TJA

Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport

ICAO SLTJ21.5557°S 64.7013°W1,853 m / 6,079 ftMedium airport
On the map

Capitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport (IATA: TJA, ICAO: SLTJ) is a medium airport in Tarija, Tarija Department, Bolivia. It opened in 1932. It has one runway, 3,050 m (10,007 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1932–1932
1932
OpenedCapitan Oriel Lea Plaza Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza
13/31124° / 304° · LIT
LENGTH3,050 m10,007 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

3 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from TJA. From the Wikipedia article “Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,050 m10,007 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=997of 29,823 · =43 South America · #6 BOElevation1,853 m6,079 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#1,006of 43,341 · #115 South America · #33 BOAgeOpened 19322026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=486of 15,079 · =9 South America · #2 BORunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =181 South America · =5 BO
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
APPTARIJA APP119.400
RDOTARIJA RDO662.200
TWRTARIJA TWR118.100