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Juan Mendoza Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Juan Mendoza) (IATA: ORU, ICAO: SLOR) is an extremely high elevation airport serving the city of Oruro, the capital of the Oruro Department in Bolivia.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Serves | Oruro, Bolivia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 12,146 ft / 3,702 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°57′45″S 67°04′34″W | ||||||||||
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  ORU Location of the airport in Bolivia | |||||||||||
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The airport is in the eastern part of the city, which is in the altiplano of Bolivia. There is distant mountainous terrain east and west of the airport.[3]
The Oruro non-directional beacon (Ident: ORU) is located 0.9 nautical miles (1.7 km) west of the field. The Oruro VOR-DME (Ident: ORU) is located 0.49 nautical miles (0.91 km) off the displaced threshold of Runway 01.[4][1]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Boliviana de Aviación | Cochabamba |
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