Uyuni Airport Explained

Uyuni Airport
Nativename:Joya Andina Airport
Iata:UYU
Icao:SLUY
Type:Public
City-Served:Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia
Elevation-F:12,024
Coordinates:-20.4431°N -66.8542°W
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Bolivia
Pushpin Label:UYU
Pushpin Label Position:top
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:13/31
R1-Length-M:4000
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Source: Landings.com,[1] GCM

Uyuni Airport, also known as Joya Andina Airport, is an airport at extremely high elevation just northwest of Uyuni, in the southwestern Potosí Department of Bolivia. It is close to the Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat. It was opened by the Bolivian president Evo Morales on July 11, 2011.[2] Currently the airport is served by one airline: Boliviana de Aviacion which offers regular flights to and from La Paz and Cochabamba.

Uyuni Airport features a long and wide paved runway, making it the airport with Bolivia's second longest runway.[3]

The Uyuni VOR-DME (Ident: UNI) is located on the field.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://aerobaticsweb.org/cgi-bin/search_apt?SLUY Airport record for Uyuni Airport
  2. Web site: Uyuni se abre al mundo con un moderno aeropuerto. https://web.archive.org/web/20130515143606/http://www.cambio.bo/noticia.php?fecha=12-07-2011&idn=49556. dead. 15 May 2013. Periodico Boliviano. es. 9 March 2012.
  3. Web site: Aeropuerto internacional de Uyuni tendrá la segunda mayor pista del país. ANF. es. 9 March 2012.
  4. https://skyvector.com/?ll=-20.454,-66.837&chart=301&zoom=1 Uyuni VOR