Juan Mendoza Airport

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Juan Mendoza Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
Serves Oruro, Bolivia
Elevation  AMSL 12,146 ft / 3,702 m
Coordinates 17°57′45″S67°04′34″W / 17.96250°S 67.07611°W / -17.96250; -67.07611
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Bolivia adm location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
ORU
Location of the airport in Bolivia
Juan Mendoza Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
01/194,00013,123Asphalt
Sources: SkyVector [1] GCM [2] Google Maps [3]

Juan Mendoza Airport (Spanish : Aeropuerto Juan Mendoza) ( IATA : ORU, ICAO : SLOR) is an extremely high elevation airport serving the city of Oruro, the capital of the Oruro Department in Bolivia.

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The airport is in the eastern part of the city, which is in the altiplano of Bolivia. There is distant mountainous terrain east and west of the airport. [3]

The Oruro non-directional beacon (Ident: ORU) is located 0.9 nautical miles (1.7 km) west of the field. The Oruro VOR-DME (Ident: ORU) is located 0.49 nautical miles (0.91 km) off the displaced threshold of Runway 01. [4] [1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Boliviana de Aviación Cochabamba

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