FAP Captain José Abelardo Quiñones González International Airport

Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport (IATA: CIX, ICAO: SPHI) is an airport serving Chiclayo, Peru and the surrounding metropolitan area. It is run by ADP a private airport operator that operates various airports in northern Peru. It is the main airport of the Lambayeque Region, one of the most populous regions of Peru.

Cap. FAP José A. Quiñones González International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorADP
LocationChiclayo
Elevation AMSL97 ft / 30 m
Coordinates6°47′15″S 79°49′40″W
Map
CIX
Location of the airport in Peru
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 2,519 8,264 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

The Chiclayo VOR-DME (Ident: CLA) is 3.57 nautical miles (6.61 km) off the threshold of runway 19. The Chiclayo non-directional beacon (Ident: HIC) is located on the field.[3][4]

The airport is also used by the Peruvian Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea del Perú, FAP). It hosts one of the Air Force's two air superiority/interceptor squadrons, Escuadrón Aéreo 612 (Fighter Squadron 612 "Fighting Cocks"). The blast shelters housing the squadron's Mig 29 aircraft are visible from the airport runways.

The airport is named after Jose Quiñones Gonzalez, an FAP pilot who was killed during the Ecuadorian-Peruvian War of 1941.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Copa Airlines Panama City–Tocumen (resumes June 1st, 2021)[5]
LATAM Perú Lima
Movil Air Chachapoyas, Tarapoto
Star Perú Lima[6]
Viva Air Perú Lima

See also

References
  1. Airport information for CIX at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Google Maps - Chiclayo
  3. CLA VOR
  4. Chiclayo NDB
  5. https://www.nlarenas.com/2020/07/copa-airlines-reiniciaria-vuelos-destinos-internacionales/
  6. https://www.instagram.com/p/BtUTXjGlrhn


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