Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport

ICAO SPZO13.5357°S 71.9388°W3,310 m / 10,860 ftLarge airport

Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (IATA: CUZ, ICAO: SPZO) is a large airport in Cusco, Cuzco Region, Peru. It opened in Dec 1964. It has one runway, 3,397 m (11,146 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by CORPAC. In 2023 it handled 3.0 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1964–1970

DEC 1964

OpenedAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport opens.

09 AUG 1970

DisasterLANSA Flight 502.99 killed

From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

10/28096° / 276° · LIT · SLOPE 1.4%

LENGTH3,397 m11,146 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2000–2023

792K

716K

661K

716K

826K

896K

909K

1.1M

3.9M

1.5M

2.9M

3.0M

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Routes

7 destinations · 5 countries

Year-round7

PEMPadre Aldamiz International AirportPeru · LATAM Airlines Peru311 km193 mi AQPRodríguez Ballón International AirportPeru · JetSmart Perú, LATAM Airlines Peru314 km195 mi LPBEl Alto International AirportBolivia · Avianca, Boliviana de Aviación521 km324 mi LIMJorge Chávez International AirportPeru · JetSmart Perú, LATAM Airlines Peru586 km364 mi BOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Avianca2,042 km1,269 mi SCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · LATAM Airlines Peru2,211 km1,374 mi GRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · LATAM Airlines Peru2,896 km1,799 mi

Most destinationsLATAM Airlines Peru 5JetSmart Perú 2Avianca 2Boliviana de Aviación 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CUZ. From the Wikipedia article “Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers3.0M (2023)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#467of 3,974 · #30 South America · #2 PE Longest runway3,397 m11,146 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#622of 29,823 · #23 South America · #5 PE Elevation3,310 m10,860 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#71of 43,341 · #44 South America · #17 PE AgeOpened 19642026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,263of 15,079 · =79 South America · #5 PE Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =181 South America · =2 PE

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

4 channels

APPCUSCO APP120.600

ATISATIS127.000

GNDGND121.900

TWRCUSCO TWR118.100