# Juan Simons Vela Airport (RIJ / SPJA)

**Juan Simons Vela Airport** (IATA: RIJ, ICAO: SPJA) is a medium airport in Rioja, San Martín Region, Peru. It opened in 1934. It has one runway, 1,880 m (6,168 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by CORPAC. In 2022 it handled 410 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RIJ / SPJA
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: CORPAC
- Serves: Rioja, San Martín Region, Peru
- Opened: 1934
- Elevation: 825 m / 2,707 ft
- Coordinates: -6.0679, -77.1600
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,880 m / 6,168 ft
- Passengers: 410 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Lima
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Simons_Vela_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555419
- Weather station: SPJA · WMO 84440
- Ident: SPJA

## Timeline

- 1934: Juan Simons Vela Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 1,880 m / 6,168 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1999 | 1,535 | Wikidata |
| 2000 | 303 | Wikidata |
| 2001 | 796 | Wikidata |
| 2002 | 177 | Wikidata |
| 2003 | 281 | Wikidata |
| 2004 | 101 | Wikidata |
| 2005 | 31 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 15 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 7 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 143 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 323 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 410 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [TPP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spst.md) Cadete FAP Guillermo Del Castillo Paredes Airport · Peru · 100 km / 62 mi · Saeta Peru
- [JAE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spje.md) Shumba Airport · Peru · 186 km / 116 mi · Saeta Peru

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- Saeta Peru · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 410 (2022) | =3,455 of 3,974 | #432 in South America | #31 in PE |
| Longest runway | 1,880 m / 6,168 ft | =4,366 of 29,858 | =333 in South America | #31 in PE |
| Elevation | 825 m / 2,707 ft | =6,262 of 43,403 | =703 in South America | #48 in PE |
| Age | Opened 1934 | =552 of 15,079 | #11 in South America | #1 in PE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =2 in PE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | RIOJA RDO | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [CHH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sppy.md) Chachapoyas Airport · 78 km / 49 mi
- [TPP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spst.md) Cadete FAP Guillermo Del Castillo Paredes Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [YMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spms.md) Moises Benzaquen Rengifo Airport · 117 km / 73 mi
- [JJI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spji.md) Juanjui Airport · 131 km / 82 mi

## 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: “Juan Simons Vela Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juan_Simons_Vela_Airport&oldid=1363046443), 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/spja/data