Jorge Chávez International Airport
Main airport serving Lima, Peru; located in Callao / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Lima Airport" redirects here. For the airport in Lima, Ohio, see Lima Allen County Airport.
Jorge Chávez International Airport (IATA: LIM, ICAO: SPJC, SPIM) is the main international airport serving Lima, the capital of Peru. It is located in Callao, 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) northwest of Lima Center, the nation's capital city and 17 kilometers (11 mi) from the district of Miraflores. In 2017, the airport served 22,025,704 passengers. Historically, the airport was the hub for Compañía de Aviación Faucett and Aeroperú. Now it serves as a hub for many aviation companies. The airport was named after Peruvian aviator Jorge Chávez (1887–1910). It is among the busiest airports in South America.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Fraport | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Lima Airport Partners | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Lima metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
Location | Callao, Peru | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 29 October 1960; 63 years ago (1960-10-29) | ||||||||||||||
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Focus city for | Aerosucre | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 34 m / 113 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 12°01′19″S 077°06′52″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Fraport statistics[1] |
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