Capitán Nicolás Rojas Airport POI / SLPO
Potosí, Potosí · Bolivia · NAABOL — Nueva Administración de Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares a la Navegación Aérea de Bolivia (state airport operator, successor to AASANA)
15kpax · 2023
Limited hoursJet A-1 (limited/unconfirmed availability amid current service suspension)
ICAO / IATASLPO / POI
OperatorNAABOL — Nueva Administración de Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares a la Navegación Aérea de Bolivia (state airport operator, successor to AASANA)
Coordinates19.5431°S, 65.7237°W
Elevation12,922 ft · 3,939 m
Time zoneBOT (UTC-4, no DST)
Passengers / yr15,000 (2023)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 (limited/unconfirmed availability amid current service suspension)
Bonded—
AIP referenceSLPO — AIP Bolivia / DGAC
Operating hoursDaylight/VFR hours only (approx. 07:00-17:00 local); no night operations given high-terrain Andean approach and lack of approach lighting/ILS. No published curfew, but PPR is advisable — commercial service is currently suspended and traffic is irregular.
TerminalsSingle small terminal building with basic passenger amenities; no jet bridges, ramp-level boarding only; no active boarding gates while scheduled service is suspended.
Runways (1)
- 06/24 · 2,808 m / 9,213 ft · 30 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
One of Bolivia's highest-elevation airfields (about 3,939 m / 12,922 ft) in a narrow Andean valley, imposing severe density-altitude performance penalties — a 2008 Argentine Air Force study rated the strip inviable for medium/large aircraft. Historically served only by Boliviana de Aviación on thin regional links to La Paz-El Alto and Cochabamba (with onward Santa Cruz connections); that service has been suspended since October 2025, and while the Bolivian government has announced a 2026 resumption target, operating status is not yet confirmed. Despite the international label sometimes attached to its name, the field functions as a domestic regional airport with no active customs/immigration port-of-entry role.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Unconfirmed
Boliviana de Aviación (BoA)
Independently confirmed as the sole scheduled carrier at this airport, operating ATR turboprops to La Paz/El Alto and Cochabamba. No station-specific ground-handling documentation was found; self-handling by BoA's own ramp crew is presumed, consistent with its practice at small single-carrier Bolivian domestic stations, but this is not independently confirmed.
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Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed
YPFB Aviación
YPFB Aviación is Bolivia's near-monopoly aviation fuel supplier and publishes its own list of 11 operating plants (La Paz, Cochabamba, Sucre, Tarija, Yacuiba, Santa Cruz/Trompillo, Santa Cruz/Viru Viru, Puerto Suarez, Trinidad, Riberalta, Guayaramerín, Cobija) on ypfbaviacion.com.bo. Potosí is NOT among them, no 'Nuestras Plantas' page exists at the claimed URL (404), and no Potosí contact or operating-hours schedule appears anywhere on the site. AIP/SkyVector data for SLPO likewise list no fuel service. The previously-cited hours, refueller count, and ••• contact could not be verified and were removed as unsupported. Given YPFB's national coverage it remains the most plausible eventual supplier if BoA's scheduled turboprop service is refuelled locally, but station-level presence is unconfirmed.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
Boliviana de Aviación (BoA)
Turnaround cabin cleaning is presumed part of BoA's self-handled ramp service at this single-carrier field; no dedicated third-party cabin-cleaning contractor was identified. Unconfirmed.
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Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Not listed
Aviation security
Unconfirmed
NAABOL (Navegación Aérea y Aeropuertos Bolivianos)
Confirmed via NAABOL's own airport page as the operator of Capitán Nicolás Rojas Airport (administered under its Cochabamba regional division), successor to AASANA (Dec 2021). NAABOL's Potosí airport page covers only passenger amenities (free wifi, paid parking, weather updates) with no AVSEC-specific detail, so station-level security-service status is unconfirmed, though plausible as the standard state-operator responsibility.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Not listed
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