FAP Captain José Abelardo Quiñones González International Airport

Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport
Chiclayo Airport in Peru
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorADP
LocationChiclayo
Elevation AMSL97 ft / 30 m
Coordinates6°47′15″S 79°49′40″W / 6.78750°S 79.82778°W / -6.78750; -79.82778
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CIX is located in Peru
CIX
CIX
Location of the airport in Peru
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 2,519 8,264 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1]

Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (IATA: CIX, ICAO: SPHI) is an airport serving Chiclayo, Peru and the surrounding metropolitan area. It is run by ADP, a private airport operator that operates various airports in northern Peru. It is the main airport of the Lambayeque Region, one of the most populous regions of Peru.

The airport is also used by the Peruvian Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea del Perú, FAP). It hosts one of the Air Force's two air superiority/interceptor squadrons, Escuadrón Aéreo 612 (Fighter Squadron 612 "Fighting Cocks"). The blast shelters housing the squadron's Mig 29 aircraft are visible from the airport runways.

The airport is named after Jose Quiñones Gonzalez, an FAP pilot who was killed during the July 1941 Ecuadorian-Peruvian War.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Copa Airlines Panama City–Tocumen
JetSmart Perú Lima
LATAM Perú Lima
Sky Airline Peru Lima[2]
Star Perú Iquitos, Lima, Tarapoto[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Airport information for CIX at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ "Sky Airline Peru Network Additions From July 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Star Peru Resumes Chiclayo – Tarapoto From mid-Dec 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 14 December 2023.


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