El Alto International Airport

El Alto International Airport is an international airport serving , . It is located in the city of , 13 kilometres west of La Paz. At an elevation of 4,061.5 metres, it is the highest international airport in the world, the seventh highest commercial airport in the world and the highest commercial airport outside of .
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  • Type: Airport
  • Description: international airport in El Alto, Bolivia
  • Also known as: “Aeroporto di El Alto”, “Aeroporto di La Paz”, “Aeroportul El Alto”, “Aeropuerto de El Alto”, “Aeropuerto de La Paz”, “Aeropuerto El Alto”, “Aeropuerto Internacional de La Paz”, “Aeropuerto La Paz”, “Bandara Internasional El Alto”, “El Alto Airport”, “El Alto lenujaam”, “Flughafen La Paz”, “La Paz Airport”, “La Paz flygplats”, “La Paz International Airport”, “La Pazin kansainvälinen lentoasema”, “LPB”, “Międzynarodowy port lotniczy El Alto”, “SLLP”, “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי אל אלטו”, “ラ・パス国際空港”, “ラ・パス空港”, “ラパス国際空港”, and “ラパス空港”
  • Historically known as: “John F. Kennedy Airport”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Paz.

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El Alto International Airport

Latitude
-16.51334° or 16° 30′ 48″ south
Longitude
-68.19226° or 68° 11′ 32″ west
Elevation
4,061 metres (13,323 feet)
IATA airport code
LPB
ICAO airport code
SLLP
Open location code
57MHFRP5+M3
Geo­Names ID
3913354
Wiki­data ID
Q1142225
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“El Alto International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “El Alto Internasionale Lughawe”
  • Arabic: “مطار إل ألتو الدولي”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional El Alto”
  • Cebuano: “El Alto International Airport”
  • Chinese: “埃尔阿尔托国际机场”
  • Chinese: “埃爾阿爾托國際機場”
  • Chinese: “奥尔托国际机场”
  • Chinese: “奧爾托國際機場”
  • Danish: “El Alto International Airport”
  • Dutch: “Aeropuerto Internacional El Alto”
  • Estonian: “El Alto rahvusvaheline lenujaam”
  • Finnish: “El Alton kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport international El Alto”
  • French: “Aéroport international El Alto”
  • German: “Flughafen El Alto”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי אל אלטו”
  • Hindi: “अल एल्टो हवाई अड्डा”
  • Hungarian: “El Alto nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional El Alto”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di El Alto”
  • Japanese: “エル・アルト国際空港”
  • Korean: “엘알토 국제공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa El Alto”
  • Newari: “अल एल्टो विमानस्थल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “El Alto internasjonale flyplass”
  • Norwegian: “El Alto internasjonale flyplass”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی ال آلتو”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy El Alto”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de El Alto”
  • Quechua: “Altu llaqta antanka pampa”
  • Quechua: “Altu llaqta antanka panpa”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional El Alto”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Эль-Альто”
  • Russian: “Эль-Альто”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional El Alto”
  • Swedish: “Aeropuerto Internacional El Alto”
  • Swedish: “El Alto International Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ ил олту”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế El Alto”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol El Alto”
  • “Aeropuerto Internacional El Alto”

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