Uyuni Airport
Joya Andina International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional La Joya Andina | |||||||||||
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 Main terminal at Joya Andina Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 12,024 ft / 3,665 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°26′35″S 66°51′15″W / 20.44306°S 66.85417°W | ||||||||||
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  UYU Location of the airport in Bolivia | |||||||||||
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| Source: Landings.com,[1] GCM[2] | |||||||||||
Joya Andina International Airport (IATA: UYU, ICAO: SLUY), also known as Uyuni Airport, is an airport at extremely high elevation just northwest of Uyuni, in the southwestern Potosí Department of Bolivia. It is close to the Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat. It was opened by the Bolivian president Evo Morales on July 11, 2011.[3] Currently the airport is served by one airline: Boliviana de Aviacion which offers regular flights to and from La Paz, Cochabamba and Cusco in Peru.
Joya Andina Airport features a 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) long and 45 metres (148 ft) wide asphalt runway, making it the airport with Bolivia's tied longest runway with El Alto International Airport in La Paz and Juan Mendoza Airport in Oruro.[4]
The Uyuni VOR-DME (Ident: UNI) is located on the field.[5]
Airlines and destinations
[edit]| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Boliviana de Aviación | Cusco[6], Cochabamba, La Paz |
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Airport record for Uyuni Airport Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-11
- ^ "Airport information for Uyuni Airport" – via Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Uyuni se abre al mundo con un moderno aeropuerto" (in Spanish). Periodico Boliviano. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "Aeropuerto internacional de Uyuni tendrá la segunda mayor pista del país" (in Spanish). ANF. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ Uyuni VOR
- ^ "With Cusco Flights, BoA Aims to Integrate the Biggest Tourist Attractions of Bolivia and Peru". aviaciononline. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Joya Andina Airport at OpenStreetMap
- Uyuni Airport Archived 2017-02-25 at the Wayback Machine at OurAirports
- Aeronautical chart and airport information for La Joya Andina Airport at SkyVector
- Uyuni Joya Andina Airport at FlightRadar24
- Accident history for Uyuni Airport at Aviation Safety Network
- "Current weather for SLUY". NOAA/NWS.
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