Cotopaxi International Airport Explained

Cotopaxi International Airport
Iata:LTX
Icao:SELT
Type:Public / Military
Operator:Ecuadorian Air Force
City-Served:Latacunga, Ecuador
Pushpin Map:Ecuador
Pushpin Label:LTX
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Ecuador
Elevation-F:9480
Coordinates:-0.9069°N -78.6158°W
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:01/19
R1-Length-M:3712
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Source: WAD[1] GCM

Cotopaxi International Airport (Spanish; Castilian: Aeropuerto Internacional Cotopaxi) is a high-elevation airport in Latacunga, the capital of the Cotopaxi Province in Ecuador. The airport is within a broad valley of the Ecuadoran Andes, with rising terrain east and west, and mountainous terrain distant in all quadrants.

It has the second longest runway in Ecuador. Runway length includes a displaced threshold on Runway 19.

Airlines and destinations

Cargo

Cargo B airlines once operated to the airport with Boeing 747 freighter airplanes, making it the largest airplane to operate at this airport. Cargolux currently operates the type to Europe from Cotopaxi.

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Notes and References

  1. from DAFIF (effective October 2006)