Jorge Wilstermann International Airport Explained

Jorge Wilstermann International Airport
Iata:CBB
Icao:SLCB
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Bolivia
Pushpin Label:CBB
Pushpin Label Position:right
Type:Public / Military
Owner:Ministry of Public Works, Services and Housing of Bolivia
Operator:NAABOL
City-Served:Cochabamba, Bolivia
Location:Cochabamba
Elevation-F:8360
Website:https://www.naabol.gob.bo
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:14/32
R1-Length-M:3798
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:04/22
R2-Length-M:2649
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2013
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:1,378,180
Footnotes:Sources: AASANA[1] WAD GCM

Jorge Wilstermann International Airport (es|Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Wilstermann,) is a high elevation international airport serving Cochabamba, the capital of the Cochabamba Department of Bolivia. The facility is named after Jorge Wilstermann, an early Bolivian commercial aviator.

History

The airport was born with a single 2649 meter post office and a terminal on Guillermo Killman Avenue. In 1988, as an expansion plan, due to the fact that the old terminal was becoming more and more crowded and a longer runway was needed for more modern and larger aircraft, a new 3798 meter runway was created and put into operation in 1990, and a new air terminal was inaugurated years later in 1997, with the old terminal becoming a cargo terminal that currently houses a Boliviana de Aviacion hangar. On 1 March 1997, the Government of Bolivia entered into a 25-year contract with Airport Group International to operate the three largest airports in Bolivia – El Alto International Airport in La Paz, Jorge Wilstermann Airport, and Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Servicios de Aeropuertos Bolivianos Sociedad Anonima (SABSA) was created to operate the concession. In 1999, Airport Group International was purchased by TBI plc and, in 2004, Spain's Abertis/AENA purchased TBI and operated it until 2013 when the Government ordered the nationalization of SABSA, the company Airport Group International created. SABSA Nacionalizada has operated the airport since 2013. In the same year, 3 boarding jetways boarding bridges were installed.

SABSA has been substituted in March of 2022 by the newly established government agency Navegación Aérea y Aeropuertos Bolivianos (NAABOL). This state-owned agency now manages the airports in Bolivia. [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aeropuertos Controlados . 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.
  2. Web site: Gobierno anuncia que SABSA pasará a NAABOL y ofrece a trabajadores formar parte de la institución. 24 February 2022 .