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Jorge Chávez International Airport (IATA: LIM, ICAO: SPJC, SPIM) is the main international airport serving Lima, the capital of Peru.It is located in Callao, 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) northwest of Lima Center, the nation's capital city and 17 kilometers (11 mi) from the district of Miraflores.
It is located in Callao district, 12 km (7.5 mi) northwest from the Historic Centre of Lima. Callao is the port city now fully integrated with Lima, the nation's capital. In 2008, the airport handled 8,288,506 passengers and 98,733 aircraft movements. For many years it was the hub for now defunct Aeroperú and Compañía de Aviación Faucett ...
Map of Peru. This is a list of airports in Peru, sorted by location.. Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country located in western South America.It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean.
According to early Spanish articles, the Lima area was once called Itchyma, [citation needed] after its original inhabitants. However, even before the Inca occupation of the area in the 15th century, a famous oracle in the Rímac Valley had come to be known by visitors as Limaq (Limaq, pronounced , which means "talker" or "speaker" in the coastal Quechua that was the area's primary language ...
The airport's inability to host jet aircraft due to its runway's length combined with the city's growth eventually led the airport to close on January 1, 1964. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In order to replace the airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport , located in Callao , was inaugurated under the name "Lima-Callao Airport" in 1960, [ 7 ] followed by a ...
LATAM Airlines Perú (formerly LAN Perú S.A.) is an airline based in Lima, Peru. [1] It is a subsidiary of LATAM Airlines Group, which owns 49% of the airline. It operates scheduled domestic and international services. Its main hub is Jorge Chávez International Airport. [2]
Since Jorge Chávez International Airport as well as Peru's main seaport are located in this district, Callao is the largest port of entry to Peru. The city of Callao forms a conurbation with Lima and thus, the district is economically, socially and culturally integrated with this city. (See: Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area).
JetSmart Airlines Perú S.A.C., styled as JetSMART, is a Peruvian airline owned by the Chilean ultra low-cost carrier JetSmart, itself owned by Indigo Partners.Its primary base of operations is Jorge Chávez International Airport, servicing Lima, Peru; and has a secondary base at Rodríguez Ballón International Airport, in Arequipa, Peru.