Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport explained

Crnl. FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport
Iata:IQT
Icao:SPQT
Type:Public
Operator:ADP
Location:Iquitos
Elevation-F:306
Pushpin Map:Peru
Pushpin Label:IQT
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Peru
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:06/24
R1-Length-M:2500
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2015
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:999,373[1]
Footnotes:Sources: GCM

Coronel (Crnl.) FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport is an airport serving Iquitos, capital of Loreto Region and Peru's fifth largest city. It is also known as Iquitos International Airport, and is one of the main airports in Peru.

It is located 7 km (4 miles) to the southeast of the center of Iquitos. It has a single runway 2,500 m (8,202 ft) in length. It is administered by Aeropuertos del Perú, who were given the concession in 2006; and serves more than 1 million passengers per year, making it the fourth busiest airport in Peru, after those of Lima, Cusco and Arequipa. It is the only airport in Amazonia with the ISO9001 stamp. It is served by airlines such as JetSmart Perú, LATAM Perú, Sky Airline, Star Perú and SAETA Perú, receiving commercial flights daily from Lima, as well as flights to and from Pucallpa and Tarapoto. There are also various connections to smaller towns and communities in the jungle.

The airport plays a particularly important logistical and economic role because the city of Iquitos is only accessible by air or by river. Iquitos and Pucallpa are the main air hubs in the Peruvian Amazon.

History

In 1973, Iquitos Airport changed its name in commemoration of a pilot of the Peruvian Air Force, Francisco Secada Vignetta, who was born in Iquitos and made his name in the war with Colombia that took place between 1932 and 1933.[2]

Airlines and destinations

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.corpac.gob.pe/Main.asp?T=5209 CORPAC
  2. Web site: Francisco Secada Vignetta - Iquitos' Flying Ace. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211008193730/https://www.perunorth.com/news/2021/9/20/francisco-secada-vignetta-iquitos-fighter-pilot . 2021-10-08 .