Uyuni Airport

Uyuni Airport

Joya Andina Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesUyuni, Potosí, Bolivia
Elevation AMSL12,024 ft / 3,665 m
Coordinates20°26′35″S 66°51′15″W / 20.44306°S 66.85417°W / -20.44306; -66.85417
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UYU is located in Bolivia
UYU
UYU
Location of the airport in Bolivia
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
Source: Landings.com,[1] GCM[2]

Uyuni Airport (IATA: UYU, ICAO: SLUY), also known as Joya Andina 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 and Cochabamba.

Uyuni Airport features a 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) long and 45 metres (148 ft) wide paved runway, making it the airport with Bolivia's second longest runway.[4]

The Uyuni VOR-DME (Ident: UNI) is located on the field.[5]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Boliviana de Aviación Cochabamba, La Paz

See also

References

  1. ^ Airport record for Uyuni Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-11
  2. ^ Airport information for Uyuni Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Aeropuerto internacional de Uyuni tendrá la segunda mayor pista del país" (in Spanish). ANF. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  5. ^ Uyuni VOR


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