| Ciudad de Catamayo Airport Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Loja, Ecuador | ||||||||||
| Location | Catamayo | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,056 ft / 1,236 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 03°59′45″S 79°22′20″W / 3.99583°S 79.37222°W | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
|   LOH Location of airport in Ecuador | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| 
 | |||||||||||
Ciudad de Catamayo Airport, formerly known as Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport (IATA: LOH, ICAO: SECA) is an airport serving Loja, the capital of the Loja Province in southern Ecuador. Its name was changed from Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport (after a former president of the country) to Ciudad de Catamayo Airport on 13 May 2013.[3][4]
The airport is at Catamayo, a city in a mountain valley 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Loja. There is rising terrain south of the airport, and mountainous terrain in all other quadrants. The Loja non-directional beacon (Ident: LOJ) is located on the field.[5] Several sources still list the airport ICAO code as SETM.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations | 
|---|---|
| Aeroregional | Quito Seasonal Charter: Panama City–Balboa | 
Accidents and incidents
- On 19 November 1979, an Ecuadorian Army IAI Arava 201 crashed on takeoff, killing all 16 people on board. General Rafael Rodríquez Palacios and his wife and daughter were among the dead.[6]
- On 14 July 1980, Vickers Viscount HC-BHB of Aerolíneas Cóndor was damaged beyond economic repair in a landing accident.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ Airport information for LOH at Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ Google Maps - Catamayo
- ↑ News Agency Andes, Monday May 13, 2013: Ciudad de Catamayo is the new official of the airport of Loja
- ↑ Newspaper El Comercio, Monday May 13, 2013: Ciudad de Catamayo is the new of the airport of Loja Archived 2014-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Loja NDB
- ↑ Aviation Safety Network Accident Description
- ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
External links
- OpenStreetMap - Catamayo
- OurAirports - Loja
- SkyVector - Catamayo
- FallingRain - Loja Airport
- Accident history for Loja Airport at Aviation Safety Network
- Current weather for Catamayo Airport at NOAA/NWS
 Media related to Ciudad de Catamayo Airport at Wikimedia Commons Media related to Ciudad de Catamayo Airport at Wikimedia Commons
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.