| Alerta Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | CORPAC S.A. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Alerta, Peru | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 797 ft / 243 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 11°39′00″S69°13′45″W / 11.65000°S 69.22917°W | ||||||||||
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  ALD Location of the airport in Peru | |||||||||||
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Alerta Airport( IATA : ALD, ICAO : SPAR) is an airstrip serving Alerta, a village near the Bolivian border in the Ucayali Region of Peru. The village is on the Río Muymanu (sv), a stream in the Amazon basin.
An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used.
The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.
Alerta is a city in the Madre de Dios Region of Peru. It is located very close to the border with the Madre de Dios Region. It is located 696 km (435 mi) from the regions capital, Pucallpa.
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The airstrip is 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) north of the village. The runway may have 660 metres (2,170 ft) usable length due to encroaching vegetation. [3]
The Iberia non-directional beacon (Ident: IBE) is 19.3 nautical miles (35.7 km) northwest of the airstrip. [4]
A non-directional (radio) beacon (NDB) is a radio transmitter at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. As the name implies, the signal transmitted does not include inherent directional information, in contrast to other navigational aids such as low frequency radio range, VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and TACAN. NDB signals follow the curvature of the Earth, so they can be received at much greater distances at lower altitudes, a major advantage over VOR. However, NDB signals are also affected more by atmospheric conditions, mountainous terrain, coastal refraction and electrical storms, particularly at long range.
