Uyuni Airport

Uyuni Airport, also known as Joya Andina Airport, is an airport at extremely high elevation just northwest of , in the southwestern of .
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  • Type: Airport
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: “Joya Andina Airport”, “SLUY”, and “UYU”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Railroad Museum and Uyuni train station.

Museum
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is situated 3½ km south of Uyuni Airport.

Railway station
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is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Uyuni Airport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uyuni.

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is a tourist town in , , which serves as the main gateway to , the enormous salt flat nearby.

Uyuni Airport

Latitude
-20.44993° or 20° 26′ 60″ south
Longitude
-66.84211° or 66° 50′ 32″ west
Elevation
3,672 metres (12,047 feet)
IATA airport code
UYU
ICAO airport code
SLUY
Open location code
57FMH525+25
Geo­Names ID
3901909
Wiki­data ID
Q555406
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Satellite Map

Discover Uyuni Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Uyuni Airport” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Joya Andina”
  • Cebuano: “Uyuni Airport”
  • Chinese: “乌尤尼安第斯明珠机场”
  • Chinese: “安第斯明珠机场”
  • Chinese: “安第斯明珠機場”
  • French: “aéroport Joya Andina”
  • French: “Aéroport Joya Andina”
  • German: “Flughafen Uyuni”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה חויה אנדינה”
  • Indonesian: “SLUY”
  • Indonesian: “UYU”
  • Italian: “aeroporto Joya Andina”
  • Japanese: “ウユニ空港”
  • Japanese: “ホヤ・アンディナ空港”
  • Persian: “SLUY”
  • Persian: “UYU”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه خویا آندینا”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Joya Andina”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional La Joya Andina”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Joya Andina”
  • Swedish: “Uyuni Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи хуио ондино”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Joya Andina”

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