Cadete FAP Guillermo del Castillo Paredes Airport is a public
airport
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serving
Tarapoto
Tarapoto, founded in 1782 as Santa Cruz de los Motilones de Tarapoto, is a commercial hub town in the San Martín Province of the Department of San Martín of northern Peru. It is an hour by plane from Lima, in the high jungle plateau to the east ...
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Peru
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. It is owned by
CORPAC
The Peruvian Corporation of Commercial Airports and Aviation Inc. (CORPAC) () is a Peruvian state-owned entity which operates various airports in Peru. It was founded by law (Decreto Legislativo No. 99 - Ley de CORPAC S.A) in June 1943. CORPAC S.A ...
S.A, a government organization that oversees the management of Peruvian airports, but it is run by
Aeropuertos del Perú
Airports of Peru () is a private company that operates twelve regional airports in Peru. It is the first group of regional airports the government of Peru transferred to a private operator. The company was incorporated on October 30, 2006.
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(ADP) S.A, as a concession. It is the main airport of the
San Martín Region, located in the
Amazon
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, and is used by many tourists as a jumping-off point for trips into the jungle.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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Transport in Peru
This article describes the transport in Peru.
Railways
total:
standard gauge: , gauge
narrow gauge: , gauge
There are two unconnected principal railways in Peru.
The Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCCA; the former Ferrocarril Central del P ...
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List of airports in Peru
This is a list of airports in Peru, sorted by location.
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country located in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia ...
References
External links
Aeropuertos del Perú, Página OficialSkyVector Aeronautical Charts
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Airports in Peru
Tarapoto
Buildings and structures in the Department of San Martín
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