AviatDataEl Trompillo Airport (Aeropuerto El Trompillo) SRZ / SLET
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz · Bolivia · NAABOL — Navegación Aérea y Aeropuertos Bolivianos (state airport/air-navigation authority; successor to AASANA per D.S. 4630, Nov 2021)
0pax · 2025
Limited hoursJet A-1
ICAO / IATASLET / SRZ
OperatorNAABOL — Navegación Aérea y Aeropuertos Bolivianos (state airport/air-navigation authority; successor to AASANA per D.S. 4630, Nov 2021)
Coordinates17.8114°S, 63.1714°W
Elevation1,371 ft · 418 m
Time zoneBOT (UTC-4, no DST)
Passengers / yr0 (2025)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceSLET — AIP Bolivia / DGAC
Operating hoursNot H24; daylight operations tied to scheduled BoA Regional flights plus GA/flight-school traffic. NAABOL administrative office Mon-Fri 08:30-16:30 local. PPR advisable for non-scheduled/GA traffic given limited apron capacity and a documented Jet A-1 supply interruption in Oct 2024.
TerminalsSingle small terminal shared with general-aviation and flight-training traffic; BoA opened a dedicated ticketing/customer-service office on-site in Jul 2025 for the reactivated regional service; apron boarding only, no jet bridges.
Runways (1)
- 16/34 · 2,773 m / 9,098 ft · 40 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Santa Cruz de la Sierra's original city airport (opened in the 1920s), it served as the city's international gateway until Viru Viru took over in 1984, after which it settled into a secondary role for military, general-aviation, and flight-training traffic. Commercial passenger service lapsed around 2017 and was only reactivated on 23 Jul 2025, when Boliviana de Aviacion launched 'BoA Regional' flights from El Trompillo to short lowland routes (Guayaramerin, Riberalta, Yacuiba, San Ignacio de Velasco, Puerto Suarez, Rurrenabaque) explicitly to decongest Viru Viru; it remains strictly domestic with no customs or immigration facilities, and no official post-reactivation annual passenger total has been published yet.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
AeroEste (Empresa de Servicios Aéreos Aeroeste S.A.)
Self-handled, Aeroeste — Santa Cruz air-taxi/regional carrier founded 1994, based at Hangar 82, El Trompillo airport, handling its own flights. Independently corroborated via Wikipedia's List of airlines of Bolivia (base: El Trompillo Airport, founded 1994, active).
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Aircraft fuel
Available
YPFB Aviación S.A.
Jet A-1 and Avgas into-plane fuelling; YPFB Aviación (formerly Air BP Bolivia) operates aviation fuel storage/dispensing at El Trompillo, one of only twelve Bolivian airports with aviation-fuel tanks per YPFB/AméricaEconomía reporting, and El Trompillo is covered by the ANH 'Aero B-SISA' fuel-control system for small-aircraft sales. Confirmed independently: YPFB Aviación's own site lists 'Santa Cruz (Trompillo y Viru Viru)' among its operating locations.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Available · 2 providers
Centro Integral de Servicios Aeronáuticos ERNY (Ernesto Mejía Villarroel)
Aircraft maintenance workshop at Hangar 108, Av. Centinelas del Chaco, El Trompillo airport; registered DGAC supplier under 'mantenimiento de aeronaves' (confirmed by two separate DGAC proveedores-list entries).
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Reparaciones Aeronáuticas Hangar 13 (Elio Saucedo Zambrana)
Aircraft maintenance/repair shop identified at Hangar 13, El Trompillo airport per Bolivian business directories ('Reparaciones Aeronauticas... Hangar 13 – Elio Saucedo, El Trompillo'); the DGAC supplier record lists a differing legal/invoicing address (La Paz area), so current on-airport operating status is unconfirmed.
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Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Not listed
Aviation security
Unconfirmed
NAABOL (Navegación Aérea y Aeropuertos Bolivianos)
NAABOL publicly announced a security-equipment upgrade (CCTV/surveillance systems) covering secondary airports including El Trompillo; the day-to-day screening/guarding operator (NAABOL staff vs. police) is not further specified in the source, and this claim could not be.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available
NAABOL (Navegación Aérea y Aeropuertos Bolivianos)
State air-navigation and airport operator (successor to AASANA); provides ATC/air-navigation services, meteorological briefing and airport operations at El Trompillo — self-provided by the airport authority. Confirmed as El Trompillo's listed operator per Wikipedia airport infobox.
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Hotel & travel
Not listed