Catamayo City Airport in Loja

Catamayo City Airport in Loja

welcome to Catamayo City Airport in Loja, hereí meetás all the informationón over terminal aélocated area más south of all of Ecuador.

Continuing with our tour of the main airports in our countryís, It's time to visit the commercial airport that más to the south geográFactually speaking it is located and is the gateway to the great and beautiful province of Loja.

Hereí you can read the Flight Report flying from Quito to Loja.

Catamayo City Airport in Loja

The airport Catamayo City (THERE IT IS: LOH, ICAO: SECA) is the main and úonly airport that serves the entire province of Loja with más de 511 thousand inhabitants. East á equipped with a landing strip and takeoffs 1.860 meters long by 30 meters of pavement width with numberingón and addressón 07/25 at an altitude of 4.060 feet above sea level.

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The renovated airport control tower.

both terminal, platform, control tower and landing strip were completely rebuilt by the Ministry of Transportation and Works Púwars from toñO 2012 and it was inauguratedó officially in July 2013 for an investmentón higher than $20 millions of dóhomes.

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Platform Overview, remodeled tower and terminal.

Among the several improvements made, the correction stands outón of runway slope and extensionón of the same, new passenger terminal with 2.800 square meters of constructionón with arrival room, check, pre-boarding lounge, sala VIP, luggage bands, security filters, aero counterídenies, coffee makería, baños, etc.

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The cut, but remodeled runway.

Spaghettién new technological systems were installedólogic in the control tower such as communication systemsón y metereología.

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Exterior view of the control tower with 18 meters high and a viewón of 360°.
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The decorationóIt is very green and striking, makes it a very nice airport.

A new hangar for fire services tooén was built with space for parking motor pumps 4.000 gallon capacity and a new block técynical of 360 square meters of constructionón.

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The platform is capable of 3 Embraer type aircraft 190 O 4 smaller aircraftñO.
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These are the check-up counters for the Aerolídenies, there are no indication screensón.
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Despite already having 6 años since their inaugurationón, the airport in general is in very good condition and its general image is excellent.
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The airport has a úsingle baggage delivery band, but the space is wide to wait for the same or wait to be removed.

Stadiumísticas Catamayo City Airport

The City of Catamayo Airport receives monthly a total of 68 regular flights, of which 60 They are from Quito and 8 from Guayaquil, reaching up to 3 Daily flights.

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Although the airport does not have a categoryíto international, couldíto potentially receive inter-border flights, For this reason, it has a space for migration.ón.

During the 2017 a total of 118.358 passengers passed through this terminal, what it impliedó 11 thousand fewer passengers when compared to the 2016, this caída is due to the known «Tame Effect» which reduced from 19 a 14 weekly flights from Quito and 6 a 2 weekly flights from Guayaquil.

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General view of the airport check-in area.

in what was the 2018, The núgroup of passengers continuedó down, and approximately 110.000 passengers used this terminal during that yearñO, following the trend by the factors mentioned.

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Ticket sales offices and commercial premises with artisansías they are available.

This route is one of the más important in núEcuador passenger grouper, continuous weighing approxíof the stateística that he has had in the úlast toños, only from behindás of the flights to Coca.

The companies that hereí operate are:

Aerolídenies, flights and itinerary

At this airport they operate úOnly scheduled flights Tame EP, más some flights chárter de Airplanes from Quito for mining companies, so these úThe latter do not have a fixed itinerary defined.

Tame EP

The flights of the Ecuadorian state company operate in the following daysías and schedules:

Quito – Store

EQ 14505:4006:40
Direct flight
01:00:00
EQ 14915:2016:20
Direct flight
01:00:00
EQ 14505:4007:00
Direct flight
01:20:00
EQ 14706:2007:40
Direct flight
01:20:00

Store – Quito

EQ 14407:2008:20
Direct flight
01:00:00
EQ 14817:0018:00
Direct flight
01:00:00
EQ 14407:3008:50
Direct flight
01:20:00
EQ 14608:1009:30
Direct flight
01:20:00
Tame flights are operated by ATR42-500 and Embraer aircraft 190 which may vary depending onún schedule and día.
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exist 2 Boarding gates. Calló the attentionón let me inspect itón of documents and on-board passes is done before passing through the security filters and not at the door where you go directly to the plane.ón.
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Boarding area with capacity for 150 passengers.
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The VIP room that is currently notá In use.
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Everyoneón de informationón and check area.
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Cafe areaía, They sell everything, even Lojano tamales and humitas, ¡very good!

Informationón turnístore stic

Loja is a huge province with a lotíwe are attractive. Among them we can highlight rápidamente Maglaurco, Puyango Petrified Forest, Madonna of the Swan, city ​​of Loja and not to mention food like cecina, tamales and repe lojano, cheese with honey, humitas and a lotísimo más.

All recommended and must be visited.

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13 comments on “Catamayo City Airport in Loja”

  1. Very good contribution, I am a student of Tourism Administration Engineering at the National University of Loja and this report has helped me a lot for my consultation prior to the visit to the Catamayo airport. Thanks for this great contribution Nicolas Larenas!

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