Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre (1960)
| Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | SEQU |
| IATA code | UIO |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 2813 m (9229 ft ) |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1960 |
| operator | Quiport |
| Passengers | 4,552,000 (2008) |
| Air freight | 140,000 t (2008) |
| Flight movements |
69,000 (2008) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 17/35 | 3120 m × 46 m asphalt |
The Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre was the international airport of the Ecuadorian capital Quito until 2013 . It was named after the national hero Antonio José de Sucre and had a terminal and a runway. On February 19, 2013, it was closed to flight operations. One day later the new Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre (2013) opened in the east of Quito, which offers not only a modern infrastructure and a more favorable location for safer approaches but also capacity reserves.
The site is located in the north of the city, just a few minutes from the financial center of Quito and surrounded by dense buildings. Because of its location and other conditions such as its sloping runway, it was considered one of the most difficult airports to approach in the world.
The installations at the airport have now been demolished and dismantled. Only the old control tower is still standing. The Parque Bicentenario was created on the site , an extensive park area with 136.6 hectares for the residents of the city. The park planners created lakes, meadows and forests, vegetable and fruit gardens, playgrounds, basketball courts and bike paths, an aquarium, a conference center, a university building and a center for the two hundred year history of the city.
Traffic figures
- Passengers
| year | Passengers (total) | Passengers national | Increase in% (national passengers) | International passengers | Increase in% (international passengers) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3,829,000 | 2,465,000 | 1,364,000 | ||
| 2007 | 4,250,000 | 2,715,000 | 10.1 | 1,535,000 | 12.5 |
| 2008 | 4,552,000 | 2,976,000 | 9.6 | 1,576,000 | 2.7 |
- freight
| year | Freight (total) | import | Increase in% (import) | export | Increase in% (export) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 139,000 | 29,000 | 110,000 | ||
| 2007 | 150,000 | 30,000 | 2.87 | 120,000 | 9.09 |
| 2008 | 140,000 | 30,000 | 2.02 | 110,000 | - 8.54 |
- Flight movements
| year | Flight movements (total) | National aircraft movements | Increase in% (national flight movements) | International flight movements | Increase in% (international flight movements) | Aircraft movement cargo | Increase in% (aircraft movements, freight) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 70,000 | 49,000 | 16,000 | 5,000 | |||
| 2007 | 70,000 | 47,000 | - 4.26 | 18,000 | 8.90 | 5,000 | - 0.33 |
| 2008 | 69,000 | 47,000 | 1.13 | 17,000 | - 1.87 | 5,000 | - 9.89 |
Incidents
- On September 18, 1984, a DC-8-55F of AECA Aeroservicios Ecuatorianos (HC-BKN) , which had recently arrived from Miami , took off from the Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre in Quito to carry out a cargo flight to Guayaquil Airport . When taking off, the machine hardly gained any height, brushed the structure of the instrument landing system behind the runway and crashed into a residential area. On the ground, 20 houses were destroyed and 49 people were killed. The four-man crew of the machine was also killed. The aircraft accident investigation revealed that the checklist had not been properly processed before departure, so that the aircraft took off with an incorrect setting of the horizontal stabilizer (see also AECA flight 767-103 ) .
Web links
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- When the airport becomes a park for the people
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Page no longer available , search in web archives: Statistics for the Aeropuerto Internacional de Quito
- ↑ The old airport in Quito is being transformed into the "Parque Bicentenario" latina-press.com. Accessed August 19, 2018
- ^ Accident report DC-8-55, HC-BKN , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on April 28, 2020.