Cotopaxi International Airport
Appearance
(Redirected from Cotopaxi (international airport))
Cotopaxi International Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
Operator | Ecuadorian Air Force | ||||||||||
Serves | Latacunga, Ecuador | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 9,480 ft / 2,890 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 00°54′25″S 78°36′57″W / 0.90694°S 78.61583°W | ||||||||||
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Cotopaxi International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Cotopaxi) (IATA: LTX, ICAO: SELT) is a high-elevation airport in Latacunga, the capital of the Cotopaxi Province in Ecuador. The airport is within a broad valley of the Ecuadoran Andes, with rising terrain east and west, and mountainous terrain distant in all quadrants.
It has the second longest runway in Ecuador. Runway length includes a 440 metres (1,440 ft) displaced threshold on Runway 19.
Airlines and destinations
[edit]Cargo
[edit]Airlines | Destinations |
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Cargolux | Bogotá, Luxembourg |
Cargo B airlines once operated to the airport with Boeing 747 freighter airplanes, making it the largest airplane to operate at this airport. Cargolux currently operates the type to Europe from Cotopaxi.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Airport information for SELT[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for Cotopaxi at Great Circle Mapper.