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		16°30′48″S, 68°11′32″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
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 4,061 metres (13,323 ft), it is one of the highest international airports in the world. The facility served as a focus city for the former Lloyd Aereo Boliviano, Bolivia's national air carrier, and is a hub for Aerosur, the country's only significant private airline.

1 Operators
2 Incidents
3 Airlines and destinations
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Operators

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.

[edit] Incidents

On March 8, 2006, a Learjet aircraft 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.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Aerosur (Cobija, Cochabamba, Cusco, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Sucre)
American Airlines (Miami)
LAN Airlines (Iquique, Santiago de Chile)
- LAN Peru (Lima, Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
TACA
- TACA Peru (Lima, Santa Cruz de la Sierra)