Yacuiba Airport (, ) is an

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located north of

Yacuiba Yacuiba is a city in southern Bolivia and the capital city of Gran Chaco Province in the Tarija Department. It lies three kilometers from the Argentina, Argentine border. It has a population of approximately 97,000 and lies above sea level. Yacui ...

, a city in the

Tarija Department Tarija () is a department in Bolivia. It is located in south-eastern Bolivia bordering with Argentina to the south and Paraguay to the east. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 534,348 inhabitants. It has an area of . The city ...

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. The runway is in a north–south aligned valley, with rising terrain to the east, and the

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mountains to the west. The Yacuiba

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(Ident: YAC) is located on the field.

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Accidents, Disasters, and incidents

* On 4 February 1964, a

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operated by

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crashed shortly after takeoff killing two. * 20 October 1973, A

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operated by

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was highjacked and landed at Yacuiba where 38 passengers were released. * 2 June 1980, A

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operated by

crashed while on Approach to the airport killing all 13 people on board. * 17 January 2003, A

British Aerospace Jetstream The British Aerospace Jetstream is a small twin turboprop airliner, with a Cabin pressurisation, pressurised fuselage, developed as the ''Jetstream 31'' from the earlier Handley Page Jetstream. A larger version of the Jetstream was also manuf ...

operated by Servicio Aéreo Vargas España crashed shortly into trees while attempting to take off, no one was killed.

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at

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Yacuiba Airport
at OurAirports * * Airports in Tarija Department {{Bolivia-airport-stub

Airlines and destinations

Accidents, Disasters, and incidents

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