Galilea Airport is an airport serving the river town of
Puerto Galilea
Puerto, a Spanish word meaning ''seaport'', may refer to:
Places
* El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia, Spain
*Puerto, a seaport town in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
* Puerto Colombia, Colombia
* Puerto Cumarebo, Venezuela
* Puerto Galera, O ...
(es) in the
Amazonas Region
Amazonas () is a department and region in northern Peru bordered by Ecuador on the north and west, Cajamarca on the west, La Libertad on the south, and Loreto and San Martín on the east. Its capital is the city of Chachapoyas.
With a lands ...
of
Peru
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. The runway is south of the town, which is within a bend of the Rio Santiago, a tributary of the
Marañón River
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, the principal source of the
Amazon River
The Amazon River (, ; es, Río Amazonas, pt, Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in comparison to the Nile.
The headwaters of t ...
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Airlines and Destinations
See also
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Transport in Peru
This article describes the transport in Peru.
Railways
total: 2,374 km
standard gauge: 1,608 km, gauge
narrow gauge: 380 km, gauge
There are two unconnected principal railways in Peru.
The Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCC ...
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List of airports in Peru
This is a list of airports in Peru, sorted by location.
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country located in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia ...
References
External links
OpenStreetMap - GalileaSkyVector - Galilea
Airports in Peru
Buildings and structures in Amazonas Region
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