and aircraft-type descriptions are BTS's own record values, not this site's. Figures reflect carrier-filed BTS reports, not real-time bookings. See the BTS domestic traffic hub and methodology for match coverage and corrections path.
Endpoints
Other routes into San Juan (SJU)
Other origins that already file scheduled service into the destination airport.
Reading this route page
The operator list reflects scheduled-route filings in the OpenFlights dataset, not real-time availability. A carrier appearing here publishes a scheduled service on this sector. It isn't a live timetable, and the actual flight numbers, frequencies, and aircraft types shift season to season. For booking and current schedules, cross-reference the airline page above with the carrier's own website.
Distance here is the great-circle arc between the two airports' published coordinates. Real flight tracks wander off that line because of wind, ATC routings, oceanic crossings, and political airspace constraints. Block time is an estimate covering ground taxi, climb, cruise at typical jet speeds, and descent. Real block times shift with aircraft type, weather, and traffic, so treat the stat-strip number as a planning indicator rather than a published flight time.