# Air Force Colonel Alfredo Mendivil Duarte Airport (AYP / SPHO)

**Air Force Colonel Alfredo Mendivil Duarte Airport** (IATA: AYP, ICAO: SPHO) is a medium airport in Ayacucho, Ayacucho Region, Peru. It has one runway, 2,800 m (9,186 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aeropuertos Andinos del Perú. In 2022 it handled 312 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AYP / SPHO
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Aeropuertos Andinos del Perú
- Serves: Ayacucho, Ayacucho Region, Peru
- Elevation: 2,718 m / 8,917 ft
- Coordinates: -13.1548, -74.2044
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,800 m / 9,186 ft
- Passengers: 312,128 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Lima
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronel_FAP_Alfredo_Mend%C3%ADvil_Duarte_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1430914
- Weather station: SPHO · WMO 84673
- Ident: SPHO

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 023° / 203° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1999 | 39,107 | Wikidata |
| 2000 | 40,868 | Wikidata |
| 2001 | 24,451 | Wikidata |
| 2002 | 16,318 | Wikidata |
| 2003 | 30,732 | Wikidata |
| 2004 | 28,947 | Wikidata |
| 2005 | 24,262 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 23,700 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 26,810 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 280,652 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 181,465 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 312,128 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [CUZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spzo.md) Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport · Peru · 249 km / 155 mi · LATAM Airlines Peru
- [LIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spim.md) Jorge Chávez International Airport · Peru · 340 km / 211 mi · LATAM Airlines Peru, Sky Airline Peru

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- LP [LATAM Airlines Peru](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-airlines-peru) · 2
- H8 [Sky Airline Peru](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-airline-peru) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 312K (2022) | #1,326 of 3,974 | #118 in South America | #14 in PE |
| Longest runway | 2,800 m / 9,186 ft | =1,615 of 29,858 | =78 in South America | =11 in PE |
| Elevation | 2,718 m / 8,917 ft | #142 of 43,403 | #62 in South America | #23 in PE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =2 in PE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | AYACUCHO RDO | 126.900 |
| TWR | AYACUCHO TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [SPVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spvn.md) Vilcashuamán Airport · 65 km / 41 mi
- [SPPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sppe.md) Palmapampa Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [SPLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spla.md) Luisiana Airport · 76 km / 47 mi
- [SPTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spte.md) San Francisco Airport · 82 km / 51 mi
- [PE-0021](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pe-0021.md) Pichari Airport · 82 km / 51 mi
- [SPNH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spnh.md) Laguna Choclococha Airport · 94 km / 58 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #38

## 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: “Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coronel_FAP_Alfredo_Mendívil_Duarte_Airport&oldid=1363029379), revision of 7 Jul 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/spho/data