Captain Nicolas Rojas Airport Explained

Capitán Nicolas Rojas Airport
Iata:POI
Icao:SLPO
Type:Public
Operator:Government
City-Served:Potosí, Bolivia
Elevation-F:12922
Coordinates:-19.5431°N -65.7236°W
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label:POI
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Bolivia
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:06/24
R1-Length-M:2833
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Sources: Google Maps[1] AASANA[2] WAD GCM

Capitán Nicolas Rojas Airport (Spanish; Castilian: Aeropuerto Capitán Nicolas Rojas,) is an extremely high elevation airport serving the city of Potosí, the capital of the Potosí Department in Bolivia.

The runway is in a shallow valley northeast of the city, with mountainous terrain in a quadrants.

The Potosi VOR-DME (Ident: PTS) is located 1.4nmi off the approach threshold of Runway 24. The Potosi non-directional beacon (Ident: POI) is located on the field.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.google.com/maps/@-19.5425242,-65.7239704,4065m/data=!3m1!1e3 Google Maps - Potosi
  2. Web site: Aeropuertos Controlados (Controlled airports) . Administración de Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxliares a la Navegación Aérea (AASANA) . https://web.archive.org/web/20080623212320/http://200.87.68.26/aeropuertos_controlados.php4 . 2008-06-23. es.
  3. http://ourairports.com/navaids/POI/Potosi_NDB_BO/#lat=-19.548500061035156,lon=-65.72989654541016,zoom=10,type=Satellite Potosi NDB
  4. https://skyvector.com/?ll=-19.5235,-65.69233333&chart=301&zoom=1 Potosi VOR