Mariscal Sucre Air Base

Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador

Also known as: Quito Ecuador Dangerous Closed Mountains

Heliport ▲ High Altitude Airport

Timezone America/Guayaquil

Local Time —

Elevation 9,228 ft (2,813 m)

Coordinates 0.1368°S, 78.4906°W

Runways 2

EC-0070 is the ICAO airport code for Mariscal Sucre Air Base, located in Quito, Ecuador. The airport is classified as a Heliport. It operates in the America/Guayaquil timezone at an elevation of 9,228 ft (2,813 m) above sea level. It has 2 runways.

About Mariscal Sucre Air Base

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Mariscal Sucre International Airport (IATA: UIO, ICAO: SEQU) was the main international airport that served Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador. It was the busiest airport in Ecuador by passenger traffic, by aircraft movement and by cargo movement, and one of the busiest airports in South America. It was named after Venezuelan-born Antonio José de Sucre, a hero of Ecuadorian and Latin American independence. It began operations on August 5, 1960, and during its last years of operation, handled about 6.2 million passengers and 164,000 metric tons of freight per year. The airport, one of the highest in the world, was located in the northern part of the city, in the Chaupicruz parish, within five minutes of Quito's financial center; the terminals were located at the intersection of Amazonas and La Prensa avenues. Mariscal Sucre International was the largest hub for TAME with an average of 50 daily departures.