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El Alto International Airport
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| el Alto International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: LPB - ICAO: SLLP | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | abertis airports (Abertis) | ||
| Serves | La Paz | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 13,325 ft (4,061 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 10/28 | 13,123 | 4,000 | Concrete |
| 10L/28R | 6,725 | 2,050 | Grass |
El Alto International Airport (IATA: LPB, ICAO: SLLP) is an international airport located in El Alto, near the city of La Paz, Bolivia; it serves national and international air traffic. At an altitude of 13,313 ft, it is one of the highest international airports in the world. The facility serves as a focus city for Lloyd Aereo Boliviano, Bolivia's national air carrier, and is a hub for Aerosur, the country's second largest air carrier and largest private airline.
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On March 1, 1997 the Government of Bolivia entered into a 25 year contract with Airport Group International to operate the three largest airports in Bolivia – El Alto Airport in La Paz, Jorge Wilstermann Airport in Cochabamba and Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Servicios de Aeropuertos Bolivianos Sociedad Anonima (SABSA)was created to operate the concession. In 1999 Airport Group International was purchased by TBI plc and, in 2004, Spain's Abertis/AENA purchased TBI.
On March 8, 2006, a Learjet airplane belonging to Argentina's military crashed just minutes after taking off from El Alto on its way to Viru Viru International Airport, killing all six people on board.
- Aerosur (Cobija, Cochabamba, Puerto Suárez, Rurrenabaque, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Sucre, Trinidad, Uyuni)
- American Airlines (Miami)
- LAN Airlines (Arica, Iquique, Santiago de Chile)
- LAN Peru (Lima, Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
- Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (Cochabamba, Cusco, Lima, Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
- TACA
- TACA Peru (Lima, Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
- World Aero Data airport information for SLLP
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