Cuenca airport

Mariscal Lamar Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	SECU
IATA code	CUE
Coordinates	2 ° 53 '22 " S , 78 ° 59' 4" W Coordinates: 2 ° 53 '22 " S , 78 ° 59' 4" W.
Height above MSL	2532 m (8307 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	1 km northeast of Cuenca
Basic data
operator	CORPAC
Terminals	1
Passengers	approx. 500,000 (2007)
Start-and runway
05/23	1900 m × 36 m asphalt

The Aeropuerto Mariscal Lamar is the airport of the Ecuadorian provincial capital Cuenca .

It is the third most important airport in Ecuador and can be reached in 35 minutes by plane from Quito and 20 minutes from Guayaquil. The connections are operated by the airlines TAME , AeroGal and LAN Ecuador .

The airport has a terminal that was expanded from 5000 to 7400 m² and opened in September 2008. The expansion at the airport cost $ 1.2 million.

Incidents

On 17 July 1946 a flew Curtiss C-46 D of the Ecuadorian ANDESA ( air vehicle registration HC SCA ) in the go-attempt after a failed approach to the airport Cuenca 1.6 km past the airport into a hill. The machine from Guayaquil was flown by two hired US pilots. All 30 occupants, 3 crew members and 27 passengers, were killed.

On June 3, 1970, a Vickers Viscount 745D of the Ecuadorian SAETA (HC-ART) rolled over the end of the runway while landing at Cuenca airport and was irreparably damaged. People were not harmed.

Web links

Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Mariscal Lamar Airport at Flugplaetze.org, accessed November 30, 2012
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d AERO INTERNATIONAL , Issue No. 12 2008, p. 13
↑ Mariscal Lamar Airport ( memento of October 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), website of the city of Cuenca (English), accessed on May 9, 2009
^ "Ecuador Plane Crash Kills 32", Los Angeles Times , July 18, 1946, p. 5.
^ Accident report C-46D HC-SCA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 12, 2020.
↑ Accident report Viscount 745D HC-ART , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 12, 2020.

[flugplätze.org-1] Mariscal Lamar Airport at Flugplaetze.org, accessed November 30, 2012

[AERO_INTERNATIONAL-2] AERO INTERNATIONAL , Issue No. 12 2008, p. 13

[3] Mariscal Lamar Airport ( memento of October 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), website of the city of Cuenca (English), accessed on May 9, 2009

[4] "Ecuador Plane Crash Kills 32", Los Angeles Times , July 18, 1946, p. 5.

[5] Accident report C-46D HC-SCA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 12, 2020.

[6] Accident report Viscount 745D HC-ART , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 12, 2020.