Jorge Chávez International Airport
Main airport serving Lima, Peru; located in Callao / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. In 2023, the airport served 22,876,785 passengers. Historically, the airport was the hub for Compañía de Aviación Faucett and Aeroperú. Now it serves as a hub for many aviation companies. The airport was named after Peruvian aviator Jorge Chávez (1887–1910). It is among the busiest airports in South America.
Jorge Chávez International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Fraport | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Lima Airport Partners | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Lima metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
Location | Callao, Peru | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 29 October 1960; 63 years ago (1960-10-29) | ||||||||||||||
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Focus city for | Aerosucre | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 34 m / 113 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 12°01′19″S 077°06′52″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Corporación Peruana de Aeropuertos y Aviación Comercial[1] |
Comparatively, it is the South American airport best connected to the rest of the American continent in terms of international flights, even surpassing others that have a greater volume of passengers. It is also one of the fastest growing airports in the region, having registered a 13% growth in passenger traffic during 2012. The recent free trade agreements signed by Peru with different Asian countries open the possibility of connecting to the airport with terminals in Asia and Oceania in the near future, that is, in late 2024 when the New Terminal begins operations, also foreseeing a greater number of connections with new cities.
In 2022 it entered the list of the 50 most important air hubs worldwide, occupying position number 47 after having been in position 58 in 2019 according to the international air statistics consultancy OAG.
On April 3, 2023, a second landing strip and a new control tower came into operation that will facilitate the growth of air movement. By the end of 2024, a new passenger terminal, currently under construction, will be inaugurated to absorb the increase in people in transit to and from South American cities.