Uyuni Airport

Uyuni Joya Andina Airport
Aeropuerto de Uyuni / Aeropuerto Joya Andina
IATA: UYU – ICAO: SLUY
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia
Location  Bolivia
Elevation AMSL 3,954 m / 12,972 ft
Coordinates 20°27′00″S 066°50′32″W / 20.45000°S 66.84222°W / -20.45000; -66.84222Coordinates: 20°27′00″S 066°50′32″W / 20.45000°S 66.84222°W / -20.45000; -66.84222
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UYU

Location of the airport in Bolivia

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
Source: Landings.com,[1] GCM,[2] STV[3]

Uyuni Airport (IATA: UYU, ICAO: SLUY), aka Joya Andina Airport, is a public use airport located slightly 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.[4] Currently the airport is served by two airlines: Amaszonas and TAM – Transporte Aéreo Militar, which offer regular flights to and from Sucre, La Paz and Rurrenabaque.

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.[5]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
AmaszonasLa Paz, Rurrenabaque
Transporte Aéreo MilitarLa Paz, Sucre

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport record for Uyuni Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-11
  2. ↑ Airport information for SLUY at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ Airport information for Uyuni Airport at Search (for) Travel website.
  4. ↑ "Uyuni se abre al mundo con un moderno aeropuerto" (in Spanish). Periodico Boliviano. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Aeropuerto internacional de Uyuni tendrá la segunda mayor pista del país" (in Spanish). ANF. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

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