Teniente Jorge Henrich Arauz Airport Explained

Teniente Jorge Henrich Arauz Airport
Iata:	TDD
Icao:	SLTR
Pushpin Map:	Bolivia
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of airport in Bolivia
Pushpin Label:	TDD
Type:	Public/General
City-Served:	Trinidad
Location:	Trinidad, Bolivia
Elevation-F:	509
Coordinates:	-14.8208°N -64.9167°W
Metric-Rwy:	y
R1-Number:	14/32
R1-Length-M:	2400
R1-Length-F:	7874
R1-Surface:	Paved
Footnotes:	Sources: GCM Google Maps^[1] Landings^[2]

Teniente Jorge Henrich Arauz Airport is an airport serving the city of Trinidad, Bolivia.It is the main airport and gateway to the Bolivian section of the Amazon basin.

The Trinidad VOR-DME (Ident: TRI) is located 1.7nmi northwest of the field. The Trinidad non-directional beacon (Ident: TDD) is located on the field.^{[3] [4]}

Accidents and incidents

• On 19 April 1968, Douglas VC-47D CP-734 of Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano crashed on take-off.^[5]
• On 1 February 2008, Boeing 727 CP-2429 of Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano landed 4.2 km short of the runway due to fuel exhaustion.^[6]
• On 6 September 2011, Aerocon Flight 238, operated by Swearingen SA.227BC Metroliner III CP-2548 crashed on approach, killing eight of the nine people on board.

See also

• Transport in Bolivia
• List of airports in Bolivia

External links

• Trinidad Airport at OpenStreetMap
• Trinidad Airport at OurAirports

Notes and References

1. https://www.google.com/maps/@-14.8191138,-64.9190449,4240m/data=!3m1!1e3 Google Maps - Trinidad
2. http://aerobaticsweb.org/cgi-bin/search_apt?SLTR Landings.com - Trinidad
3. http://ourairports.com/navaids/TRI/Trinidad_VOR-DME_BO/#lat=-14.799099922180176,lon=-64.93840026855469,zoom=10,type=Satellite Trinidad VOR
4. http://ourairports.com/navaids/TDD/Trinidad_NDB_BO/#lat=-14.824399948120117,lon=-64.92369842529297,zoom=10,type=Satellite Trinidad NDB
5. Web site: CP-734 Accident description . Aviation Safety Network . 24 July 2011.
6. Web site: Accident Description . Aviation Safety Network . 6 July 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180615214828/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080201-0 . 2018-06-15.