CUZ
Alejandro Velasco Astete International 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 · 1964–1970DEC 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 · © OpenStreetMap10/28096° / 276° · LIT · SLOPE 1.4%
LENGTH3,397 m11,146 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2000–2023792K
716K
661K
716K
826K
896K
909K
1.1M
3.9M
1.5M
2.9M
3.0M
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Routes
7 destinations · 5 countriesYear-round7
PEMPadre Aldamiz International AirportPeru · LATAM Airlines Peru311 km193 miAQPRodríguez Ballón International AirportPeru · JetSmart Perú, LATAM Airlines Peru314 km195 miLPBEl Alto International AirportBolivia · Avianca, Boliviana de Aviación521 km324 miLIMJorge Chávez International AirportPeru · JetSmart Perú, LATAM Airlines Peru586 km364 miBOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Avianca2,042 km1,269 miSCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · LATAM Airlines Peru2,211 km1,374 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · LATAM Airlines Peru2,896 km1,799 miMost 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 · countryScale: 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 channelsAPPCUSCO APP120.600
ATISATIS127.000
GNDGND121.900
TWRCUSCO TWR118.100