Cotopaxi International Airport

Cotopaxi International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorEcuadorian Air Force
ServesLatacunga, Ecuador
Elevation AMSL9,480 ft / 2,890 m
Coordinates00°54′25″S 78°36′57″W / 0.90694°S 78.61583°W / -0.90694; -78.61583
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LTX is located in Ecuador
LTX
LTX
Location of the airport in Ecuador
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 3,712 12,178 Asphalt
Source: WAD[1] GCM[2]

Cotopaxi International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Cotopaxi) (IATA: LTX, ICAO: SELT) is a high-elevation airport in Latacunga, the capital of the Cotopaxi Province in Ecuador. The airport is within a broad valley of the Ecuadoran Andes, with rising terrain east and west, and mountainous terrain distant in all quadrants.

It has the second longest runway in Ecuador. Runway length includes a 440 metres (1,440 ft) displaced threshold on Runway 19.

  1. ^ Airport information for SELT[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ Airport information for Cotopaxi at Great Circle Mapper.