Juan Mendoza Airport

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.

Juan Mendoza Airport
IATA: ORU ICAO: SLOR
Summary
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
Map
ORU Location of the airport in Bolivia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
Sources: SkyVector[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]

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 and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Boliviana de Aviación	Cochabamba

See also

• Transport in Bolivia
• List of airports in Bolivia