Ciudad de Catamayo Airport

Ciudad de Catamayo Airport

Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport
Ciudad de Catamayo Airport ; Camilo Ponce Enriquez Airport
	IATA : LOH ; ICAO : SECA ;
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
	Sources: GCM Google Maps

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 [ edit ]

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroregional	Quito Seasonal Charter: Panama City?Balboa

Accidents and incidents [ edit ]

On 19 November 1979, an Ecuadorian Army IAI Arava 201 crashed on takeoff, killing all 16 people on board. General Rafael Rodriquez Palacios and his wife and daughter were among the dead. ^[6]
On 14 July 1980, Vickers Viscount HC-BHB of Aerolineas Condor was damaged beyond economic repair in a landing accident. ^[7]

References [ edit ]

^ 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 [ edit ]

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

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[1] Airport information for LOH at Great Circle Mapper.

[2] Google Maps - Catamayo

[3] News Agency Andes, Monday May 13, 2013: Ciudad de Catamayo is the new official of the airport of Loja

[4] 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

[5] Loja NDB

[6] Aviation Safety Network Accident Description

[ASN140780-7] "Accident description" . Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved 8 October 2009 .

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