# Rodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP / SPQU)

**Rodríguez Ballón International Airport** (IATA: AQP, ICAO: SPQU) is a large airport in Arequipa, Arequipa Region, Peru. It opened on 15 Aug 1979. It has one runway, 2,980 m (9,777 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by CORPAC. In 2022 it handled 1.7 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AQP / SPQU
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: CORPAC
- Serves: Arequipa, Arequipa Region, Peru
- Opened: 15 Aug 1979 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 2,562 m / 8,405 ft
- Coordinates: -16.3408, -71.5695
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,980 m / 9,777 ft
- Passengers: 1,691,716 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC-5 · America/Lima
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodr%C3%ADguez_Ball%C3%B3n_International_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1430861
- Weather station: SPQU · WMO 84752
- Ident: SPQU

## Timeline

- 15 Aug 1979: Rodríguez Ballón International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,980 m / 9,777 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 093° / 273° | yes |

- 10/28 slopes 1.4%: threshold 10 at 2,521 m / 8,270 ft, threshold 28 at 2,562 m / 8,404 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1999 | 459,659 | Wikidata |
| 2000 | 419,172 | Wikidata |
| 2001 | 393,298 | Wikidata |
| 2002 | 314,095 | Wikidata |
| 2003 | 328,295 | Wikidata |
| 2004 | 354,592 | Wikidata |
| 2005 | 378,192 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 445,245 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 575,587 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,990,820 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 911,224 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,691,716 | 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 · 314 km / 195 mi · JetSmart Perú, LATAM Airlines Peru, Sky Airline Peru
- [LIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spim.md) Jorge Chávez International Airport · Peru · 767 km / 477 mi · JetSmart Perú, LATAM Airlines Peru, Sky Airline Peru

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.7M (2022) | #628 of 3,974 | #49 in South America | #3 in PE |
| Longest runway | 2,980 m / 9,777 ft | =1,453 of 29,858 | #63 in South America | #9 in PE |
| Elevation | 2,562 m / 8,405 ft | =182 of 43,403 | #72 in South America | #29 in PE |
| Age | Opened 1979 | =7,894 of 15,079 | =114 in South America | #7 in PE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =2 in PE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | AREQUIPA APP | 118.700 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | AREQUIPA TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [SPVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spvr.md) Vitor Airport · 30 km / 19 mi
- [SPLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/splc.md) Mariano Melgar Airport · 60 km / 38 mi
- [SPSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spsi.md) Siguas Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [PE-0032](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pe-0032.md) Chivay Airport · 78 km / 49 mi
- [SPDO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/spdo.md) Mollendo Airport · 90 km / 56 mi
- [SPEQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/speq.md) Cesar Torke Podesta Airport · 115 km / 72 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #43

## 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: “Rodríguez Ballón International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rodríguez_Ballón_International_Airport&oldid=1374208328), revision of 10 Sep 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/spqu/data