# Mariscal Lamar Airport (CUE / SECU)

**Mariscal Lamar Airport** (IATA: CUE, ICAO: SECU) is a medium airport in Cuenca, Azuay Province, Ecuador. It has one runway, 1,900 m (6,234 ft) long, asphalt. In 2018 it handled 179 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/secu

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CUE / SECU
- Type: Medium airport
- Owner: mayor of Cuenca
- Serves: Cuenca, Azuay Province, Ecuador
- Elevation: 2,532 m / 8,306 ft
- Coordinates: -2.8895, -78.9844
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,900 m / 6,234 ft
- Passengers: 179,384 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Guayaquil
- Website: http://www.aeropuertocuenca.ec/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariscal_Lamar_International_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q651585
- Weather station: SECU · WMO 84239
- Ident: SECU

## Timeline

- 11 Jul 1983: 1983 TAME 737-200 crash. 119 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 1,900 m / 6,234 ft | 36 m / 118 ft | Asphalt | 052° / 232° | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [GYE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/segu.md) José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport · Ecuador · 129 km / 80 mi · LATAM Airlines Ecuador
- [UIO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/seqm.md) Mariscal Sucre International Airport · Ecuador · 315 km / 196 mi · Aeroregional, Avianca Ecuador, LATAM Airlines Ecuador
- [GPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/segs.md) Seymour Galapagos Ecological Airport · Ecuador · 1,283 km / 797 mi · LATAM Airlines Ecuador

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CUE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- XL [LATAM Airlines Ecuador](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-airlines-ecuador) · 3
- 6G [Aeroregional](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroregional) · 1
- 2K [Avianca Ecuador](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avianca-ecuador) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 179K (2018) | #1,584 of 3,974 | #147 in South America | #4 in EC |
| Longest runway | 1,900 m / 6,234 ft | =4,284 of 29,858 | =323 in South America | #20 in EC |
| Elevation | 2,532 m / 8,306 ft | #198 of 43,403 | #79 in South America | #7 in EC |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =3 in EC |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP/TWR | 122.300 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | CUENCA RDO | 126.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [XMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/semc.md) Coronel E Carvajal Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [ETR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sero.md) Santa Rosa - Artillery Colonel Victor Larrea International Airport · 128 km / 80 mi
- [GYE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/segu.md) José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport · 129 km / 80 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #48

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Mariscal Lamar International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mariscal_Lamar_International_Airport&oldid=1371401500), revision of 26 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/secu/data