Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport
Crnl. FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport | |||||||||||
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AMSL 306 ft / 93 m | | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 3°47′05″S 73°18′30″W / 3.78472°S 73.30833°W | ||||||||||
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Coronel (Crnl.) FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport (
Loreto Region
and Peru's fifth largest city. It is also known as Iquitos International Airport, and is one of the main airports in Peru.
It is located 7 km (4 miles) to the southeast of the center of Iquitos. It has a single runway 2,500 m (8,202 ft) in length. It is administered by
LATAM Perú, Sky Airline, Star Perú
and SAETA Perú, receiving commercial flights daily from Lima, as well as flights to and from Pucallpa and Tarapoto. There are also various connections to smaller towns and communities in the jungle.
The airport plays a particularly important logistical and economic role because the city of Iquitos is only accessible by air or by river. Iquitos and
Peruvian Amazon
.
History
In 1973, Iquitos Airport changed its name in commemoration of a pilot of the
war with Colombia that took place between 1932 and 1933.[3]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| LATAM Perú | Lima |
| SAETA Perú | Tarapoto
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| Sky Airline Peru | Lima |
| Tarapoto
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Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| AerCaribe | Lima[4] |
See also
References
- ^ CORPAC Passenger statistics
- ^ Airport information for IQT at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Francisco Secada Vignetta - Iquitos' Flying Ace". Archived from the original on 2021-10-08.
- ^ "Rutas".
External links
- OurAirports - Iquitos
- SkyVector - Iquitos
- Accident history for Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport at Aviation Safety Network
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