Eloy Alfaro International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Military of Ecuador | ||||||||||
| Location | Manta, Ecuador | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 48 ft / 15 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 00°56′45″S 80°40′43″W / 0.94583°S 80.67861°W | ||||||||||
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Eloy Alfaro International Airport (IATA: MEC, ICAO: SEMT) is a combination civilian airport and military air base on the Pacific coast near Manta, a city in the Manabí Province of Ecuador. The airport, also known as Eloy Alfaro Air Base,[3] is named in honor of Eloy Alfaro, a former president of Ecuador. It was inaugurated by the Ecuadorian Air Force on October 24, 1978. It is the fourth-busiest airport in Ecuador.
- ^ Airport information for SEMT[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for Manta at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Eloy Alfaro Air Base, Manta, Ecuador from GlobalSecurity.org