I present to you hereí the Carlos Concha Torres Airport located in the parish of Tachina that serves the city of Esmeraldas.
With the aim of showing the world the different airports of the Ecuadorian airport network, I present to you today cówhat is the Esmeraldas Airport, which is located in Tachina, this afterés from a few weeks agoás atrás having flown with Aeroregional towards this destination.
Hereí you can read the Flight Report flying from Quito to Esmeraldas.
Carlos Concha Torres Airport in Tachina, Esmeraldas
Carlos Concha Torres Airport (THERE IT IS: ESM, ICAO: SETN) Esmeraldas is the main terminal toébad from «Green Province» which bears the same name as its capital and is located about 15 minutes from downtownás important city of the province.
Specíphysically the 14 of January of 2014 It was the date when the improvement works of the Carlos Concha Torres Airport were inaugurated, where a new passenger terminal and control tower were built from scratch with an investmentón more than US$19 million.
After almost two toñthose of constructionón, a new control tower was inaugurated, fire service hangar for use by firefighters aeroáuticos, expansionórunway and taxiway number, new passenger terminal, parking lot, among other works that could in their entirety meet an estimate of 250 thousand users per yearñO.
The change at the airport is radical compared to the previous passenger terminal I visited.é for úlast time in 2010, now the challengeíor for this airport it is to capture the operation againón of the aerosolsíareas that can take advantage of such extensive and well-thought-out facilities.
Your track of 2552 meters in length and 45 meters wide allow flights to the outside, in fact until recentlyás Tame EP operó for several toñThe cross-border flight covering the Quito route – Esmeraldas – Cali in Colombia with 3 weekly flights.
Among other improvements made was the installationónumber of runway lights, that allows if necessary, longer hours of operationón, that together with the installationón of the ILS instrument landing system makes it an airport with great potential and key in the transfer of troops to the northern border.
Equipped with JET A1, offers an additional service for airlinesílines and operators that operate or could operate in this terminal, looking for the soon return of regular flights, where your más recent operator is Aeroregional, but given the limitationón of the market due to the pandemic, has had to suspend its operations temporarily.
¿Whoén is Carlos Concha Torres?
Before further, I looked likeó opportune to know más about this Ecuadorian military character, fromólogo and político, who occupiedó the position of Governor of the province of Esmeraldas until 1900 during the first term of President Eloy Alfaro.
StadiumíEsmeraldas Airport
With the effect Tame EP every time Iás notorious throughout the country's airportsís, In the case of Esmeraldas it has not been the exception.ón, so the caíannual passenger day has been notorious.
During the 2019, on international cross-border flights through this airport passed 22.585 passengers what it representsó the 0.52% of the tráinternational trade of Ecuador with 304 flights, which represents almost 3000 passengers less than in 2018.
at this airport they mobilized 39.335 passengers on sun flightsésticos in 2019, experiencing a decrease in -13.40% with respect toñor earlier that were registered 45.518 passengers; regarding cargo being transportedó 21.15 TM:, with regard to flights through this airport, 703 movements
The companies that hereí operate are:
- Airplanes
- Aeroregional.
- West Pacific.
- taxi services toéreo.
Aerolídenies, flights and itineraries
As we comment, after departure from Tame EP there is no regular itinerary to this airport.
Aeroregional
The única aerolíline with an operating permitón in force and could fly to Esmeraldas immediately, once the demand warrants it.
(If flights are reactivated, it will be updatedá this sectionón with flights and itineraries).
Airplanes
the airíEcuadorian charter nea startedó operations 20 October 2022 last, who can know meás aquí:
Informationón turnística of Esmeraldas
A huge province and very rich in culture. For those looking to relax there is a large number of beaches such as Tonsupa, Atacames, Same, Mompiche and many más. They are gastronomesía is one of its main points of presentationón, so I invite you to visit this beautiful area of Ecuador, that has a lot of más aún what to grow and offer to the país and the world.
Thanks for the post Nicolás, I think it's a good idea to make the other airports in 🇪🇨 known, The sad thing is that the government of Esmeraldas is corrupt and they allocate the funds for their own benefits.
Getting off topic.
You know what they are doing with the Avianca HC-CTX A320, lately in FR24 it happens 24/7 in the map, within the hangars of that same airline, I don't know if it moves, but today it is with callsign TESTCTX.
Maybe they are testing a new engine or are going to fly it again…
Possibly just a test of some aircraft systems, They've been at it all week and seen on the FR24.
Unfortunately in ecuador, the commercial aviation policy is the worst in the continent by far.
To that we must add that the distances are not great and the buses have a much better price
Than airplanes 8$ against 75$ a quito to Guayaquil one way (290km)in a straight line For something it will be that the low cost airlines do not even appear here except for wingo but with high cost tickets due to tax issues.
As long as a ticket that buys Bs As to Ush for March roundtrip (2375km) it came out 85 $
It's true, we are far from having an aviation for everyone and everywhere.