Mayor Galo de la Torre Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Mayor Galo de la Torre) was an airport serving

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Napo Province Napo () is a province in Ecuador. Its capital is Tena. The province contains the Napo River. The province is low developed without much industrial presence. The thick rainforest is home to many natives that remain isolated by preference, descendan ...

, Ecuador. It closed in 2001 and was replaced by

Jumandy Airport Jumandy Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Jumandy) is an airport serving Tena, Napo Province, Ecuador. It is west of the village of Ahuano, and about from Tena. It replaces Tena's Mayor Galo de la Torre Airport, which closed in 2001. Jumandy Airport t ...

, to the east, in 2011.

History

Mayor Galo de la Torre Airport was constructed along with airstrips at Pano and

Shandia Shandia (pronounced ''SHAN-dya'') is a village located in the rainforest of eastern Ecuador. It is inhabited mostly by indigenous peoples of the Kichwa Nationality. Geography Shandia is some from the city of Tena, the capital of Napo Province ...

to improve connectivity between

and the rest of the country. Unlike the latter two which began to decline from the 1950s onward, the airport in Tena was highly used for passenger and cargo transport to and from

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...

. The airport was also used by the

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for logistic works."Historia de la Provincia"
''Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado de Napo''. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2016. During the 1960s and 70s, Transportes Aéreos Orientales (TAO) operated flights between Tena and Quito. SAEREO also flew this route at one point. The airport was closed in 2001, replaced by

in Ahuano in 2011."Aerolínea comercial suspende operaciones en el aeropuerto con la tercera pista más grande del país"
''Ecuavisa''. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

Infrastructure

At the time of its closure, Mayor Galo de la Torre Airport had an

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runway measuring .

References

Google Maps - Tena
{{authority control Defunct airports in Ecuador Airports disestablished in 2001 Airports in Napo Province

History

Infrastructure

See also

References