Yacuiba Airport
IATA: BYC ICAO: SLYA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Yacuíba
Elevation AMSL	2,116 ft / 645 m
Coordinates	21°57′40″S 63°39′07″W / 21.96111°S 63.65194°W / -21.96111; -63.65194
Map
BYC Location of airport in Bolivia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 2,100 6,890 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

Yacuiba Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Yacuiba, IATA: BYC, ICAO: SLYA) is an airport located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Yacuiba, a city in the Tarija Department of Bolivia.

The runway is in a north–south aligned valley, with rising terrain to the east, and the Cordillera Central mountains 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) to the west.

The Yacuiba non-directional beacon (Ident: YAC) is located on the field.^[3]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Accidents, Disasters, and incidents[edit]

• On 4 February 1964, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain operated by Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano crashed shortly after takeoff killing two.^[4]
• 20 October 1973, A Boeing 737 operated by Aerolíneas Argentinas was highjacked and landed at Yacuiba where 38 passengers were released.^[5]
• 2 June 1980, A Fairchild F-27 operated by Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano crashed while on Approach to the airport killing all 13 people on board.^[6]
• 17 January 2003, A British Aerospace Jetstream operated by Servicio Aéreo Vargas España crashed shortly into trees while attempting to take off, no one was killed.^[7]

See also[edit]

• Transport in Bolivia
• List of airports in Bolivia

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Yacuiba Airport at OpenStreetMap
• Yacuiba Airport at OurAirports
• Aeronautical chart and airport information for Yacuiba Airport at SkyVector
• Current weather for Yacuiba at NOAA/NWS