| Villa Aroma Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Sica Sica | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 12,533 ft / 3,820 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°19′15″S67°45′10″W / 17.32083°S 67.75278°W Coordinates: 17°19′15″S67°45′10″W / 17.32083°S 67.75278°W | ||||||||||
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  SLVA Location of Villa Aroma Airport in Bolivia | |||||||||||
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Villa Aroma Airport( ICAO : SLVA) is a high-elevation airport serving the town of Sica Sica in the La Paz Department of Bolivia. The town and airport are on the eastern side of the Bolivian Altiplano.
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.
Sica Sica is a small town and capital of Aroma Province in the La Paz Department of western Bolivia. It is located some 115 kilometres from La Paz, on the southwestern edge of the Serrania de Sicasica, a ridge, which is between La Paz and Cochabamba in a south-easterly direction. As of 2008 it has an estimated population of 4620. It The town is situated at a height of 3933 metres on the Bolivian Altiplano. Nearby Sica Sica is Ayo Ayo, the birthplace of the indigenous rebel leader Julián Apaza.
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. The capital is Sucre while the seat of government and financial center is located in La Paz. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales a mostly flat region in the east of Bolivia.
