Mariscal Sucre International Airport
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The new Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre ( under construction Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de Quito ) is the international airport opened in 2013 the Ecuadorian capital Quito.
It replaces the former airport of the city of the same name, due to its city center location and other features such as a multi- degree sloping runway to master difficult and was not expandable.
- 3.1 First stage
- 3.2 Further extensions
- 3.3 Road Access
- 4.1 forecasts
- 4.2 National Comparison
- 4.3 Airlines and destinations
Location
The airport area is about 15 km due east from the city center of Quito, near the village of Tababela. Other nearby villages include Puembo, Pifo and Checa. The airport is in the midst of depression Guayllabamba.
History
Planning
The plans for a new airport began in 1976: at that time examined the Ecuadorian Civil Aviation Management potential sites for the construction of a new airport for the city and chose the area north of Tabella, which was eventually bought in 1989. In October 2000, the government authorized in addition to the renewal of the existing construction of the new airport. In September of the following year, the airport operator Quiport for the two airports of the Canadian Aecon Group Inc. and its Brazilian partner Andrade Gutierrez Constructores was founded. Construction finally began on 27 January 2006.
Reasons for building
A variety of arguments spoke for the construction of a new airport.
The central location of the old airport in the city center of Quito was the main reason, because due to the limited space at the disposal of the airport, no infrastructure enhancements and related capacity increases were possible. These extensions would have been necessary for several reasons. On the one hand there were security reasons for both the start and the landing at the airport were considered to be extremely difficult. In recent years, several incidents at the airport, such as occurred shot, a plane of Iberia over the runway and an aircraft of the Icaro Air plunged 400 meters past the runway from. Another aspect was the aforementioned limited capacity. The old airport was working according to ACI and Quiport for several years on his Kapazitätzgrenze, he also continues to record increasing passenger numbers. The new airport, however, could check in about four times as many passengers ( see below). The third reason which would have made an expansion necessary, was the economy. The only 3100 meters long runway was not only a security risk, but also caused higher costs since the start had to be consumed more fuel than when using the 4100 meter runway of the planned new airport. In particular, long-range aircraft could exploit at the old airport, only 60% of their capacity. According to Aero International contrast, not only the short runway was a problem, but also the thin air, the long-haul aircraft is difficult to come up to the required start-up speed, which will not change even at a 400 meters deeper airport.
Another problem was the central location as with most inner-city airports, aircraft noise, as tens of thousands of people living around the airport. The lower position of the new airport brought the additional advantage that the travelers have to fight at the airport less with the symptoms of altitude sickness. Do not forget you may also that the airport construction and the subsequent extensions created a large number of jobs in the region and will create.
Costs
According to data from Quiport the company should have invested 2010 more than 600 million U.S. dollars in the project; In December 2008, they amounted to 413 million U.S. dollars. 74 million U.S. dollars of which equity investors of Quiport, the rest consists firstly of 160 million U.S. dollars, which were generated by the operation of the Aeropuerto Internacional Mariscal Sucre and the other 376 million U.S. dollar loan from banks.
Infrastructure & connectivity
It is planned that the airport to operate for 30 years, ie until the year 2043.Vorlage is: Future In 5 years for Ecuadorian relations is the airport have / has a very good infrastructure; among other things, the longest runway in the country.
First stage
In the first phase, the airport has a 4,100 meter long runway and a 38,000 -square-foot terminal has. The terminal will have six gates for aircraft; Overall, the aircraft are 45 parking positions available. Expected 42,000 square meters as the area for the loading and unloading of air cargo will be available. The tower will have a height of 44 meters have - almost twice as high as the tower of the old airport, which measures 21 meters.
Further extensions
According Quiport is planned to be expanding every 10 years after the opening ceremony on February 19, 2013 the airport. 2023Vorlage: Future / In 5 years should therefore be increased to 64,500 square meters of the terminal; the number of gates to be increased to eleven. The last stage, which is expected only after 2033Vorlage: can be realized future / In 5 years, provides for a second runway of 2350 meters, which is to be built north of the first track and needs to be parallel to it. There is also the possibility that the now 16 boarding gates comprehensive terminal will be transformed into a purely international terminal and is supplemented by a second terminal that handles the national traffic.
Transport links
A possible disadvantage of the airport is that at a distance of 25 km from the city center of Quito, the journey takes about an hour there. That's why the city of Quito wants to build two six-lane expressway that will cut travel time to under 20 minutes.
The proposed number of parking spaces at the airport is 903, almost 3 times as much as at the Mariscal Sucre Airport, which has more than 380 parking spaces for cars.
Importance
Forecasts
Air traffic in Quito recorded for several years an increase in passenger numbers. In 2006, a total of 3.829 million passengers were transported, 2 years later, there were already 4.552 million air travelers. The majority of passengers makes the national carrier, which is expected to be the dominant factor also at the opening of the new airport.
National comparison
The only national competitor coequal to the airport is the airport of Guayaquil, which is also after the opening of the new airport have significant advantages over the destination Quito. This includes, among other things, the amount, as the airport is very pazifiknah and due to the air density corresponds to better standards. In addition, the metropolitan area of Guayaquil is almost twice as large as the metropolitan area in and around Quito, including Guayaquil is the economic center of the country. Even in technical standards of Guayaquil airport is competitive with a new terminal and the new Quito airport. Advantage of Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de Quito over the airports in Guayaquil ( and the majority of other airports in Ecuador) is sufficient for all types of aircraft runway, which measures only 2790 meters in Guayaquil, which is a disadvantage for the handling of long-haul aircraft.
Airlines and destinations
It is expected that the airlines which use the old Airport, also operate from the new airport. Accordingly destinations in South America, Central and North America and Europe are served by 15 airlines; the major national airlines of Ecuador will operate according to the current state continue its hub in Quito. Due to the above-mentioned improvements over the old airport, especially the longer runway as well as the larger capacity, the planned airport offers more soon especially for long-haul flights, which can be carried out economically as mentioned above.