AirportsRurrenabaque Airport is a small airport serving Rurrenabaque, in El Beni Department, Bolivia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is RBQ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- RBQ
- ICAO code
- SLRQ
- City
- Rurrenabaque
- State or region
- El Beni Department
- Country
- Bolivia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 14.4279° S, 67.4968° W
- Elevation
- 206 m (676 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 1,500 m (4,921 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, RBQ means Rurrenabaque Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SLRQ. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 14.4279° S, 67.4968° W. It stands 206 metres (676 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is San Borja, about 93 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/La Paz, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Rurrenabaque Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 1,500 metres (4,921 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 15 airports of Bolivia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 14.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 1,500 m 4,921 ft | not listed | Asphalt | not listed |
| 18/36 | 1,450 m 4,757 ft | not listed | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| El Alto International AirportLa Paz / El Alto | LPB | 243 km |
| Padre Aldamiz International AirportPuerto Maldonado, Peru | PEM | 275 km |
| Teniente Av. Jorge Henrich Arauz AirportTrinidad | TDD | 281 km |
| Inca Manco Capac International AirportJuliaca, Peru | JUL | 308 km |
| Jorge Wilsterman International AirportCochabamba | CBB | 361 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 16,049 km | 19 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 15,772 km | 19 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,962 km | 17 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,750 km | 12 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,157 km | 7 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 7,610 km | 9 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 18,286 km | 22 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 16,422 km | 20 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,256 km | 16 h 30 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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