| Yapacaní Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Yapacaní | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 816 ft / 249 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°00′35″S64°03′35″W / 17.00972°S 64.05972°W Coordinates: 17°00′35″S64°03′35″W / 17.00972°S 64.05972°W | ||||||||||
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  SLYI Location of Yapacaní Airport in Bolivia | |||||||||||
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Yapacaní Airport( ICAO : SLYI) is an airport serving the town of Yapacaní in the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia. The airport is by the village of Los Pozos, [4] 47 kilometres (29 mi) north of Yapacaní.
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.
Yapacaní is the largest town in the province of Ichilo in the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz. It lies on the west bank of the Yapacani River, at the mouth of the Surutú River, 100 km north-west of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the largest city in Bolivia. It is the centre of the district of Yapacaní Municipio. Prior to its foundation on 23 August 1953, there was a military post called El Comando.
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.
