Importance of the reactivation of Los Perales Airport »

Today we review the importance that it will haveíto reactivationón of the Los Perales Airport of Saint Vincent, located in the province of Manabí, which has been a fundamental part of the history of aviationóecuadorian n.

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Before moving on, we must indicate that as such, this airport isá operational and running, but under air conditionsóuncontrolled dromo with serious operational safety problems, how is the affectationón on its landing strip, enclosure, facilities, etc.

With this introduce usón, It is important to understand that the objective of this publicationón is to make visible the feelings of the Pac CommonwealthíI'm North of Manabí and their intentions to achieve a start-up óoptimal of these facilities that have an interesting potential for economic developmentóeconomic and social for its area of influence.

Reactivateón Los Perales Airport

Moving forward with this publicationón, The Commonwealth has shared very interesting data with this space and several concerns have been answered, which process to share them with the entire community for a better understanding of this project:

Whyé reactivation is essentialón Los Perales Airport

The results of the pre-feasibility study carried out in the 2022, allow us to recognize that the reactivationón Los Perales Airport, can become aóclear strategy for the reactivationón económica and social of the North-Central of Manabí, of their security against the fenóless natural, así as an efficient scenario to confront the wave of insecurity that affects the coast of the Ecuador.

About the economic benefitsómonkeys and social

The economic impactómicus of reactivationón de esta operationón and all the elements that are part of it, The recipient́ and ońs de 200.000 people, which are part of the nascent Paci Commonwealth́North of Manabí, integrated by the cantons of Sucre, st vincent, Jama and Flints, but́ like about 200.000 residents of the Chone and Boli cantonśwas, that is to say a populatiońn benefited from más de 500.000 population.

Los Perales Airport seeks to serve, principally, to three market segments:

residents of the north-central area of Manabí;

tourists and
owners of houses and apartments located between Sucre and Pedernales who do not reside in the area and,

Given that the market segment made up of these non-residents in the area of influence of the Airport, couldíto be the más consolidated for the use of your mobility toérea, process itself́ to carry out a census that allowed́ determining what a market constitutesíby 4.000 people toñO.

i love each otheŕ that he 25% of them I will uséat the airport in 18 weeks to year̃O (18.000 annual passengers) and that 10% of this populatiońn volśto Los Perales to visit their residences during the 34 remaining weeks (13600 annual passengers, totalizing 31600 annual passengers representing 2633 monthly passengers).

In this projectionón the owners of homes located between the Cojim parishes were not includedíes, to the north, y Charapotó, to the south and have not been includedído national and foreign tourists and residents of the north-central area of Manabí, certainly by including them, The núnumber of passengers and flights increaseían.

The estimated cost of the investment́n necessary to reactivate Los Perales Airport is $5.425.764. The studies carried out allow us to sustain that its operatiońa podríto generate a superálives from más de $100.000 per year which makes it interesting for a private operator.

On the ability to respond to fensóless natural

The northern area of Manabí has been affected by the phenomenáless natural like that of Niñor in the years̃os 1982/1983 and 1997/1998 and in the earthquakes of the year̃O 1998 from 7,5 and the one of the year̃O 2016 from 7,8. During these phenóless natural, Los Perales Airport was the úonly means of transportation that allowedó bring help and connectó the northern area of Manabí with the rest of the countrýyes and of the world.

The conditionsíearthquakes in the area, They propose that this need for autonomyía aéArea for the northern and central area of Manabí, is still indispensable.

On the possibility of an immediate response to hospital health demands

The north-central area of Manabí At this time it does not have fully operational first-rate hospitals, an airport allowíto have an ambulance-hospital and serve a populationón who continually demands these services and does not have them.

About integrationón with Manta International Airport to promote regional tourism networks

The General Eloy Alfaro de Manta Airports and Los Perales de San Vicente, far from competing, can complement each other, However, We must also reflect on the competitive advantages of large airports such as the one in Manta. This is based more on the great airport infrastructure offered by the airport of Manta and passengers with their choiceóDestination number for departure to Galapagos and/or international.

Además, this international airport will haveá a lot of negotiating powerón with the aerosolsídenies, of course in the case that the General Eloy Alfaro Airport have an airport service concessionaire, what includes: the development, diseñO, financing, constructionón, operationón, administrationón and maintenance. Other advantages should be seen among these 2 airports and is more based on capacity and autonomyíto airplane flight, that can land with the existing runways, are for example:

The international airport of Manta can receive aircraft such as the B777 and the B787 Dreamliner (equivalent to the A350) with capacity of 250 a 280 passengers. This means high-capacity, long-range aircraft., be this transparentíI stay the transatlántic and of at least 10 a 12 hours of autonomyía.

Los Perales de San Vicente airport, arises in someúat a time when it is regional (with airplanesáximo of 3 a 4 hours of autonomyíand where you caníto say that they can comply as a regional airport (possibly with m planesás smallñthe B737 type of 120 passengers. Nevertheless, for now, there is a demand pre-study that gives as results that it can land 2 times a week from Quito an ATR 42-500, with capacity of 48 seating. For his part, the airport will haveán different aircraft compositions.
The Los Perales airport runway has a limitationóextension noótrack number (for the shrimp farms), limiting theí the sizeñor airplanes that couldístill land hereí.
It is considered that airports más smallñyou like the one from Los Perales to beíimpossible to have one «aerolíoriginal snow» or rather that it becomes a hub for international flights. That's what it's forá the Manta airport, which has large capacity.

Ways you can complement the 2 airports:

With a designñor flexible strategy, In the future, it can be thought that the Los Perales de San Vicente airport can help decongest traffic.ároute to the General Eloy Alfaro airport in Manta. Even when the Manta airport maintains a lot of trafficáI'm theéreo, Los Perales airportía más ease for many little onesñas aerolílines or planesáLow-cost carriers can enter Manabí.
The Los Perales runway in San Vicente can serve as a backup for any emergency that exists at the Manta airport or any airport.ínea.

LittleñPrivate planes canístill be placed in hangars in Los Perales, providing the need to use the space in Manta. Even m planesás large commercials if the concessionaire of the Manta airport considers it necessary.
Can small airplanesñThose leaving Los Perales feed flights to the Manta airport that have the Gal Islands as their final destination.ápaid. Possibly passengers going or coming from the Tur RouteíStatic Latitudeº Iche could also have an easy option to get to Manta for their flight to the archipelago.élake and even international outbound flights from the General Eloy Alfaro airport.
Los Perales airport isíbacked by an Organizationón of Gesturesón de Destino with its own promotion fundón. This willíto contribute to advertising projects cooperated with the OGD of Manta to support greater efficiency in the arrival strategies of national and international visitors to the region.ón.

Towards the future, you handle itóPrivate airport at Los Perales Airport openíto an opportunity for business growth along with greater efficiency, performanceñO, management qualityón and service. This improves the perceptionón of Manab airport infrastructureí usually.

Airports are important hubs for humanitarian assistance and disaster response.. When at the El Ni eventñO 97-98, if I lostó all connectedón of connectivity with the Pac zoneíI'm north of Manabí. They were más de 3 months the roads were impassable. This made it impossible to reach Manta and when it was needed it was doneíby sea and by air. further, the situationóIn a post-earthquake period and added the Covid-19 pandemic, an airport in the region was needed.ón providing accessibility and catalyzing this economyía. That is why the importance of the Los Perales de San Vicente airport and the benefit it can provide to the General Eloy Alfaro de Manta International Airport.

¿Cómove forward?

The Pac CommonwealthíI'm North of Manabí- MANPANOR, institutionón in charge of the pre-feasibility study and leading this initiative, envió a letter from the Minister of Works Púwar and transportation, solicitando que authorice la realizationón of one feasibility study what to beísponsored by USTDA (United States Federal Trade and Development Agency of North Americaérica).

It is essential to have a feasibility study of Los Perales Airport, that allows to know precisely its connectivity and potential impact.
In parallel, MANPANOR plans to establish a Joint Airport Authority that will allow progress towards a delegation process.ón for a managementón más decentralized and privately operated Los Perales Airport.

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The studies that support the pre-feasibility study have been prepared thanks to the support of Orazio Bellettini CedeñO, Eduardo Emanuele, Fausto Erazo, Need Otero, Patrick Tamariz, Fausto Erazo Jr., Santiago Game, Arturo Cox with the support of the San Vicente Municipal GAD, The addresśn General of Aviatiońn Civil, Indubellco Cia. Ltd, Costa Jama and FE Consultants and Builders. Come oń Promoter of Reactivatiońn Los Perales Airport