Identifier
PSE
Mercedita Airport Map Print (PSE)
PSE
TJPS
Ponce, Puerto Rico
$55
✓ Free US shipping · Made to Order
Colorway
White
Black
Navy
Sand
Blueprint
Night Ops
Hi-Viz
Finish
Fine Art Print pairs 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper with pigment giclée printing for rich color and a smooth matte finish. Supplied unframed. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat.
Framed Fine Art Print presents the same cotton paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame, with a white beveled mat and optical-grade clear acrylic. The mat is included, and hanging wire is already installed.
Glossy Metal Print brings vivid color to coated aluminum through dye sublimation. The glossy surface resists scratches and water; the included hidden mount positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall.
Size
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Printed in the USA
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- Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
- Ponce's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
- Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.
Description
A runway diagram map print of Mercedita Airport (PSE), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.
Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.
Shipping and Returns
Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.
The Digital Download is a JPEG at 300 dpi, sized for 24 by 30 inches. The digital add-on matches the selected physical print size at 300 dpi. Download links arrive by email and stay active for 30 days; save the file within that time and keep it for personal, non-commercial use. No physical item is shipped.
Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.
Digital downloads are non-refundable once delivered, except where required by law or where AirportPrints determines that a delivery failure or technical issue was caused by AirportPrints.
Materials
Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.
Framed Fine Art Print: the same cotton fine art paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame. A white, acid-free, 4-ply mat with a 45-degree bevel and optical-grade, shatter-resistant clear acrylic (safer to ship than glass) are included. The print is mounted to foam core for a flat presentation, with a kraft paper dust cover and installed hanging wire on the back.
Glossy Metal Print: the image is transferred by dye sublimation into polymer-coated aluminum with a glossy white base. The 1.14 mm panel has a scratch- and water-resistant surface, with a hidden inset mount that positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall. Display indoors, away from direct sunlight.
Digital Download: a high-resolution JPEG for personal, non-commercial use. No physical paper, frame, or metal panel is included.
Dimensions
Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.
Framed Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches, measured across the mat and acrylic area inside the frame. The mat sits within that area, so the visible image is about 6 x 8, 12 x 16, or 18 x 24 inches. The outside frame is larger than the listed size.
Glossy Metal Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches. During sublimation, 1/8 to 1/4 inch of the artwork may be cropped, so the printed edge can differ slightly from the preview.
Digital Download: a 7200 x 9000 pixel JPEG at 300 dpi for 24 x 30 inch printing. A digital add-on instead matches the selected physical size: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, or 24 x 30 inches at 300 dpi.
Made like something you keep.
The field itself
This is Ponce's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.
Museum-quality cotton paper
Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.
Solid wood framing or glossy metal
Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.
Mercedita
PSE · Ponce, Puerto Rico
18.0088° N · 66.5645° W
Field elevation 37 ft
Field elevation 37 ft
ICAO code
TJPS
Field elevation
37ft
Runways
1
Magnetic variation
11°W
Runways
12/308,002 × 150 ft
Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.
Mercedita Airport Runway Diagram Print
Mercedita International Airport works one runway, and the print is built on that single line: runway 12/30 at 8,002 by 150 feet, drawn as a long shallow diagonal with the 12 threshold high on the left and the 30 threshold low on the right. Field elevation is 37 feet above sea level and magnetic variation is 11W. The parallel taxiway carries the rest of the composition. It runs along the upper side of the runway for the first half of the field, cuts across near midfield where the terminal and apron blocks sit, then continues along the lower side to a small turnaround loop by the 30 end.
The field lies about three nautical miles east of the central business district of Ponce, mostly in the Vayas barrio, with the western end of the runway reaching into Sabanetas. It was built in 1939 as a modest aerodrome used for the airborne irrigation of the sugarcane fields of Destileria Serralles, and it took its name from Hacienda Mercedita, the plantation it belonged to. Juan Serralles, who founded the plantation, had named it for his wife Mercedes, and a portrait of her was unveiled at the airport in December 1992.
World War II turned the strip into a military airport, and in 1947 the U.S. Navy ceded it to the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, with operations officially starting in April 1948. When the runway at nearby Losey Field was judged in 1949 to no longer meet safety requirements, studies began for a new airport at Mercedita, and the result was inaugurated on 6 November 1955. Scheduled commercial flights began in 1965 and international flights in 1971, and Aerolineas de Ponce, which started operating from the field in 1966, soon moved most of its flying to San Juan and renamed itself Prinair. The runway was lengthened repeatedly as the aircraft grew, and the airport was inaugurated under the name Mercedita International Airport on 1 November 1990 once customs and border control facilities were in place.
As art the field is left to read plainly. Runway designators, lengths and widths follow the published figures, taxiways and apron edges are reduced to flat geometry over the ground tone you choose, and the terminal sits as a cluster of simple shapes near the middle of the line. One runway on a shallow diagonal leaves a lot of open sheet around it, which is the point. This is original wall art composed from published airport information and available field depictions rather than a navigation document, printed to order at a size that reads from across a room and still rewards standing close.
Ponce (PSE) print, common questions
How many runways does Mercedita International Airport have?
One. Runway 12/30 is 8,002 by 150 feet, and it forms the whole spine of the print, running from the upper left of the sheet down to the lower right.
What is the longest runway at PSE, and how high is the field?
Runway 12/30 at 8,002 feet is the only runway, so it is also the longest. Field elevation is 37 feet above sea level, and that figure is set in the margin of the print.
What does PSE stand for and where is the airport?
PSE is the IATA code for Mercedita International Airport, about three nautical miles east of the central business district of Ponce, Puerto Rico, at roughly 18.01 north, 66.56 west.
Is the diagram accurate to the real airport?
The designators, length and width of runway 12/30 come from published airport information for the field, and the taxiway and apron shapes are drawn from the airport's published layout. It is original wall art, not a chart: fine details may be simplified or omitted, including minor taxiway markings, signage and small structures, and it is not for navigation.
Why does the print show so much empty space?
Because the field is one runway with a taxiway beside it. Mercedita covers a compact site on Puerto Rico's south coast, so the linework sits as a single long diagonal with the terminal cluster at its middle, and the surrounding quiet is part of how the piece hangs.
What sizes can I get, and does this work as a gift?
Each print is made to order in a range of sizes and finishes, on the ground tone you pick at checkout. It lands well with anyone who has flown into Ponce, worked at Mercedita, or has family on the south coast of Puerto Rico.
