Teniente Coronel Luis A. Mantilla International Airport is a high elevation airport serving
Tulcán :''"Tulcan" is also an alternative spelling of tulchan''
Tulcán () is the capital of the province of Carchi Province, Carchi in Ecuador and the seat of Tulcán Canton. The population of the city of Tulcán was 56,719 in the 2022 census. Tulcán ...
, capital of the
Carchi Province
Carchi () is a province in Ecuador. The capital is Tulcán. The Carchi River rises on the slopes of Chiles volcano and forms the boundary between Colombia and Ecuador near Tulcan. Rumichaca Bridge is the most important land route between Colo ...
of
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
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Accidents and incidents
TAME Flight 120
TAME Flight 120 was a Boeing 727-134 airliner, registration HC-BLF, named '' El Oro'', operating as a scheduled international passenger flight between Quito, Ecuador and Cali, Colombia, with a scheduled stopover at the Ecuadorian border town o ...
, a
Boeing 727
The Boeing 727 is an American Narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
After the heavier Boeing 707, 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter ...
-100, en route from Quito, Ecuador, crashed into the side of
Cumbal Volcano
Cumbal is a stratovolcano of the Caribe Terrane, located at the Nudo de los Pastos in Nariño, Colombia. It is the southernmost historically active volcano of Colombia and is together with Chiles and Azufral one of the few volcanoes of the We ...
, near the airport on 28 January 2002. There were no survivors among the 87 passengers and seven crew on board.
See also
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Transport in Ecuador
Transportation in Ecuador is the transport infrastructure networks in Ecuador and those connecting the country with other countries. Transportation in Ecuador include aviation, highways, pipelines, ports and harbors, railways and waterways. Ap ...
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List of airports in Ecuador
This is a list of airports in Ecuador, sorted by location.
Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
See also
* Ecuadorian Air Force (''Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana'')
* Transpo ...
References
External links
OurAirports - TulcánSkyVector - TulcánBing Maps - Tulcán
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Airports in Ecuador
Buildings and structures in Carchi Province
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