AirportsGeneral Ulpiano Paez International Airport is a large airport serving Salinas/La Libertad, in Santa Elena Province, Ecuador. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SNC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SNC
- ICAO code
- SESA
- City
- Salinas/La Libertad
- State or region
- Santa Elena Province
- Country
- Ecuador
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 2.2101° S, 80.9851° W
- Elevation
- 5 m (18 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,630 m (8,629 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SNC means General Ulpiano Paez International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SESA. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 2.2101° S, 80.9851° W. It stands 5 metres (18 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Daule, about 119 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Guayaquil, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
General Ulpiano Paez International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,630 metres (8,629 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 15 airports of Ecuador on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 5.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,630 m 8,629 ft | 50 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 08/26 | 1,130 m 3,707 ft | 40 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| José Joaquín de Olmedo International AirportGuayaquil | GYE | 123 km |
| Eloy Alfaro International AirportManta | MEC | 145 km |
| Captain Pedro Canga Rodríguez International AirportTumbes, Peru | TBP | 164 km |
| Santa Rosa - Artillery Colonel Victor Larrea International AirportSanta Rosa | ETR | 176 km |
| Mariscal Lamar AirportCuenca | CUE | 235 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 16,276 km | 20 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 16,607 km | 20 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,689 km | 18 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,547 km | 12 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,820 km | 6 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,609 km | 7 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 19,454 km | 23 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 14,417 km | 17 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,248 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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