Mariscal Lamar International Airport
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| Mariscal Lamar International Airport Aeropuerto Mariscal Lamar |
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Interior of Mariscal Lamar Airport
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IATA: CUE – ICAO: SECU
 CUE
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Corporación Aeroportuaria de Cuenca | ||||||||||
| Serves | Cuenca, Ecuador | ||||||||||
| Focus city for | TAME | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 8,306 ft / 2,532 m | ||||||||||
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| Website | www.aeropuertocuenca.ec | ||||||||||
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Mariscal Lamar International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Lamar) (IATA: CUE, ICAO: SECU) is an airport serving Cuenca,[1] a city in the province of Azuay in Ecuador.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 8,306 feet (2,532 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 05/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,234 by 118 feet (1,900 m × 36 m).[1] Since 2002 the ILS system for the airport is available and fully operational.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Avianca Ecuador | Quito |
| LAN Ecuador | Quito |
| TAME | Guayaquil, Quito |
Incidents
- On 20 October 1971, a Vickers Viscount of SAETA was hijacked by six people. It landed at Cuenca Airport.[3]
- On 8 October 1982, Vickers Viscount HC-ATV of SAN Ecuador was damaged beyond economic repair.[4]
- On 11 July 1983, a Boeing 737 operating a TAME flight from Quito to Cuenca, crashed killing all 117 on board on final approach to the airport. This is the deadliest incident involving TAME ever.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Airport information for SECU from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ↑ Airport information for CUE at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
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