Alcantarí Airport Explained

Alcantarí International Airport
Iata:SRE
Icao:SLAL
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Bolivia
Pushpin Label:SRE
Pushpin Label Position:right
Type:Public
Operator:Navegación Aérea y Aeropuertos Bolivianos (NAABOL)
City-Served:Sucre
Location:Yamparáez, Bolivia
Elevation-F:10184
Elevation-M:3104
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:18/36 [1]
R1-Length-M:3600
R1-Surface:Asphalt

Alcantarí International Airport is an airport that serves Sucre, Bolivia, the nation's constitutional capital city. It is in the Yamparáez municipality.

The airport was inaugurated on May 15, 2016, because the old Sucre Airport was in a dangerous area and there were space concerns around it. Thus it was decided to build a better and bigger facility than the old airport.[2]

It is located to the south of Sucre.

History

The airport replaces the Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport that ceased commercial flights due to continuous complaints about security issues. In 2011 the construction of the new airport finally started, the first commercial flight was made on May 15, and on May 25, 2016, the operations officially started.

Characteristics

The modern airport has a platform of 28,000 m2, a passenger terminal of 5.660 m2, a 3600 m track and all airport property comprises some 345 hectares.

Unlike the old Sucre airport, this airport can have night operations, plus the airport project will continue until 2020 to improve it even more, and get to have a cargo terminal and be an international airport.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fs2000.org/2015/11/08/fsx-alcantari-international-airport/ Notes
  2. https://translate.google.com.ar/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.la-razon.com%2Feconomia%2Falcantari-operaciones-aeropuerto_0_2490950885.html&edit-text=&act=url Sucre inaugurates new airport
  3. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fprensa-latina.cu%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26idioma%3D1%26id%3D4905861%26Itemid%3D1&edit-text=&act=url Alcantarí project until 2020