Jorge Wilstermann International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerMinistry of Public Works, Services and Housing of Bolivia
OperatorNAABOL
ServesCochabamba, Bolivia
LocationCochabamba
Elevation AMSL8,360 ft / 2,548 m
Coordinates17°25′15″S 66°10′37″W / 17.42083°S 66.17694°W / -17.42083; -66.17694
Websitehttps://www.naabol.gob.bo
Map
CBB is located in Bolivia
CBB
CBB
Location of airport in Bolivia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 3,798 12,461 Asphalt
04/22 2,649 8,691 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers1,378,180
Sources: AASANA[1] WAD[2] GCM[3]

Jorge Wilstermann International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Wilstermann, IATA: CBB, ICAO: SLCB) is a high elevation international airport serving Cochabamba, the capital of the Cochabamba Department of Bolivia. The facility is named after Jorge Wilstermann, an early Bolivian commercial aviator.

Operators

On 1 March 1997, the Government of Bolivia entered into a 25-year contract with Airport Group International to operate the three largest airports in Bolivia – El Alto International Airport in La Paz, Jorge Wilstermann Airport, and Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Servicios de Aeropuertos Bolivianos Sociedad Anonima (SABSA) was created to operate the concession. In 1999, Airport Group International was purchased by TBI plc and, in 2004, Spain's Abertis/AENA purchased TBI and operated it until 2013 when the Government ordered the nationalization of SABSA, the company Airport Group International created. SABSA Nacionalizada has operated the airport since 2013.

SABSA has been substituted in March of 2022 by the newly established government agency Navegación Aérea y Aeropuertos Bolivianos (NAABOL). This state-owned agency now manages the airports in Bolivia. [4]

Airlines and destinations

Local destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Bolivia Amaszonas Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Bolivia Boliviana de Aviación Cobija, La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Sucre, Tarija, Oruro, Trinidad, Uyuni
Bolivia EcoJet (airline) La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Sucre, Tarija, Trinidad

International destinations

City by countryAirport nameAirline
South America
 Argentina (1 destiny, 1 Airline)
Buenos AiresAeropuerto Internacional Ministro PistariniBolivia Boliviana de Aviación
 Brazil (1 destiny, 1 Airline )
Sao PauloAeropuerto Internacional de GuarulhosBolivia Boliviana de Aviación
Europa
 Spain (1 destiny, 1 airline)
MadridAeropuerto Internacional de BarajasBolivia Boliviana de Aviación

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Aeropuertos Controlados" (in Spanish). Administración de Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxliares a la Navegación Aérea (AASANA). Archived from the original on 23 June 2008.
  2. ↑ Airport information for SLCB[usurped]
  3. ↑ Airport information for Cochabamba at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ↑ "Gobierno anuncia que SABSA pasará a NAABOL y ofrece a trabajadores formar parte de la institución".
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