Ciudad de Catamayo Airport

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The Catamayo Airport ( IATA: LOH, ICAO: SECA; Spanish: Aeropuerto Ciudad de Catamayo ) is the airport of the province of Loja in southern Ecuador. It lies in a straight line about 18 km west of the provincial capital of Loja in the place Catamayo.

The Catamayo airport was built during the reign of President Camilo Ponce Enríquez (1956-1960) and was originally called Camilo Ponce Enríquez.

2012/2013, the airport was profoundly renewed. These included the strengthening of the runway of 1860 m length, the construction of a new control tower and a new terminal with 2800 m2 floor area, which went into operation on 13 May 2013. At the same time, the airport was named Ciudad de Catamayo; previously he was often - been called Catamayo airport - despite the old name. The Transport Ministry had previously " A name for the airport Catamayo " called for a vote. There were a total of 908 proposals. Ciudad de Catamayo received 7,131 votes ( 50.54 %).