| Rodríguez Ballón International Airport | |||
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| IATA: AQP - ICAO: SPQU | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | CORPAC S.A. | ||
| Serves | Arequipa | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 8,405 ft (2,562 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 09/27 | 9,712 | 2,960 | Asphalt |
Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (IATA: AQP, ICAO: SPQU), known as Aeropuerto Internacional Rodríguez Ballón in Spanish, is an airport serving Peru's second largest city, Arequipa. This airport and Cusco's Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport are the main air hubs in southern Peru. Its runway is fully paved. In the past it has had international flights to destinations such as Iquique in Chile and La Paz in Bolivia. It is the main gateway for tourists visiting the city of Arequipa, spectacular nearby ruins, and the Colca Canyon, the world's second deepest canyon (only behind Cotahuasi Canyon, also located in Arequipa.) International flights were resumed on December 6, 2007 with schedule flights to Arica, Chile.[1]
Airlines and Destinations
The following airlines serve the airport:
- Aero Cóndor (Lima, Tacna)
- LAN Airlines
- LAN Peru (Juliaca, Lima)
- Star Peru (Juliaca, Lima)
External links
- Airport information for SPQU at World Aero Data
- Map from Multimap
- Satellite image from TerraServer
