Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport

Coronel (Crnl.) FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport (IATA: IQT, ICAO: SPQT) is an airport serving Iquitos, capital of Loreto Region and Peru's fifth largest city. It is also known as Iquitos International Airport, and is one of the main airports in Peru.

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Crnl. FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorADP
LocationIquitos
Elevation AMSL306 ft / 93 m
Coordinates3°47′05″S 73°18′30″W
Map
IQT
Location of the airport in Peru
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers999,373[1]
Sources: GCM[2]

It is located 7 km (4 miles) to the southeast of the center of Iquitos. It has a single runway 2,500 m (8,202 ft) in length. It is administered by Aeropuertos del Perú, who were given the concession in 2006; and serves more than 1 million passengers per year, making it the fourth busiest airport in Peru, after those of Lima, Cusco and Arequipa. It is the only airport in Amazonia with the ISO9001 stamp. It is served by airlines such as LATAM Perú, Sky Airline, Star Perú and Viva Air Perú, receiving nine commercial flights per day from Lima, as well as flights to and from Pucallpa and Tarapoto. There are also various connections to smaller towns and communities in the jungle.

The airport plays a particularly important logistical and economic role because the city of Iquitos is only accessible by air or by river. Iquitos and Pucallpa are the main air hubs in the Peruvian Amazon.

History

In 1973, Iquitos Airport changed its name in commemoration of a pilot of the Peruvian Air Force, Francisco Secada Vignetta, who was born in Iquitos and made his name in the war with Colombia of 1932 - 33.[3]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
JetSmart Peru Lima (begins August 24 2022)
LATAM Perú Lima
Sky Airline Peru Lima
Star Perú Lima, Pucallpa, Tarapoto

See also

References
  1. CORPAC Passenger statistics
  2. Airport information for IQT at Great Circle Mapper.
  3. "Francisco Secada Vignetta - Iquitos' Flying Ace". Archived from the original on 2021-10-08.


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