AirportsLieutenant Colonel Luis A. Mantilla International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Tulcán, in Carchi Province, Ecuador. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TUA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TUA
- ICAO code
- SETU
- City
- Tulcán
- State or region
- Carchi Province
- Country
- Ecuador
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 0.8095° N, 77.7081° W
- Elevation
- 2,941 m (9,649 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,460 m (8,071 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TUA means Lieutenant Colonel Luis A. Mantilla International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SETU. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 0.8095° N, 77.7081° W. It stands 2,941 metres (9,649 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off. The nearest large city in our data is Pasto, about 66 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
Lieutenant Colonel Luis A. Mantilla International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,460 metres (8,071 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 8.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,460 m 8,071 ft | 30 m | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| San Luis AirportIpiales, Colombia | IPI | 7 km |
| Antonio Nariño AirportChachagüí, Colombia | PSO | 80 km |
| Mariscal Sucre International AirportQuito | UIO | 126 km |
| Tres De Mayo AirportPuerto Asís, Colombia | PUU | 138 km |
| La Florida AirportTumaco, Colombia | TCO | 161 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 15,789 km | 19 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 16,115 km | 19 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,201 km | 17 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,058 km | 11 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,447 km | 5 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,610 km | 7 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 19,709 km | 24 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 14,409 km | 17 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,743 km | 17 h 05 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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