Alcantari Airport
| Alcantarí International Airport Aeropuerto internacional Alcantarí | |||||||||||
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| IATA: SRE – ICAO: SLAL | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | AASANA | ||||||||||
| Location | Yamparáez, Bolivia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 10.210 ft / 3.112 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°14′48.606″S 65°8′58.601″W / 19.24683500°S 65.14961139°W | ||||||||||
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Alcantarí International Airport (IATA: SRE, ICAO: SLAL) is an airport that serves Sucre, Bolivia, the nation's constitutional capital city. It is located in the Yamparáez municipality.
The airport was inaugurated on May 15, 2016, for reasons of space and being in a dangerous area of the old Sucre Airport, it was decided to build a better and bigger than the old airport.[2]
It is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the south of Sucre City.
History
The airport replaces the Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport that was closed due to continuous complaints about security issues. In 2011 the construction of the new airport finally started, the first commercial flight was made on May 15, and on May 25, 2016 the operations officially started.
Characteristics
The modern airport has a platform of 28,000 m², a passenger terminal of 5.660 m², a 3600 m track and all airport property comprises some 345 hectares.
Unlike the old Sucre airport, this airport can have night operations, plus the airport project will continue until 2020 to improve it even more, and get to have a cargo terminal and be an international airport.[3]