Juan Simons Vela Airport

Juan Simons Vela Airport is a public airport serving , , . The Rioja non-directional beacon is located 1.8 nautical miles off the threshold of runway 16.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: RIJ”, “RIOJA”, “Rioja Airport”, and “SPJA

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rioja.

Town
is the capital of Province in the San Martín Region in northern . It is situated to the west of . There are 24,263 inhabitants according to the 2007 census.

Juan Simons Vela Airport

Latitude
-6.06783° or 6° 4′ 4″ south
Longitude
-77.16008° or 77° 9′ 36″ west
Elevation
825 metres (2,707 feet)
IATA airport code
RIJ
ICAO airport code
SPJA
Open location code
6754WRJQ+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 957386799
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6300807
Wiki­data ID
Q555419
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Juan Simons Vela Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Juan Simons Vela Airport
  • Egyptian Arabic: مطار خوان سيمونز فيلا
  • French: aéroport de Rioja
  • French: RIJ
  • French: RIOJA
  • French: SPJA
  • Indonesian: RIJ
  • Indonesian: SPJA
  • Japanese: ファン・シモンズ・ベラ空港
  • Malay: Lapangan Terbang Rioja
  • Persian: RIJ
  • Persian: SPJA
  • Persian: فرودگاه خوآن سیمونز ولا
  • Persian: فرودگاه خوان سیمون ولا
  • Romanian: Aeroportul Juan Simons Vela
  • Spanish: Aerodromo Juan Simons Vela
  • Spanish: Aeródromo Juan Simons Vela
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto Juan Simons Valera
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto Juan Simons Vela
  • Tajik: Фурудгоҳи хӯон семун вло
  • Welsh: Maes Awyr Juan Simons Vela

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Aeropuerto Juan Simons Vela and Estadio de la Institucion Educativa Santo Toribio.

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