Jorge Chávez International Airport
Jorge Chávez International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 12°01′19″S 077°06′52″W / 12.02194°S 77.11444°W | ||||||||||||||
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  LIM Location of airport in Lima | |||||||||||||||
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Jorge Chávez International Airport (
Aeroperú. Now it serves as a hub for many aviation companies. The airport was named after Peruvian aviator Jorge Chávez
(1887–1910). It is among the busiest airports in South America.
History
Lima's first airport was the
Jorge Chávez Dartnell. In December 1965, the terminal building was officially opened by President Fernando Belaúnde
after 11 months of reconstruction. The airport did not receive any renovation or change in infrastructure for 35 years.
When it was in operation,
LATAM Peru
, then known as LAN Peru would become the largest airline in Peru, controlling most of the domestic market.
In 2001, in order to improve and expand its infrastructure, the government of Peru placed the airport under the management of Lima Airport Partners (LAP). LAP is now composed of Fraport and International Finance Corporation. The air traffic control is managed by the Peruvian Corporation of Airports and Commercial Aviation (CORPAC). The Peruvian government engaged Jaime Malagón, Jerome Jakubik, Paul Slocomb, and Víctor M. Marroquín of Baker and McKenzie international law firm, to oversee the changes.
In February 2005, the first phase of a new renovation and expansion project was completed. This included the Peru Plaza Shopping Center and a new concourse. In June 2007, a four-star hotel, Ramada Costa del Sol, opened at the airport.[3]
In January 2009, the second phase of the terminal expansion was commenced. The terminal has 28 gates, 19 with boarding bridges. In August 2009, the LAP announced that in 2010, the airport would have a new category III instrument landing system to help with landing in foggy conditions.[4] Arquitectonica, a Miami-based architectural office, and Lima Airport Partners planned a second terminal and expansion of the main terminal.
On October 24, 2018, the Peruvian state delivered all the land for the expansion and modernization of the Jorge Chavez airport to the airport operator "Lima Airport Partners". The estimated investment of US$1,200 million includes the construction of a new runway, a control tower and a passenger terminal in addition to the existing one. On the other hand, the state will build a new bridge and highway on the current Santa Rosa Avenue that will connect directly with the "Costa Verde" highway, benefiting a lot of tourists and entrepreneurs who are only going to visit Miraflores[5] and the south.[6] Works was to be completed in 4 years, by the beginning of the year 2023, and will allow the transit of 40 million passengers per year by 2030.[7][8][9] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, work was delayed but contined in 2021. the new terminal will be completed in December 2024.
Transport
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Transportation between the airport and the city is provided by taxis, tour buses and vans. Airport Express Lima is the official bus of Jorge Chávez Airport. Line 2 and Line 4 of the
Lima Metro are currently under construction. Some companies of taxis and buses offer services to visit the city, some of them transit through the avenues: Faucett, Linea Amarilla, Tomás Valle, De La Marina, Colonial and Costa Verde.[10] Some go north, east, to the historic center and the Financial Center; and others towards Miraflores and the south area like Pachacamac and Surco
.
Facilities
The airport hosts the
Lucuma
.
The airport has numerous premium lounges in the departures terminal, such as VIP Peru. For passengers in first class, there is an exclusive salon near the gates, the VIP Club.
On 12 May 2009, the airport opened Lima Cargo City, a hub for cargo airlines.[11]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aerolíneas Argentinas | Buenos Aires–Aeroparque |
| Aeroméxico | Mexico City |
Madrid
| |
| Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle |
| Air Transat | Montréal–Trudeau,[12] Toronto–Pearson[12] |
| American Airlines | Miami |
| Arajet | Santo Domingo–Las Américas |
| ATSA Airlines[13] | Chachapoyas, Huánuco, Mazamari, Tingo María[14] |
| Avianca | Bogotá, Medellín–JMC (resumes June 1, 2024)[15] |
San Salvador (resumes June 17, 2024)[16]
| |
| Boliviana de Aviación | Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru |
| Copa Airlines | Panama City–Tocumen |
| Delta Air Lines | Atlanta |
Madrid
| |
| JetBlue | Fort Lauderdale (ends June 13, 2024)[17] |
| JetSmart Argentina | Buenos Aires–Ezeiza |
| JetSmart Chile | Santiago de Chile |
| KLM | Amsterdam |
LATAM Brasil | São Paulo–Guarulhos |
LATAM Chile | Antofagasta, Los Angeles, Santiago de Chile |
LATAM Ecuador | Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Guayaquil |
LATAM Paraguay | Asunción |
Tumbes
| |
Madrid
| |
| Sky Airline | Santiago de Chile |
Tumbes
| |
Tarapoto
| |
| United Airlines | Houston–Intercontinental, Newark |
Mexico City
| |
| Wingo | Bogotá |
Cargo
 |
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Aerosucre | Bogotá |
| Air Canada Cargo | Miami, Toronto–Pearson[28] |
| Aloha Air Cargo | Miami |
| Atlas Air[29] | Campinas, Miami |
| Avianca Cargo | Bogotá, Medellin–JMC, Miami |
Cargojet Airways | Hamilton (ON), Miami |
Korean Air Cargo | Campinas, Los Angeles, Miami, Seoul–Incheon |
| LATAM Cargo Brasil | Campinas, Miami |
| LATAM Cargo Chile | Miami |
Rio de Janeiro–Galeão
| |
| Lufthansa Cargo | Frankfurt |
| Martinair | Amsterdam, Campinas, Miami, Quito |
| Mas Air | Campinas, Mexico City–AIFA |
| Northern Air Cargo | Miami |
Qatar Airways Cargo | Campinas, Doha |
Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Santiago de Chile
| |
| UPS Airlines | Miami |
Statistics
Figures
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Annual passenger traffic at LIM airport.
See Wikidata query.
| Year | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger traffic | 18,619,536 | 10,819,010 | 7,017,414 | 23,578,600 | 23,659,196 | 22,046,042 | 19,286,158 | 17,575,919 | 16,170,035 | 14,908,772 | 13,330,290 | 11,904,553 | 10,278,493 | 8,786,973 | 8,285,688 |
| YoY growth% |  72.1% |
54.17% |
 336% |
0.004% |
7.61% |
14.07% |
9.73% |
8.69% |
8.45% |
11.84% |
11.70% |
15.82% |
17.00% |
6.0% |
10.4%
|
Busiest routes
| Rank | Airport | Passengers | Airline(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santiago de Chile, Chile | 1,654,378 |
LATAM Perú, Sky Airline
|
| 2 | Bogotá, Colombia | 839,947 |
LATAM Perú, Viva Air Colombia
|
| 3 | Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Argentina | 883,845 |
LATAM Perú
|
| 4 | Miami, United States | 881,406 |
LATAM Perú
|
| 5 | Madrid, Spain |
663,714 |
LATAM Perú, Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas
|
| 6 | Mexico City, Mexico | 630,495 |
LATAM Perú
|
| 7 | Panama City-Tocumen, Panama | 511,965 |
Copa Airlines |
| 8 | São Paulo-Guarulhos, Brazil | 506,918 |
LATAM Perú
|
| 9 | Cancún, Mexico | 421,325 |
LATAM Perú
|
| 10 | Quito, Ecuador | 399,307 |
LATAM Perú, TAME
|
Accidents and incidents
- November 27, 1962:
- May 8, 1964: an Douglas C-54 registration T-47 flying from Buenos Aires to Jorge Chávez International Airport crashed into a sand dune during approach in poor visibility conditions, killing 46 of the 49 people on board.[33]
- August 6, 1986: an explosion of unknown origin occurred at a restroom in the domestic terminal.[34]
- December 8, 1987: a control tower to allow the plane to make a low pass for a visual check by ground personnel. After receiving the confirmation that the landing gear was down, the aircraft circled the airport for another attempt to land, but plunged into the ocean instead, killing all on board except the pilot.[35]
- March 10, 1989: an
- January 25, 1991: a car bomb placed by the
- July 24, 1992: five American Airlines employees, charged with cleaning and baggage loading duties, were wounded by a bomb. This happened during the weekend in which Shining Path enforced a 48-hour nationwide "armed strike" that aimed at paralyzing, among other services, public transportation.[39][40]
- January 22, 1993: three bullets hit the right side of the fuselage of American Airlines Flight 917 (inbound from Miami) while either landing or taxiing on the runway after landing. There were no casualties and damage to the plane was minimal. Despite Shining Path (SP) claiming responsibility for the attack, a subsequent investigation failed to identify the actual assailants. Airport authorities reportedly stated that the source of the shots was accidental, originating in a security guard working in the perimeter.decade-long leftist insurgency against the Peruvian state, happened in the midst of a surge of terrorist attacks and assassinations during that month which also targeted US interests and businesses.[42]
- April 15, 1995: an Imperial Air Tupolev Tu-134A-3 registration OB-1553 flying from Cusco to Jorge Chavez International Airport suffered a tire failure after departure. The crew decided to continue the flight to Lima, but the left main landing gear did not extend during landing. There were no fatalities, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.[43]
- October 2, 1996: static ports during maintenance, rendering the airspeed indicator, altimeter and vertical speed indicator unreliable.[44]
- On December 13, 2003 at 22:48 local time, Aero Continente Flight 341, a flaps. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair, but all 94 passengers and six crew on board survived the accident.[45][46]
- On October 11, 2013, an TACA Airlines, made an emergency landing at 8:20 am Local Time. The pilot declared an emergency due to smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft was en route from Jorge Chávez International Airport to El Salvador International Airport, San Salvador, El Salvador. There were 31 passengers plus crew on board. The aircraft landed safely.[47]
- On November 18, 2022, a
See also
- Transport in Peru
- List of airports in Peru
- Fraport AG
- Lima Airport Partners
- CORPAC
- Aeropuertos del Perú, another airport operator
- Travel Test Clinics in Peru, Travel Restrictions for International Travel from Peru
Notes
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- ^ a b "Air Transat Schedules Peru Launch in Dec 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
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- ^ https://onemileatatime.com/news/jetblue-cancels-unprofitable-routes/
- ^ a b c "Jetsmart anuncia salida de tres nuevas rutas a Colombia". 18 July 2023.
- ^ a b "JetSMART Peru Schedules Ecuador Launch in 1H24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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- ^ "LATAM Peru start flight to Aurba". Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "LATAM volará a Atlanta como parte del nuevo paquete de rutas anunciadas en alianza con Delta". 16 June 2023.
- ^ "LATAM Airlines Perú retoma sus vuelos a Venezuela". June 2023.
- ^ "LATAM retoma vuelos a la Habana". 12 July 2023.
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- ^ Ranter, Harro (8 December 1987). "ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M AE-560 Lima-Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM)". Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ Ranter, Harro (10 March 1989). "ASN Aircraft accident IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander OB-T-1271 Lima". Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ Organization/20308.pdf. "Documents" (PDF). www.state.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-03-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Tupac amaru Revolutionary Movement: Growing Threat to US interests in Peru" (PDF). CIA.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 25, 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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- ^ Shining Path Rebels Flaunt. "Their Power With Strike In Peru". tribunedigital-sunsentinel.
- ^ Peruvian rebels bomb Coca-Cola plant. "Kill mayoral candidates; shots fired at American Airlines jet". UPI.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Ranter, Harro (15 April 1995). "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A-3 OB-1553 Lima-J Chavez International Airport (LIM)". Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ Ranter, Harro (2 October 1996). "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 757-23A N52AW Lima, Peru". Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ Information about Flight 341 at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ Official report on Flight 341 (in Spanish)
- ^ "INAC". Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ "Plane hits vehicle on runway, catches fire at Lima's airport". news.yahoo.com. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- ^ Aquino, Marco (2022-11-18). "LATAM Airlines plane crashes at Peruvian runway, two firefighters dead". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
External links
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