Catamayo City Airport in Loja

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Welcome to Catamayo City Airport in Loja, Here you will find all the information about the air terminal located further south in all of Ecuador.

Continuing with our tour of the main airports of our country, It is time to visit the commercial airport that is geographically further south and is the gateway to the great and beautiful province of Loja..

Here you can read the Flight Report flying from Quito to Loja.

Catamayo City Airport in Loja

Catamayo City Airport (THERE IT IS: LOH, ICAO: SECA) It is the main and only airport that serves the entire province of Loja with more than 511 thousand inhabitants. It is equipped with a runway for landing and takeoffs 1.860 meters long by 30 meters of pavement width with numbering and address 07/25 at an altitude of 4.060 feet above sea level.

both terminal, platform, control tower and landing strip were fully rebuilt by the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works since the year 2012 and officially opened in July 2013 for an investment of more than $20 millions of dollars.

Among the various improvements made, the correction of the slope of the runway and its expansion stand out., new passenger terminal with 2.800 square meters of construction with arrival hall, check, pre-boarding lounge, sala VIP, luggage bands, security filters, airline counter, coffee shop, toilets, etc.

New technological systems were also installed in the control tower, such as communication and meteorology systems..

A new hangar for the fire services was also built with space for the parking of fire engines. 4.000 gallons of capacity and a new technical block of 360 square meters of construction.

Catamayo City Airport Statistics

The City of Catamayo Airport receives monthly a total of 68 regular flights, of which 60 They are from Quito and 8 from Guayaquil, reaching up to 3 Daily flights.

During the 2017 a total of 118.358 passengers passed through this terminal, what it involved 11 thousand fewer passengers when compared to the 2016, This drop is due to the well-known «Tame Effect» which reduced from 19 a 14 weekly flights from Quito and 6 a 2 weekly flights from Guayaquil.

in what was the 2018, the number of passengers continued to decline, and approximately 110.000 passengers used this terminal during that year, following the trend by the factors mentioned.

This route is one of the most important in number of passengers in Ecuador, despite the continuous statistical drop that it has had in recent years, only behind the flights to Coca.

The companies that operate here are:

• Tame EP
• Airplanes

Airlines, flights and itinerary

Only regular flights operate at this airport. Tame EP, plus some charter flights from Airplanes from Quito for mining companies, so the latter do not have a defined fixed itinerary.

Tame EP

The Ecuadorian state flights operate on the following days and times:

Quito – Store

EQ 145	05:40	06:40								Direct flight	01:00:00
EQ 149	15:20	16:20								Direct flight	01:00:00
EQ 145	05:40	07:00								Direct flight	01:20:00
EQ 147	06:20	07:40								Direct flight	01:20:00

Store – Quito

EQ 144	07:20	08:20								Direct flight	01:00:00
EQ 148	17:00	18:00								Direct flight	01:00:00
EQ 144	07:30	08:50								Direct flight	01:20:00
EQ 146	08:10	09:30								Direct flight	01:20:00

Loja tourist information

Loja is a huge province with many attractions. Among them we can quickly highlight Maglaurco, Puyango Petrified Forest, Madonna of the Swan, city ​​of Loja and not to mention food like cecina, tamales and repe lojano, cheese with honey, humitas and much more.

All recommended and must be visited.

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