Jorge Chavez International Airport

Jorge Chávez International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez
IATA: LIM ICAO: SPJC
Summary
Airport type	Public international
Operator	Lima Airport Partners
Serves	Lima, Peru
Location	Callao, Peru
Hub for	Avianca Peru LATAM Perú Peruvian Airlines Star Perú LC Perú Viva Perú Atsa
Elevation AMSL	34 m / 113 ft
Coordinates	12°01′19″S 077°06′52″W / 12.02194°S 77.11444°W / -12.02194; -77.11444Coordinates: 12°01′19″S 077°06′52″W / 12.02194°S 77.11444°W / -12.02194; -77.11444
Website	www.lima-airport.com
Map
LIM Location of airport in Lima
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 15/33 3,507 11,506 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 20,575,919 Freight (tonnes) 370,450,587 Aircraft movements 178,578
Source: corpac s.a. statistics

Jorge Chávez International Airport (IATA: LIM, ICAO: SPJC, formerly SPIM), known as Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez in Spanish, is Peru's main international and domestic airport. It is located in Callao, 11 kilometers (7 mi) from the Historic Centre of Lima and 17 km (11 mi) from Miraflores. 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. In 2009, the airport handled 8,786,973 passengers and 104,966 aircraft movements, which although small, was one of the fastest increases in the Americas. Between January and November 2010 the airport handled 9,361,846 passengers and by the end of 2010 the airport reached 10,278,493 passengers. During 2011 the airport served 11,904,553 passengers, growing over 16% when compared to the previous year. During 2014 the airport served a record of 18,170,035 passengers. For many years it was the hub for Compañía de Aviación Faucett—one of the oldest airlines in Latin America—and Aeroperú, both now defunct. Now it serves as a hub for many aviation companies. The airport was named after Peruvian aviator Jorge Chávez.

The first airport of Lima was the Limatambo Airport, located in San Isidro, which ceased operations in 1960 due to lack of space and capacity to handle the increasing flights. In that same year, the Lima-Callao International Airport began to operate in Callao. In June 1965, the airport was renamed as "Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez" after the famous Peruvian aviator Jorge Chávez Dartnell and in December 1965, the current terminal building was inaugurated. In 2001, in order to improve and expand its infrastructure, the airport was approved by the Peruvian government to Lima Airport Partners (LAP), now composed of Fraport and two other minor partners, retaining the air traffic control managed by the Peruvian Corporation of Airports and Commercial Aviation (CORPAC). The key legal advisers in the transaction were Jaime Malagón, Jerome Jakubik, Paul Slocomb, and Víctor M. Marroquín of Baker & McKenzie, the international law firm retained by the Peruvian Government to advise on all privatization processes. Over time, the airport showed signals of decay, lack of space for passengers and outdated technology in radar and safety.