Juan Mendoza Airport Explained

Juan Mendoza Airport
Iata:ORU
Icao:SLOR
Type:Public
Operator:Government
City-Served:Oruro, Bolivia
Elevation-F:12146
Coordinates:-17.9625°N -67.0761°W
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label:ORU
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Bolivia
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:01/19
R1-Length-M:4000
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Sources: SkyVector[1] GCM Google Maps[2]

Juan Mendoza Airport (Spanish; Castilian: Aeropuerto Juan Mendoza) is an extremely high elevation airport serving the city of Oruro, the capital of the Oruro Department in Bolivia.

The airport is in the eastern part of the city, which is in the altiplano of Bolivia. There is distant mountainous terrain east and west of the airport.

The Oruro non-directional beacon (Ident: ORU) is located 0.9nmi west of the field. The Oruro VOR-DME (Ident: ORU) is located 0.49nmi off the displaced threshold of Runway 01.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. https://skyvector.com/airport/SLOR/Juan-Mendoza-Airport SkyVector
  2. https://www.google.com/maps/@-17.9545402,-67.0763609,5806m/data=!3m1!1e3 Google Maps - Juan Mendoza Airport
  3. http://ourairports.com/navaids/ORU/Oruro_NDB_BO/#lat=-17.953800201416016,lon=-67.09159851074219,zoom=15,type=Satellite Oruro NDB