Teniente Jorge Henrich Arauz Airport

Teniente Jorge Henrich Arauz Airport is an airport in Trinidad

Trinidad, Bolivia

Trinidad, officially La Santísima Trinidad , is a city in Bolivia, capital of the department of Beni. The population is 130,000 ....

, Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

. It is the main hub both for Amaszonas

Amaszonas

Línea Aérea Amaszonas, often shortened to Amaszonas, is an airline in Bolivia, operating scheduled and chartered short-haul, low-volume passenger flights throughout the Northern and North Eastern regions of the country. The company was founded in 2000...

and Aerocon

Aerocon

Aerocon is a Bolivian airline.It started its operations in 2005.In 2006 the airline transferred its operational base to Trinidad. It is also called the Airline of Beni Department....

. Teniente Jorge Henrich Arauz Airport is the main airport and entrance to the Bolivian Amazonic region.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

On 19 April 1968, Douglas VC-47D CP-734 of Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano
Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano
Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano S.A. was an airline serving as flag carrier of Bolivia. It operated domestic and international flights, aiming at passenger as well as cargo transport. LAB was active for more than 80 years, having been based in Cochabamba most of the time, with Cochabamba Airport being an...

crashed on take-off.
On 6 September 2011. Aerocon Flight 238
Aerocon Flight 238
Aerocon Flight 238 was a domestic scheduled passenger service operated by Aerocon, flying between El Trompillo Airport, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia and Teniente Jorge Henrich Arauz Airport, Trinidad, Bolivia. On 6 September 2011, it was operated by a Swearingen SA.227BC Metroliner III,...

, operated by Swearingen SA.227BC Metroliner III
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
The Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner or the Fairchild Aerospace Metro is a 19-seat, pressurised, twin turboprop airliner first produced by Swearingen Aircraft and later by Fairchild at a plant in San Antonio, Texas, United States....

CP-2548 crashed on approach, killing eight of the nine people on board.

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