# Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX / SELT)

**Cotopaxi International Airport** (IATA: LTX, ICAO: SELT) is a medium airport in Latacunga, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador. It has one runway, 3,693 m (12,117 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Ecuadorian Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LTX / SELT
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Ecuadorian Air Force
- Serves: Latacunga, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador
- Elevation: 2,806 m / 9,205 ft
- Coordinates: -0.9068, -78.6158
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,693 m / 12,117 ft
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Guayaquil
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotopaxi_International_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1658001
- Weather station: SELT · WMO 84123
- Ident: SELT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 3,693 m / 12,117 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 184° / 004° | yes |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- L5 [Línea Aérea Cuencana](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/linea-aerea-cuencana)

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,693 m / 12,117 ft | #287 of 29,858 | #11 in South America | #2 in EC |
| Elevation | 2,806 m / 9,205 ft | #125 of 43,403 | #58 in South America | #3 in EC |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =3 in EC |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | LATACUNGA APP/TWR | 118.500 |
| GND | LATACUNGA GND | 121.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [ATF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/seam.md) Chachoán Regional Airport · 34 km / 21 mi
- [UIO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/seqm.md) Mariscal Sucre International Airport · 92 km / 57 mi
- [TNW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sejd.md) Jumandy Airport · 116 km / 72 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #34

## 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)
- [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/selt/data