{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Juan Simons Vela Airport","iataCode":"RIJ","icaoCode":"SPJA","city":"Rioja","country":"PE","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":-6.06786,"longitude":-77.160004},"elevationMeters":825,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Scheduled service returned to Juan Simons Vela Airport (RIJ, SPJA) after a 24-year gap, and the field is now slated for a substantial rebuild. Operated by the state agency CORPAC, it serves Rioja in Peru's high-jungle San Martín region, a rice- and coffee-growing belt, and still sees only a thin flight programme. Peru's transport ministry has grouped Rioja with Tarapoto and Juanjuí in a modernisation package worth more than 500 million soles, intended to let the airport handle Airbus A320 and Bo","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/juan-simons-vela-airport-rij","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/juan-simons-vela-airport-rij","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Juan Simons Vela Airport · (IATA: RIJ) · Rioja, PE · 825 m"}