El Trompillo Airport
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Santa Cruz, Bolivia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,371 ft / 418 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°48′41″S 063°10′17″W / 17.81139°S 63.17139°WCoordinates: 17°48′41″S 063°10′17″W / 17.81139°S 63.17139°W | ||||||||||
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El Trompillo Airport (IATA: SRZ, ICAO: SLET) is located in the south part of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, about 2 km (1.25 miles) away from the central plaza.
It was created in 1920 with a lane that measured no more than 800 meters (2,624 feet). The airport was given the name of “Captain Horacio Vasquez” honoring a pilot who died in an accident flying from Argentina to La Paz. Nevertheless, because of the location, the airport with time was known as “El Trompillo”. For the first 65 years, it was the only airport in the city, until in 1984 the international airport of Viru Viru was constructed. Since then it has only operated local flights and the landing and departure of students of the Bolivian Air Force.
The first airlines to use this airport were Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, known as LAB, and Panagra. About 70 departures and arrivals of the Air Force, and small and large airlines are registered. For a while, from 1980 to 1985, the amount of airplanes registered increased due to a combat against drug traffic.
As of 2015, the national carrier Transporte Aéreo Militar is the only airline providing scheduled passenger service following the demise of Aerocon in March 2015.
Aerocon has its head office in Hangar 93.
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