Rodríguez Ballón International Airport
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IATA: AQP – ICAO: SPQU
 AQP
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | CORPAC S.A | ||
| Location | Arequipa | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 8,405 ft / 2,562 m | ||
| Coordinates | 16°20′27.86″S 71°34′59.1″W / 16.3410722°S 71.583083°WCoordinates: 16°20′27.86″S 71°34′59.1″W / 16.3410722°S 71.583083°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 09/27 | 9,712 | 2,960 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Passengers | 593,038 | ||
Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (IATA: AQP, ICAO: SPQU), known as Aeropuerto Internacional Rodríguez Ballón in Spanish, is an airport serving Peru's second largest city, Arequipa. This airport and Cusco's Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport are the main air hubs in southern Peru. This air terminal was used by 593,038 passengers in 2009, as reported by CORPAC, Peru's national airport corporation, who currently manages this and other non-privatized airports around the country. Its runway is fully paved. It is the main air gateway for tourists visiting the city of Arequipa, nearby ruins, and the Colca Canyon, the world's second deepest canyon (only behind Cotahuasi Canyon, also located in Arequipa.)
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AeroSur | La Paz (begins February 2012) [1] |
| LAN Perú | Cuzco, Juliaca, Lima |
| Peruvian Airlines | Lima, Tacna |
| Sky Airline | Arica, Iquique, Santiago de Chile |
| Star Perú | Cuzco, Lima |
| TACA Perú | Cuzco (begins January 1, 2012), Lima |
[edit] Accidents and incidents
On 18 March 1983, Douglas C-47E FAP-356 of the Fuerza Aérea del Perú was damaged beyond repair in an accident at Arequipa Airport.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.tnews.com.pe/not_am/aerosur-volara-la-paz-arequipa-desde-febrero.htm
- ^ "FAP-356 Accident report". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19830318-0. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
[edit] External links
- (English) Airport information for SPQU at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- (English) Map from Multimap
- (English) Satellite image from TerraServer
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