# Francisco Carle Airport (JAU / SPJJ)

**Francisco Carle Airport** (IATA: JAU, ICAO: SPJJ) is a medium airport in Jauja, Junín Region, Peru. It has one runway, 2,810 m (9,220 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by CORPAC. In 2022 it handled 197 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JAU / SPJJ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: CORPAC
- Serves: Jauja, Junín Region, Peru
- Elevation: 3,363 m / 11,034 ft
- Coordinates: -11.7831, -75.4734
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,810 m / 9,220 ft
- Passengers: 197,397 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Lima
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Carle_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431582
- Weather station: SPJJ
- Ident: SPJJ

## Timeline

- 28 Mar 2017: Peruvian Airlines Flight 112. No deaths.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,810 m / 9,220 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 128° / 308° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1999 | 6,425 | Wikidata |
| 2000 | 2,479 | Wikidata |
| 2001 | 1,611 | Wikidata |
| 2002 | 645 | Wikidata |
| 2003 | 576 | Wikidata |
| 2004 | 891 | Wikidata |
| 2005 | 666 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 719 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 6,077 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 228,423 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 135,810 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 197,397 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [LIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spim.md) Jorge Chávez International Airport · Peru · 181 km / 112 mi · LATAM Airlines Peru, Sky Airline Peru

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- LP [LATAM Airlines Peru](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/latam-airlines-peru) · 1
- 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 | 197K (2022) | #1,540 of 3,974 | #143 in South America | #17 in PE |
| Longest runway | 2,810 m / 9,220 ft | =1,592 of 29,858 | #75 in South America | #10 in PE |
| Elevation | 3,363 m / 11,034 ft | #69 of 43,403 | #43 in South America | #16 in PE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =2 in PE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | JAUJA RDO | 126.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [SPRM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sprm.md) Capitán FAP Leonardo Alvariño Herr Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [SPRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sprl.md) Imperial Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [MZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spmf.md) Mayor PNP Nancy Flores Paucar Airport · 114 km / 71 mi
- [SPVI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spvi.md) Vicco Airport · 134 km / 83 mi
- [SPNR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spnr.md) Ricrán Airport · 140 km / 87 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #18

## 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: “Francisco Carle Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francisco_Carle_Airport&oldid=1363040827), 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/spjj/data