Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport

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Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport
Flughafen Tarija TJA (6).jpg
Summary
Airport typeCivil/Military
OperatorNavegación Aérea y Aeropuertos Bolivianos (NAABOL)
Serves Tarija, Bolivia
Elevation  AMSL 6,084 [1]  ft / 1,854 m
Coordinates 21°33′20″S64°42′05″W / 21.55556°S 64.70139°W / -21.55556; -64.70139
Map
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Airplane silhouette.svg
TJA
Location of airport in Bolivia
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
13/313,05010,007Asphalt
Sources: GCM [2] Google Maps [3]

Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport( IATA : TJA, ICAO : SLTJ) is an airport serving Tarija, the capital of the Tarija Department of Bolivia. The airport is in the southeastern section of the city, which is within a basin of the Cordillera Central mountain range. There is distant mountainous terrain in all quadrants.

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The Tarija non-directional beacon (Ident: TJA) and VOR-DME (Ident: TAR) are located on the field. [4] [5]

The runway length includes a 355 metres (1,165 ft) displaced threshold on Runway 31.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Boliviana de Aviación Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru, Yacuiba

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TJA may refer to:

References

  1. "Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza (SLTJ) at World Aero Data". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2020-07-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Airport information for Tarija at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. Google Maps - Tarija
  4. Tarija NDB
  5. Tarija VOR