Mayor Galo de la Torre Airport

Mayor Galo de la Torre Airport Aeropuerto Mayor Galo de la Torre
IATA: TNW – ICAO: SETE
Summary
Airport type	Public, defunct
Serves	Tena
Location	Tena, Napo Province, Ecuador
Elevation AMSL	1,708 ft / 521 m
Coordinates	0°59′20″S 77°49′18″W / 0.98889°S 77.82167°WCoordinates: 0°59′20″S 77°49′18″W / 0.98889°S 77.82167°W
Map
TNW Location in Ecuador
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 3,937 1,200 Asphalt
Source: SkyVector[1]

Mayor Galo de la Torre Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Mayor Galo de la Torre) (IATA: TNW, ICAO: SETE) was an airport serving Tena, Napo Province, Ecuador. It closed in 2001 and was replaced by Jumandy Airport, 25 km (16 mi) to the east, in 2011.

History

Mayor Galo de la Torre Airport was constructed along with airstrips at Pano and Shandia to improve connectivity between Napo Province and the rest of the country. Unlike the latter two which began to decline from the 1950s onward, the airport in Tena was highly used for passenger and cargo transport to and from Quito. The airport was also used by the Ecuadorian Army for logistic works.^[2]

During the 1960s and 70s, Transportes Aéreos Orientales (TAO) operated flights between Tena and Quito. SAEREO also flew this route at one point.^[2]

The airport was closed in 2001, replaced by Jumandy Airport in Ahuano in 2011.^[2][3]

See also

• Jumandy Airport

References

1. "SETE - Tena / Nacional Airport". SkyVector. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
2. "Historia de la Provincia". Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado de Napo. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
3. "Aerolínea comercial suspende operaciones en el aeropuerto con la tercera pista más grande del país". Ecuavisa. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.