General Ulpiano Paez Airport

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General Ulpiano Paez Airport

Aeropuerto General Ulpiano Paez
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
Location Salinas, Ecuador
Elevation  AMSL 20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates 02°12′20″S80°59′20″W / 2.20556°S 80.98889°W / -2.20556; -80.98889
Map
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SNC
Location of airport in Ecuador
General Ulpiano Paez Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
13/312,6308,629Asphalt
08/261,1303,707Asphalt
Source: WAD [1] GCM [2] Google Maps [3]

General Ulpiano Paez Airport( IATA : SNC, ICAO : SESA) is a public/military joint-use airport serving the coastal city of Salinas, in the Santa Elena Province of Ecuador. The city and airport are on a peninsula extending into the Pacific Ocean.

Contents

The Salinas non-directional beacon (Ident: SLS) and VOR-DME (Ident: SAV) are located on the field. [4] [5]

History

During World War II the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Sixth Air Force defending the South American coastline and the Panama Canal against Japanese submarines. Flying units assigned to the airfield were:

See also

References

  1. Airport information for SESA [ usurped ] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. Airport information for Salinas at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. Google Maps - Salinas
  4. Salinas NDB
  5. Salinas VOR
  6. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
  7. Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN   0-89201-092-4.
  8. Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN   0-405-12194-6. LCCN   70605402. OCLC   72556. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2023.

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency