Cotopaxi International Airport

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Cotopaxi International Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
Operator Ecuadorian Air Force
Serves Latacunga, Ecuador
Elevation  AMSL 9,480 ft / 2,890 m
Coordinates 00°54′25″S78°36′57″W / 0.90694°S 78.61583°W / -0.90694; -78.61583
Map
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LTX
Location of the airport in Ecuador
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
01/193,71212,178Asphalt
Source: WAD [1] GCM [2]

Cotopaxi International Airport (Spanish : Aeropuerto Internacional Cotopaxi) ( IATA : LTX, ICAO : SELT) is a high-elevation airport in Latacunga, the capital of the Cotopaxi Province in Ecuador. The airport is within a broad valley of the Ecuadoran Andes, with rising terrain east and west, and mountainous terrain distant in all quadrants.

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It has the second longest runway in Ecuador. Runway length includes a 440 metres (1,440 ft) displaced threshold on Runway 19.

Airlines and destinations

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Cargolux Bogotá, Luxembourg

Cargo B airlines once operated to the airport with Boeing 747 freighter airplanes, making it the largest airplane to operate at this airport. Cargolux currently operates the type to Europe from Cotopaxi.

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References

  1. Airport information for SELT from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Airport information for Cotopaxi at Great Circle Mapper.