Jorge Wilstermann International Airport

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Jorge Wilstermann International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Wilstermann, IATA: CBB, ICAO: SLCB) is a high elevation international airport serving Cochabamba, the capital of the Cochabamba Department of Bolivia. The facility is named after Jorge Wilstermann, an early Bolivian commercial aviator.

Jorge Wilstermann International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerMinistry of Public Works, Services and Housing of Bolivia
OperatorNAABOL
ServesCochabamba, Bolivia
LocationCochabamba
Elevation AMSL8,360 ft / 2,548 m
Coordinates17°25′15″S 66°10′37″W / 17.42083°S 66.17694°W / -17.42083; -66.17694
Websitehttps://www.naabol.gob.bo
Map
CBB is located in Bolivia
CBB
CBB
Location of airport in Bolivia
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 3,798 12,461 Asphalt
04/22 2,649 8,691 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers1,378,180
Sources: AASANA[1] WAD[2] GCM[3]

History

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The airport was born with a single 2649 meter post office and a terminal on Guillermo Killman Avenue.[citation needed][when?] In 1988, as an expansion plan, due to the fact that the old terminal was becoming more and more crowded and a longer runway was needed for more modern and larger aircraft, a new 3798 meter runway was created and put into operation in 1990, and a new air terminal was inaugurated years later in 1997, with the old terminal becoming a cargo terminal that currently houses a Boliviana de Aviacion hangar.[citation needed] On 1 March 1997, the Government of Bolivia entered into a 25-year contract with Airport Group International to operate the three largest airports in Bolivia – El Alto International Airport in La Paz, Jorge Wilstermann Airport, and Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.[citation needed] Servicios de Aeropuertos Bolivianos Sociedad Anonima (SABSA) was created to operate the concession. In 1999, Airport Group International was purchased by TBI plc and, in 2004, Spain's Abertis/AENA purchased TBI and operated it until 2013 when the Government ordered the nationalization of SABSA, the company Airport Group International created. SABSA Nacionalizada has operated the airport since 2013. In the same year, 3 boarding jetways boarding bridges were installed.[citation needed]

SABSA has been substituted in March of 2022 by the newly established government agency Navegación Aérea y Aeropuertos Bolivianos (NAABOL). This state-owned agency now manages the airports in Bolivia. [4]

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
Boliviana de Aviación Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, La Paz, Madrid, Oruro, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Sucre, Tarija, Trinidad, Uyuni
EcoJet Rurrenabaque, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru, Sucre, Tarija, Trinidad
TAMep La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Aeropuertos Controlados" (in Spanish). Administración de Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxliares a la Navegación Aérea (AASANA). Archived from the original on 23 June 2008.
  2. ^ Airport information for SLCB[usurped]
  3. ^ Airport information for Cochabamba at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ^ "Gobierno anuncia que SABSA pasará a NAABOL y ofrece a trabajadores formar parte de la institución".
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